Daily Verses- 2 Thessalonians 3:3 December 25, 2009But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3 December 25, 2009
- Tozer Devotional
- That Present, Continuing Fact December 26, 2009Of course we must include in our total creed the manger, the cross and the throne. All that is symbolized by these three objects must be present to the gaze of faith; all is necessary to a proper understanding of the Christian evangel. No single tenet of our creed must be abandoned or even relaxed, for each is joined to the other by a living bond. But while […]
- Christ in the Present December 25, 2009If we would know the power of truth we must emphasize it. Creedal truth is coal lying inert in the depths of the earth waiting release. Dig it out, shovel it into the combustion chamber of some huge engine, and the mighty energy that lay asleep for centuries will create light and heat and cause the machinery of a great factory to surge into productive action […]
- Truth and Truths December 24, 2009It might help us also to remember that truth occurs both in the singular and in the plural. There are within the Holy Scriptures truth and truths, all inspired and all profitable, but certainly not all equally clear. Great and good men have differed about the meaning of certain texts, but all served their generation by the will of God and fell on sleep. Chri […]
- That Present, Continuing Fact December 26, 2009
- Charles Spurgeon Devotional
- Thought for the morning of Sat December 26Verse"The last Adam." — 1co 15:45ThoughtJesus is the federal head of his elect. As in Adam, every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest, because he is the covenant head and representative of the race as considered under the law of works; so under the law of grace, every redeemed soul is one with the Lord from heaven, since he is the […]
- Thought for the morning of Fri December 25Verse"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." — isa 7:14ThoughtLet us to-day go down to Bethlehem, and in company with wondering shepherds and adoring Magi, let us see him who was born King of the Jews, for we by faith can claim an interest in him, and can sing, "Unto us a child is born, unto u […]
- Thought for the morning of Thu December 24Verse"For your sakes he became poor." — 2co 8:9ThoughtThe Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich, glorious, and exalted; but "though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor." As the rich saint cannot be true in his communion with his poor brethren unless of his substance he ministers to their necessities, so (the same rule hold […]
- Thought for the morning of Sat December 26
Monthly Archives: May 2009
I’m all for feeding celebrity frenzies…
but then again…
I recollect someone saying this:
No one is truly a star. The only “star” that truly exists and is worth praising is Jesus Christ!
Amen.
an A.W. Tozer devotional
QUESTION: When we end our prayer “Thy will be done,” and do not know God’s will, have we not destroyed faith and confidence that our prayer will be answered?
If we do not know God’s will about a request how can we possibly have confidence that the request will be granted? Confidence under such conditions would be sheer presumption. On the other hand, when He has made His will plain to us, why should we fear to say “Thy will be done”? The only valid prayer is that made in the will of God, either to know that will or because we know it. Until we know it we do well to cover our ignorance with the blanket of meek submission.
True prayer is not an effort to persuade God to do our will; it is rather an effort to move into the powerful will of God so as to be swept along by it. The man who loves and understands the will of God will not want anything outside of it.
Our hesitancy to add “Thy will be done” to our prayers could arise from an honest fear lest we make the words a hiding place for unbelief; or it could reveal an unconscious determination to get what we want whether God wills it or not.
When I hear a preacher condemn the practice of ending our prayers with the words “Thy will be done” I have an uneasy feeling that he may be unintentionally upbraiding the One who once used those words in the Garden of Gethsemane. For myself, I have no ambition to pray better than He did.
