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DEVOTIONAL QUOTE: When you know God’s grace, you’ll want to show God’s grace. ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 1/20/12)

The Bible must always have the first and last word in your life. ~ Rick Warren ((see full devotional: 1/20/12)

Sabbath School Thoughts: "Trinity" (01/09/12): The controversies surrounding "Trinity" is best left to what is explicitly revealed in the Scriptures. There is no doubt that God is Three-In-One. Jesus has definitely taken on the Person. Other than that, it is best not to use human reasoning to define what and how of the Three-In-One.

Favorite Verse: Proverbs 16:3

General Conference Sessions 2010 of Seventh-Day Adventists Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA (We attended the second Sabbath sessions on July 3)

We visited our favorite Christian radio station Z Radio jocks, Tyler and Ellis, on January 18, 2010

I'm a born-again Christian currently worshipping at the Forest Lake Church in Orlando, Florida. I have served in previous local churches as elder, chorister, pathfinder director, children sabbath school teacher, lay preacher, and webmaster. My most rewarding ministry was being an online Bible instructor for Discover Bible School. My favorite Christian vocal group is Avalon. Here are some of my favorite Christian songs:

• Lead Me by Santus Real
• Blessings by Laura Story (What a great song!)
• I Refuse by Josh Wilson
• Starry Nights by Chris August  
• Our God by Chris Tomlin
• What Faith Can Do by Kutless 
• Let The Waters Rise by Mike Chair  
• Wait And See by Brandon Heath
• You're Not Alone by Meredith Andrews
• City On Our Knees by TobyMac
• Lead Me To The Cross by Hillsong
• Perfect People by Natalie Grant  
• Testify To Love by Avalon
• Everything To Me by Avalon
• Aware by Salvador
• Redeemer by Nicole C Mullen
• Christmas Night by Lenny LeBlanc
• God Of This City by Bluetree
• In The Hands Of God by Newsboys
• Savior, Please by Josh Wilson
• To Ever Live Without Me by Jodie McBrayer

PREVIOUS DEVOTIONAL QUOTES...

When God speaks, things change. ~ Rick Warren ((see full devotional: 1/19/12)

Your fears reveal where you do not trust God. ~ Rick Warren ((see full devotional: 1/12/12)

In sanctification, the one who has been born again deliberately gives up his right to himself to Jesus Christ, and identifies himself entirely with God’s ministry to others. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 1/10/12)

Some of the great advances in God’s plans have come through “interruptions” to the normal routine...God’s surprises in our day are full of opportunities...Look for God’s purpose in your next interruption. ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 1/4/12)

We see only a pinpoint of time, but God's view is panoramic. ~ Chuck Swindoll's Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 1/05/12)

On 1 Tim 4:8 - Love is godliness in action. ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 1/4/12)

The seeds we sow today determine the kind of fruit we’ll reap tomorrow. ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 12/28/11)

To “walk in the light” means that everything that is of the darkness actually drives me closer to the center of the light. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/26/11)

Every belief that is not firmly rooted in the Cross of Christ will lead people astray. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/20/11)

Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/10/11)

We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only reason for the forgiveness of our sins by God, and the infinite depth of His promise to forget them, is the death of Jesus Christ...The atonement by the Cross of Christ is the propitiation God uses to make unholy people holy. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/08/11)

The New Testament example of the Christian experience is that of a personal, passionate devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ...Today He is being portrayed as the figurehead of a religion— a mere example. He is that, but He is infinitely more. He is salvation itself; He is the gospel of God! ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/29/11)

Learn to discern and don't make decisions based only on what you see and think. ~ Joyce Meyer (11/18/11 devotional)

If you are properly devoted to the Lord Jesus, you have reached the lofty height where no one would ever notice you personally. All that is noticed is the power of God coming through you all the time. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/16/11) ***

One of the hardest lessons to learn comes from our stubborn refusal to refrain from interfering in other people’s lives. It takes a long time to realize the danger of being an amateur providence, that is, interfering with God’s plan for others...Your part is to maintain the right relationship with God so that His discernment can come through you continually for the purpose of blessing someone else. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/15/11)

All your circumstances are in the hand of God, and therefore you don’t ever have to think they are unnatural or unique. Your part in intercessory prayer is not to agonize over how to intercede, but to use the everyday circumstances and people God puts around you by His providence to bring them before His throne, and to allow the Spirit in you the opportunity to intercede for them. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/7/11)

God's plan never missed a beat. Exit Elijah. Enter Elisha. ~ Chuck Swindoll's Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 11/01/11)

We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, and it may be so in the initial stages. But we do not earn anything through faith— faith brings us into the right relationship with God and gives Him His opportunity to work...Faith by its very nature must be tested and tried. And the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to trust God, but that God’s character must be proven as trustworthy in our own minds. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 10/31/11)

The one great challenge to us is— do I know my risen Lord? Do I know the power of His indwelling Spirit? Am I wise enough in God’s sight, but foolish enough according to the wisdom of the world, to trust in what Jesus Christ has said? ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 10/27/11)

The more time you spend with God, the more fruit you will have resulting from that relationship. It is good fruit that glorifies God and it is good fruit that speaks most loudly to people. ~ Joyce Meyer (10/25/11 devotional)

Our most vulnerable moments usually come after a great victory, especially if that victory is a mountaintop experience with God. That's when we need to set up a defense against the enemy. ~ Chuck Swindoll's Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 10/24/11)

Part of God's plan is for me to invest in the lives of others, just as others have invested in me...~ Mary McKheen (Upper Room Daily Devotional of 10/6/11)

God promises that He will pour His power into us (Philippians 4:13) and supply all we need if we will simply operate under His full control. When we think correctly, we instantly begin to respond correctly. ~ Chuck Swindoll's Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 9/16/11)

We use the means, but the blessing does not spring from the means. We dig a well, but heaven fills it with rain...Oh, what are means and ordinances without the smile of heaven! They are as clouds without rain, and pools without water. O God of love, open the windows of heaven and pour us out a blessing! ~ Charles Spurgeon (see full devotional: 09/2/11)

There is no way to lose when we believe; because if we believe, we are liable to get what we are believing for. But even if we don't, we will stay happy and peaceful. So it is vital that we keep a believing heart. ~ Joyce Meyer (09/12/11 devotional)

The warfare is not against sin; we can never fight against sin— Jesus Christ conquered that in His redemption of us. The conflict is waged over turning our natural life into a spiritual life. This is never done easily, nor does God intend that it be so. It is accomplished only through a series of moral choices. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/07/11)

We are to be fountains through which Jesus can flow as “rivers of living water” in blessing to everyone. Yet some of us are like the Dead Sea, always receiving but never giving, because our relationship is not right with the Lord Jesus. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/07/11)

Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source. Never allow anything to come between you and Jesus Christ— not emotion nor experience— nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/06/11)

God is oftener in little huts than in rich palaces. ~ Charles Spurgeon (see full devotional: 09/2/11)

Beware of the people who make their request for help on the basis of someone’s usefulness. If you make usefulness the test, then Jesus Christ was the greatest failure who ever lived. For the saint, direction and guidance come from God Himself, not some measure of that saint’s usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that counts, not what we do for Him. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/30/11)

God doesn't give you patience on credit... Whenever you realize that there's nothing you can do, wait...When you wait, your situation may not change, but you will. ~ Chuck Swindoll's Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 8/16/11)

The Holy Spirit does not come to give us extraordinary manifestations but to give us life and light. The nearer we come to Him the more simple will His illumination and leading be. ~ Simpson Devotional (see full devotional: 08/15/11)

At your “Bethel” you will find yourself at your wits’ end but at the beginning of God’s wisdom. When you come to your wits’ end and feel inclined to panic— don’t! Stand true to God and He will bring out His truth in a way that will make your life an expression of worship. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/11/11)

Jesus never measured His life by how or where He was of the greatest use. God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/10/11)

Many feel that it would be a great privilege to visit the scenes of Christ's life on earth, to walk where He trod, to look upon the lake beside which He loved to teach, and the hills and valleys on which His eyes so often rested. But we need not go to Nazareth, to Capernaum, or to Bethany, in order to walk in the steps of Jesus. We shall find His footprints beside the sickbed, in the hovels of poverty, in the crowded alleys of the great city, and in every place where there are human hearts in need of consolation. In doing as Jesus did when on earth, we shall walk in His steps. . . .~ Ellen G. White "My Life Today" (see full devotional: 08/09/11)

If we are in fellowship and oneness with God and recognize that He is taking us into His purposes, then we will no longer strive to find out what His purposes are. As we grow in the Christian life, it becomes simpler to us, because we are less inclined to say, “I wonder why God allowed this or that?” And we begin to see that the compelling purpose of God lies behind everything in life, and that God is divinely shaping us into oneness with that purpose. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/05/11)

We do not know what God’s compelling purpose is, but whatever happens, we must maintain our relationship with Him...The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/04/11)

We do what we think is right, and yet the compelling purpose of God remains upon us. The work we do is of no account when compared with the compelling purpose of God. It is simply the scaffolding surrounding His work and His plan. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/03/11)

God does not give us overcoming life— He gives us life as we overcome. The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength...God never gives us strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the moment. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/02/11)

“Wait on the Lord” and He will work...Waiting is not sitting with folded hands doing nothing, but it is learning to do what we are told. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/01/11)

There is a connection between the strange providential circumstances allowed by God and what we know of Him, and we have to learn to interpret the mysteries of life in the light of our knowledge of God. Until we can come face to face with the deepest, darkest fact of life without damaging our view of God’s character, we do not yet know Him. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/29/11)

Goliath had all the things that would normally impress and intimidate... David had been given the ability to see as God always sees, and he was neither impressed nor intimidated. Because no matter how big the giant might be, God is greater. And no matter how powerful he might be, God is all-powerful. ~ Chuck Swindoll's Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 7/28/10)

When one loves, it is impossible to neglect the other virtues. Love is joyful. Loves makes peace. Love forgives, keeps promises, and acts tenderly and unselfishly. ~ MBI (see full devotional: 07/27/11)

What we need is to act, and to act with the best light we have. As we step out into the present duty and full obedience, many things will be made plain which it is no use waiting to decide. ~ Simpson Devotional

The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of rules and regulations— it is a picture of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His unhindered way with us. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/25/11)

Many people begin coming to God once they stop being religious, because there is only one master of the human heart— Jesus Christ, not religion. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/18/11)

If we have the idea that we have to put on our “spiritual face” before we can come near to God, then we will never come near to Him. We must come as we are. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/5/11)

One way to tell if you are following a desire of your flesh is that when you step out to do it, you will lose your peace and face a struggle. If it is not of God, you will feel like you are pushing a dead horse uphill. If it is a God-given desire of the Spirit, it will work like a well-oiled machine. It will flow, with what I call a "Holy ease." Start your day right, and follow your heart. ~ Joyce Myer Ministries (posted 06/17/11)

To have a balanced life, I need to check my heart as I check my garden to make sure that good activities are not crowding out the best in my life... ~ Amy Peterson from Upper Room (see full devotional: 06/15/11)

Never try to make your experience a principle for others, but allow God to be as creative and original with others as He is with you. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/13/11)

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. ~ C. S. Lewis (posted 06/10/11)

Despite all appearances, Judas did not repent. This makes sense only when we remember that repentance is not about our sin, but God’s grace. ~ MBI (see full devotional: 06/08/11)

s it my work, service, and sacrifice for others, or is it my striving to work for God? It should be none of these— what ought to exert the greatest power in my life is the atonement of the Lord. It is not on what we spend the greatest amount of time that molds us the most, but whatever exerts the most power over us. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/07/11)

It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we see the activity and mistake panic for inspiration. That is why we see so few fellow workers with God, yet so many people working for God. We would much rather work for God than believe in Him. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/01/11)

Our Lord never put His trust in any person. Yet He was never suspicious, never bitter, and never lost hope for anyone, because He put His trust in God first. He trusted absolutely in what God’s grace could do for others...Never trust anything in yourself or in anyone else, except the grace of God. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/31/11)

"With God’s Word as your map and His Spirit as your compass, you’re sure to stay on course." ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 05/27/11)

The greatest enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but good choices which are not quite good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best...Many of us do not continue to grow spiritually because we prefer to choose on the basis of our rights, instead of relying on God to make the choice for us. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/25/11)

God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/24/11)

Jesus said there is only one way to develop and grow spiritually, and that is through focusing and concentrating on God...not from focusing directly on it (spiritual growth)...and if we will stay focused on Him, instead of our circumstances, we will grow spiritually. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/18/11)

His Cross is the door by which every member of the human race can enter into the life of God; by His resurrection He has the right to give eternal life to anyone, and by His ascension our Lord entered heaven, keeping the door open for humanity. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/17/11)

If we give way to self-pity and indulge in the luxury of misery, we remove God’s riches from our lives and hinder others from entering into His provision. No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity, because it removes God from the throne of our lives, replacing Him with our own self-interests...And yet all of Almighty God is ours in the Lord Jesus! And He will reach to the last grain of sand and the remotest star to bless us if we will only obey Him. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/16/11)

Your god may be your little Christian habit— the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, “I can’t do that right now; this is my time alone with God.” No, this is your time alone with your habit...The right thing to do with godly habits is to immerse them in the life of the Lord until they become such a spontaneous expression of our lives that we are no longer aware of them. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/12/11)

Neither natural love nor God’s divine love will remain and grow in me unless it is nurtured. Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through discipline. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/11/11)

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. ~ C.S. Lewis (posted 05/10/11)

To resolve our identity crisis we must be identified with Christ. ~ Strength For The Journey (full devotional 05/09/11)

Whenever we step back from our close identification with God’s interest and concern for others and step into having emotional sympathy with them, the vital connection with God is gone...~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/03/11)

Defend the truth with love. ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 04/28/11)

A person’s character determines how he interprets God’s will... ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/26/11)

It is our own opinions that make us dense and slow to understand, but when we are simple we are never dense; we have discernment all the time. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/21/11)

As you cannot take a day off morally and remain moral, neither can you take a day off spiritually and remain spiritual. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/15/11)

Commit to God whatever burden He has placed on you. Don’t just cast it aside, but put it over onto Him and place yourself there with it. You will see that your burden is then lightened by the sense of companionship. But you should never try to separate yourself from your burden. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/13/11)

I can have the resurrection life of Jesus here and now, and it will exhibit itself through holiness. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/11/11)

Our greatest privilege is to enjoy God’s presence. ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 04/05/11)

Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve. Our faith is real, but it is not yet permanent. And God is never in a hurry. If we are willing to wait, we will see God pointing out that we have been interested only in His blessings, instead of in God Himself. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/04/11)

Beware of getting ahead of God by your very desire to do His will. We run ahead of Him in a thousand and one activities, becoming so burdened with people and problems that we don’t worship God, and we fail to intercede. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/01/11)

All whom God uses greatly are first hidden in the secret of His presence, away from the pride of man. It is there our vision clears. It is there the silt drops from the current of our life and our faith begins to grasp His arm. ~ Chuck Swindoll (see full devotional: 03/30/11)

Responding gently and carefully to angry people can promote unity, for God’s glory. ~Daily Bread (see full devotional: 03/29/11)

Faith, however, is not intellectual understanding; faith is a deliberate commitment to the Person of Jesus Christ, even when I can’t see the way ahead. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/28/11)

Sometimes there is nothing to obey and our only task is to maintain a vital connection with Jesus Christ, seeing that nothing interferes with it. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/25/11)

The real measure of our wealth is what will be ours in eternity. ~ Daily Bread (see full devotional: 03/24/11)

We ask much from God, and when God proceeds to give it to us we are not found equal to His expectation. ~ Simpson Devotional (see full devotional: 03/22/11)

A gentle word of compliment falls lightly but it carries great weight. ~ David McCasland, Daily Bread (see full devotional: 03/21/11)

Christ never spoke of His right to Himself, but always maintained an inner vigilance to submit His spirit continually to His Father.~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/18/11)

There is no power within the human soul itself that is capable of breaking the bondage of the nature created by yielding...When you yield to something, you will soon realize the tremendous control it has over you...But yielding to Jesus will break every kind of slavery in any person’s life. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/14/11)

Showing no concern for the uncertainties that lie ahead is the secret of walking with Jesus. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/09/11)

Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them...We are super-victors with a joy that comes from experiencing the very things which look as if they are going to overwhelm us. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/07/11)

Every day we have a chance to get involved in what God is doing. His providence goes hand in hand with our obedience to Him in every circumstance of our lives. ~ Strength For The Journey (full devotional 02/25/11)

Religion and business are not two separate things; they are one. Bible religion is to be interwoven with all we do or say. Divine and human agencies are to combine in temporal as well as in spiritual achievements. ~ Ellen White, God's Amazing Grace (see full devotional)

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa (posted 2/23/11)

Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 02/22/11)

To be surrendered to God is of more value than our personal holiness. Concern over our personal holiness causes us to focus our eyes on ourselves...We should quit asking ourselves, “Am I of any use?” and accept the truth that we really are not of much use to Him. The issue is never of being of use, but of being of value to God Himself. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 02/21/11)

The remarkable thing about spiritual initiative is that the life and power comes after we “get up and get going.” God does not give us overcoming life—He gives us life as we overcome. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 02/16/11)

Any love that doesn’t begin with God is actually a form of selfishness. ~ Our Daily Journey (see full devotional: 02/14/11)

If your power to see has been blinded, don’t look back on your own experiences, but look to God. It is God you need. Go beyond yourself and away from the faces of your idols and away from everything else that has been blinding your thinking. Wake up and accept the ridicule that Isaiah gave to his people, and deliberately turn your thoughts and your eyes to God. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 02/10/11)

Discouragement keeps us humble, we confess, for we are never discouraged and bigheaded at the same time...In humbleness, Father, we call upon You as Your children. We ask You to lift our spirits by transforming our minds. Strengthen us to see the value of dwelling on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. Help us to fix our minds on heavenly things rather than on those earthly things that drag us down. ~ Chuck Swindoll (see full devotional: 02/08/11)

...The miracle of the redemptive reality of God is that the worst and the vilest offender can never exhaust the depths of His love. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 02/03/11)

Paul refers to personal experiences only by way of illustration, never as the end of the matter. We are not commissioned to preach salvation or sanctification— we are commissioned to lift up Jesus Christ... ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 02/01/11)

Aiming at heaven also involves keeping Jesus in our sights. Looking forward to the day when “we shall see Him as He is” fills us with hope—not a worldly, wish-list kind of hope, but a hope that reflects the certainty of what is to come. It’s the kind of hope that keeps us from distractions and rivets our attention on what really matters in the long run; the kind of hope that purifies us...Strength For The Journey (full devotional 01/28/11)

“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”
~ C.S. Lewis

It is the inconsistent Christian who helps the devil the most... ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional: 01/26/11)

Keep your life so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point. Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in as He decides. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/25/11)

If you are depending on something else as your source of freshness and strength, you will not realize when His power is gone...~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/20/11)

When God gives you a vision and darkness follows, wait. God will bring the vision He has given you to reality in your life if you will wait on His timing. Never try to help God fulfill His word. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/19/11)

The call of God is not for the special few, it is for everyone. Whether or not I hear God's call depends upon the state of my ears; and what I hear depends upon my disposition. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/14/11)

Knowing the reality of our weaknesses, we can find great freedom in realizing that the key to becoming a loving person lies not with us but with God. It is God's love that we seek to share, not a love manufactured on our own...~ Gary Chapman (Week of January 12)

God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us. ~ Martin Luther (posted 01/12/11)

We can disobey God if we choose, and it will bring immediate relief to the situation, but we shall be a grief to our Lord. Whereas if we obey God, He will look after those who have been pressed into the consequences of our obedience. We have simply to obey and to leave all consequences with Him. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/11/11)

Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship..God will never let you hold a spiritual thing for your self, it has to be given back to Him that He may make it a blessing to others. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/06/11)

No matter what changes God has wrought in you, never rely upon them, build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/05/11)

Wait for God's time to bring it round and He will do it without any heartbreak or disappointment. When it is a question of the providential will of God, wait for God to move. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/04/11)

Only after the amazing delight and liberty of realizing what Jesus Christ does, comes the impenetrable “darkness” of realizing who He is. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/03/11)

What is deadly to the church is when the external forms of religion are maintained while their substance is discarded. This we call practical atheism. Practical atheism appears when we live as if there were no God...In The Presence Of God (see full devotional December 27)

...Honest questions reflect a better relationship with God than superficial, outward, religious behavior... ~ Our Daily Journey (see full devotional: 12/20/10)

Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God’s presence, never in full view of the world... Nothing has any power over someone who has fought the battle before God and won there. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/27/10)

Belief must come from the will to believe. There must be a surrender of the will, not a surrender to a persuasive or powerful argument. I must deliberately step out, placing my faith in God and in His truth. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/22/10)

Faith based on experience is not faith; faith based on God’s revealed truth is the only faith there is. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/21/10)

Some sins are understandable, but none are excusable—and all are devastating. ~ Our Daily Journey (see full devotional: 12/20/10)

Always make it a practice to stir your own mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make it yours through suffering and study. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/15/10)

To master this life, spend time with the Master. ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional: 12/13/10)

There is only one way in which I can get right with God, and that is by the Death of Jesus Christ. I must get rid of the lurking idea that I can ever be right with God because of my obedience - which of us could ever obey God to absolute perfection! ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 12/01/10)

There is only one relationship that matters, and that is your personal relationship to a personal Redeemer and Lord. Let everything else go, but maintain that at all costs, and God will fulfil His purpose through your life. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/30/10)

We read some things in the Bible three hundred and sixty-five times and they mean nothing to us, then all of a sudden we see what God means, because in some particular we have obeyed God, and instantly His nature is opened up. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/17/10)

A saint is never consciously a saint; a saint is consciously dependent on God. .~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/15/10) ***

No flowers wear so lovely a blue as those which grow at the foot of the frozen glacier; no stars gleam so brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky; no water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand; and no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs in adversity. ~ Charles Spurgeon (see full devotional: 11/12/10)

If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. If the providential order of God for you is a hard time of difficulty, go through with it, but never choose the scene of your martyrdom.~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/11/10)

How many Christians think that in the morning and evening they ought to come into the company of Jesus, and may then give their hearts to the world all the day: but this is poor living; we should always be with him, treading in his steps and doing his will. ~ Charles Spurgeon (see full devotional: 11/09/10)

If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant for you at all, they are meant to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what transpires in other souls so that you will never be surprised at what you come across.~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/05/10)

The passion of Christianity is that I deliberately sign away my own rights and become a bond-slave of Jesus Christ. Until I do that, I do not begin to be a saint. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 11/03/10)

God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way. ~ Max Lucado (posted 11/01/10)

Don't get "out of control" because you're so determined to stay "in control...we need to be in firm control of ourselves . . . but not controlling of others. ~ Chuck Swindoll (see full devotional: 10/29/10)

Sinful men and women can be changed into new creatures, not by their repentance or their belief, but by the marvellous work of God in Christ Jesus which is prior to all experience. The impregnable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We have not to work out these things ourselves; they have been worked out by the Atonement. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 10/28/10)

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. ~ Hudson Taylor (posted 10/27/10)

All God's men are ordinary men made extraordinary by the matter He has given them...It is not that you have got God but that He has got you...~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 10/25/10)

It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God; but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things... ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 10/21/10)

The key to missionary devotion means being attached to nothing and no one saving Our Lord Himself, not being detached from things externally. Our Lord was amazingly in and out among ordinary things; His detachment was on the inside towards God. External detachment is often an indication of a secret vital attachment to the things we keep away from externally. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 10/18/10)

We have all had times on the mount, when we have seen things from God's standpoint and have wanted to stay there; but God will never allow us to stay there. The test of our spiritual life is the power to descend; if we have power to rise only, something is wrong...The moments on the mountain tops are rare moments, and they are meant for something in God's purpose. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 10/01/10)

Every journey is accomplished one step at a time. Don't stop now. ~ Chuck Swindoll (full devotional: 09/30/10)

If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honour, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? ~ David Livingstone (posted 09/29/10)

Leave the broken, irreversible past in God's hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him. ~ Oswald Chambers (posted 09/28/10)

The aim of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful, not to win the heathen; he is useful and he does win the heathen, but that is not his aim. His aim is to do the will of his Lord. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/23/10)

Our Lord never enforces obedience; He does not take means to make me do what He wants. At certain times I wish God would master me and make me do the thing, but He will not; in other moods I wish He would leave me alone, but He does not. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/22/10)

The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. .~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/16/10)

Surrender is not the surrender of the external life, but of the will; when that is done, all is done...~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/13/10)

Our Lord's teaching is always anti -self-realization. His purpose is not the development of a man; His purpose is to make a man exactly like Himself, and the characteristic of the Son of God is self-expenditure. If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain, but what He pours through us that counts...Spiritually, we cannot measure our life by success, but only by what God pours through us, and we cannot measure that at all.~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 09/02/10)

It is an insult to use the word happiness in connection with Jesus Christ. The joy of Jesus was the absolute self-surrender and self-sacrifice of Himself to His Father, the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him to do. "I delight to do Thy will."...The lives that have been of most blessing to you are those who were unconscious of it. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/31/10)

Beware of not acting upon what you see in your moments on the mount with God. If you do not obey the light, it will turn into darkness...Beware of not acting upon what you see in your moments on the mount with God. If you do not obey the light, it will turn into darkness. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/27/10)

If you are not right with God, you can never turn your mind anywhere but on yourself....~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/26/10)

Many step out of God’s will because of discontentment...(from 12 requirements for finding and following God's will)...Check out the excellent sermon of Dr. Derek Morris on contentment

Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ which nothing can shake. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/16/10)

There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely.~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 08/12/10)

Humility is the recipe for success... ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional 08/09/10)

We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process, God calls the end. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/28/10)

The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience...No man ever receives a word from God without instantly being put to the test over it. We disobey and then wonder why we don't go on spiritually. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/27/10)

Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the power to be holy; it is drawing from Jesus the holiness that was manifested in Him, and He manifests it in me. Sanctification is an impartation, not an imitation. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/23/10)

It must be God first, God second, and God third, until the life is faced steadily with God and no one else is of any account whatever.
~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/13/10)

I am here not to realize myself, but to know Jesus. . ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/11/10)

When we stop sin while it is still in our hearts and heads, we avoid making others the victim of our sin, and we avoid many of the serious consequences of sin. ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional: 07/07/10)

God gives us the vision, then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience. Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/06/10)

Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person, Our Lord Jesus Christ. There is a difference between devotion to a Person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Our Lord never proclaimed a cause; He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 07/02/10)

It is better to enter into life maimed and lovely in God's sight than to be lovely in man's sight and lame in God's. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/29/10)

We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/23/10)

The great characteristic of a saint is humility... ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/22/10)

Every wrong thing that I see in you, God locates in me. Every time I judge, I condemn myself (see Romans 2:17-20). Stop having a measuring rod for other people. There is always one fact more in every man's case about which we know nothing. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/17/10)

We are not made for brilliant moments, but we have to walk in the light of them in ordinary ways. There was only one brilliant moment in the life of Jesus, and that was on the Mount of Transfiguration...~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/16/10)

We are not meant to be illuminated versions, but the common stuff of ordinary life exhibiting the marvel of the grace of God...There are times when there is no illumination and no thrill, but just the daily round, the common task. Routine is God's way of saving us between our times of inspiration. Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the power of God. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/15/10)

"Wonder is involuntary praise." ~ Chuck Swindoll Day-By-Day Devotional (posted 6/14/10)

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all, but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess." ~ Martin Luther (posted 06/11/10)

Experience is a gateway, not an end. Beware of building your faith on experience... ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/10/10)

It is a great deal better to fulfil the purpose of God in your life by discerning His will than to perform great acts of self-sacrifice. "To obey is better than sacrifice." ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/8/10)

The things that make God dear to us are not so much His great big blessings as the tiny things, because they show His amazing intimacy with us; He knows every detail of our individual lives....~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 06/4/10)

If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we think rightly...Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/26/10)

We have to get into the habit of hearkening to God about everything, to form the habit of finding out what God says. If when a crisis comes, we instinctively turn to God, we know that the habit has been formed. We have to take the initiative where we are, not where we are not. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 05/10/10)

Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life...The nature of spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty, consequently we do not make our nests anywhere.. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/29/10)

There is nothing easier than getting into a right relationship with God except when it is not God Whom you want but only what He gives. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/27/10)

We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/12/10)

The centre of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it is so easy to obtain salvation is because it cost God so much. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 04/06/10)

When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/30/10)

If we are going to be ready for Jesus Christ, we have to stop being religious (that is, using religion as a higher kind of culture) and be spiritually real...Trust no one, not even the finest saint who ever walked this earth, ignore him, if he hinders your sight of Jesus Christ. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/29/10)

We cannot stay on the mount of transfiguration, but we must obey the light we received there; we must act it out. When God gives a vision, transact business on that line, no matter what it costs. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/22/10)

Paul is like a musician who does not heed the approval of the audience if he can catch the look of approval from his Master. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/16/10)

It is not only God who punishes for sin; sin confirms itself in the sinner and gives back full pay. No struggling nor praying will enable you to stop doing some things, and the penalty of sin is that gradually you get used to it and do not know that it is sin...The deadliest Pharisaism to-day is not hypocrisy, but unconscious unreality. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/16/10)

We cannot attain to a vision, we must live in the inspiration of it until it accomplishes itself. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/11/10)

"Afflictions, though they seem severe, In mercy oft are sent." ~ Charles Spurgeon (see full devotional 03/10/10)

Never try to live the life with God on any other line than God's line, and that line is absolute devotion to Him...do not try to keep yourself in that relationship by any particular method, but live a natural life of absolute dependence on Jesus Christ. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 03/09/10)

The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples' feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/25/10)

It is discipline of spirit, cleanness of heart and thought that is needed. This is of more value than brilliant talent, tact, or knowledge. An ordinary mind, trained to obey a "Thus saith the Lord," is better qualified for God's work than are those who have capabilities, but do not employ them rightly.... Daily Devotional from EGW (full devotional 2/24/10)

The mainspring of Paul's service is not love for men, but love for Jesus Christ. If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall soon be crushed and broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving our fellow men. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/23/10)

It seems that just like with a pot of boiling water, we only respond to the bubbles. The fact that there is a lot of heat beneath the bubbles does not seem to interest us. And instead of doing something to reduce the heat--we often add fuel to the fire....We do not respond by overlooking their behavior, but by underlooking it. That is to say, we recognize the behavior as the bubbles on the surface of a deeper problem. We can then see more clearly to help them find the cause, and with the love of God, help the person to deal with it.
~Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 2/19/10)

He came with a spiritual initiative against their despair and said - "Arise and do the next thing." If we are inspired of God, what is the next thing? ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/18/10

At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/14/10)

We do not consciously disobey God, we simply do not heed Him. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/12/10)

Write your plans in pencil and let God have the eraser. ~ Our Daily Bread (see full devotional 2/11/10)

We spend a significant amount of time each day preparing meals and feeding our physical bodies. Imagine how God could transform our lives if we gave that kind of time and attention to feeding from His Word every day. We would be amazed just how much of a difference it would make. ~ Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 2/10/10)

Spiritual exhaustion never comes through sin but only through service, and whether or not you are exhausted will depend upon where you get your supplies....Where did you start the service from? From your own sympathy or from the basis of the Redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually go back to the foundation of your affections and recollect where the source of power is. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/29/10)

It will cost an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth, and an immense broadening of all our interests in God. Sanctification means intense concentration on God's point of view. It means every power of body, soul and spirit chained and kept for God's purpose only. ~Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 2/8/10)

It is imperative that we as Christians keep our heads in the days to come, so that we can be lifting a fallen people up to God. Otherwise, we will be facing the frantic times just as anyone who does not know God. We will be depending on ourselves, our own strength and our own abilities to get us through. And like the rest of the world, we will only be concerned for our own, rather than praying for all. ~ Day By Day Devotionals (see devotional of 2/6/10)

I could be moody with out losing my cool...~ Day By Day Devotionals (see full devotional of 2/5/10)

(Patience) is a beautiful paradox of being a non-action and yet a conscious exercise of free will. It is the basis for the merciful ways the Lord deals with us. Patience provides the path in proper time, and promises that faith will be rewarded. ~ Shawn McEvoy, Crosswalk.com

One step forward in obedience is worth years of study about it. ~ Oswald Chambers

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu

A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us if we are not simple..."Consider the lilies of the field" - they grow where they are put. Many of us refuse to grow where we are put, consequently we take root nowhere. Jesus says that if we obey the life God has given us, He will look after all the other things. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/26/10)

Staleness is an indication of something out of joint with God - "I must do this thing or it will never be done." That is the first sign of staleness. Are we freshly born this minute or are we stale, raking in our minds for something to do? ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/20/10)

Nothing that other saints do or say can ever perturb the one who is built on God. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/19/10)

Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/06/10)

No matter what changes God has wrought in you, never rely upon them, build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives.
~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional: 01/05/10)

Our Lord never patches up our natural virtues, He re-makes the whole man on the inside. ~ Oswald Chambers (see full devotional:12/30/09)

The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. ~ Oswald Chambers (12/27/09)

"The seeds we sow today determine the kind of fruit we’ll reap tomorrow." ~ Our Daily Bread:

"No contribution is too small in God's sight." ~ Our Daily Bread

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." ~ Jim Elliot*
*A missionary who died in the hands of the tribal people whom his wilfe later helped bring to Christ.