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The Battleground of Rational Fear
by Joe-Paul Swinski

“And yet we are saved…”
This refrain plays through my mind as I encounter struggles in my own life and see them in the life of so many Christians who are near and dear to me. We all took that step of faith where we proclaimed we were helplessly dead in our sins and could do nothing but call out to the God of Heaven and Earth to save us and bring us into an eternal relationship with Him. We took that step of faith and maybe we thought that everything else would fall into place. The growing pains I experienced when I realized that God would neither remove me from the battle that is life, nor give me the victory over every struggle I faced the first day I was saved is still fresh in my mind. Listening to a respected leader in our church who I go to for advice and encouragement, I was sternly reminded that the road of faith and dependence on God does not end with salvation. “How were you saved,” he asked. “By faith,” I replied. “And do you think we no longer live by faith now that we are saved?” “No, I guess not.” This book is a collection of the lessons I learned as I came to realize this most basic truth.  — from the Preface
Each chapter in this book will start off with a corresponding key verse. Appropriately, the key verse for the whole book is Proverbs 3:5. As you read through the pages that follow, I want you to ask yourself: “How would I act if I truly obeyed this verse?”

Heart Warming Truths
Drew Craig

Heart Warming Truths is a series of Meditations gleaned in his studies of the Word of God and which we commend to your perusal. May they be a blessing to all who read.
This is a collection of forty meditations. They have been listed in alphabetical order but the reader will quickly realize that I have not followed any particular theme. I am hoping that the comparisons and contrasts from one to another will add a sense of spiritual adventure!

“The first meditation, ‘A Caring Creator,’ captured my attention, and warmed my heart, but that was just the beginning. Every page is exciting and enriching reading, as the author exalts our beloved Lord. He does so as he dwells on ‘Constraining Love,’ ‘God’s Pleasure in His Son,’ who ‘Demonstrated His Grace.’ ‘Moral Excellence’ and other great attributes of God and His Son, will encourage you in ‘Serving Our Own Generation,’ and ‘The Kind of People God Uses’—such as ‘A Man With Fear in His Heart,’ ‘A Man with Fountains in His Eyes,’ ‘A Man with Fire in His Bones.’
Sit back, relax, and meditate on these soul-thrilling themes.” —Arnot McIntee, from the forward

 

He Touched Me
Rex Trogdon

This book is offered with a fourfold purpose:
1. It is intended to bring the Scriptures before us.
2. It is to tell the story, relived using some sanctified imagination.
3. It gives an opportunity to study.
4. It is a sermon. It seeks to provide truth in a multilevel presentation so we can apply it to our lives.
Overall, this book is presented with the desire to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. You and I have the privilege of being a magnifying glass that others might see Him better through us. Why? Because we can all claim, “He Touched Me!”
“A unique book. Many devotional books are good, but their scope prevents them from giving the doctrinal foundation of their promises. This sometimes leaves the reader uncertain. Likewise doctrinal books, also necessary, can leave the reader informed but untouched. Rex Trogdon has gone a long way to solve this problem and has given us a book that touches both the head and the heart, it reaches both the mind and me. Believers young and old, especially those communicating the scriptures to others will benefit from He Touched Me. No reader will remain untouched. I heartily endorse it” -Brian Gunning

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 5:14 to 6:7; Psalm 105; Acts 27:27-44

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat. Daniel 1:8a

My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me. Daniel 6:22a

These chapters have to do with refusing to eat—Daniel refused to eat the King’s food and the lions refused to eat Daniel. They also recount Daniel’s initial spiritual stand against two world emperors. In the first Daniel was confronted with the subtle attractions of Nebuchadnezzar’s hedonistic lifestyle. In the second, because of His Godly standards he faced the legal wrath of Darius. Daniel refused to compromise to either temptation or oppression. How will we respond? —S. McEachern

Stand fast for Christ thy Saviour! Stand fast whate’er betide!
Keep thou the Faith, unstained, unshamed, by keeping at His side.—Walter J. Mathams

Monday, March 28, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 4:27 to 5:13; Psalm 104; Acts 27:1-26

Ye have not passed this way heretofore. Joshua 3:4

The Christian life is progressive, because that is what God Himself is like. The Holy Spirit is always moving onward—His acts are ever new. To hold on to the past, wanting God to move as He did before, may move us out of His will. We must not interrupt divine progress. We too, like Abraham, must walk in faith, as “He went forth not knowing whither he went.” We can safely follow Him who “bearing His cross went forth unto a place called Golgotha.” In doing so, He proved He is worth believing and following. Press on in His strength. —P. A.

Rest comes at length: though life be long and dreary,
The day must dawn, and darksome night be past;
Faith’s journeys end in welcome to the weary,
And Heaven, the heart’s true home, will come at last. —F. W. Faber

Lord’s Day, March 27, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 4:1-26; Psalm 103; Acts 26:19-32

And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. Leviticus 6:12

The sacred fire which turned the offerings to a sweet savour must never be put out nor allowed to go out. The fragrance which spoke of Christ must ascend constantly, day and night. His preciousness to the Father knows no interruption, and so should our appreciation of Him rise continually in worship. The fire of devotion must never go out. —Jim Flanigan

All His joy, His rest, His pleasure, all His deep delight in Thee;
Lord, Thy heart alone can measure what Thy Father found in Thee.—C. A. Wellesley

 

Saturday, March 26, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 3; Psalm 102; Acts 26:1-18

And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9

We offer the Lord our abilities and resources to use as He deems best, but is He able to use our inabilities? The answer is yes. Give to God your weakness, your faltering skills, your lack of financial resources, your stammering tongue. Lay them at His feet. It's not our strength but His strength that is made perfect in weakness. God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. —Jerry Proctor

Accept the gifts we offer for all Thy love imparts;
And what Thou most desirest, our humble, willing hearts. —J. Schultz

Friday, March 25, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 2; Psalms 99-101; Acts 25:13-27

Then Jacob said…Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments. Genesis 35:2

Jacob’s spiritual journey was coming full circle. What began favorably at Bethel (Gen. 28) was soon sidetracked when he married and amassed his riches. His steps took him even lower at Shechem (Gen. 34), even after the Lord directed him back to Bethel (Gen. 31), and worked marvelously at Peniel (Gen. 32). Now he was returning to his spiritual roots and rising from his pitiful condition to the place where he had first found the Lord. But it required a clean break from the vestiges of his old life and the strange gods he served. It is the first revival in the Bible—and the pattern for all those wanting to come back to Him. —Mark Kolchin

Back to Bethel, I must go, back to Bethel where the sweet waters flow,
Back to the true life, my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling, and I must go.—B. B. McKinney

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 1; Psalms 96-98; Acts 24:24 to 25:12

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Proverbs 23:23

Pilate asked, “What is truth?” (John 18:38). Our postmodern society is quite satisfied with philosophies that fantasize truth, but do not pursue it. Reason and sensory information have their place, but these alone can not affirm absolute truth. Yet, we can know truth. The Lord Jesus said He is Truth (John 14:6) and that knowing Him (the truth) would set men free from the bondage of sin (John 8:32). Man can only approach God in accordance with divinely revealed truth (John 4:23). Manufactured religiosity only offends God. Holding to truth enables us to honour God. Know the truth, believer, and sell it not! —Warren Henderson

Light divine surrounds thy going: God Himself shall mark thy way,
Secret blessings, richly flowing, lead to everlasting day. —J. N. D.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Exodus 40; Psalms 94-95; Acts 24:1-23

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you…And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. Leviticus 26:9, 11

Five times in these two verses and seven times more in the chapter we find “you”. God wants us to glory in the fact that He loves us and deals with us always as individuals. Thus it is intensely personal. Salvation is offered to the world (John 3:16) but I must make it mine. His personal interest in me is a wonderful, blessed, comforting thought.—Vernon Markle

I am so glad that our Father in heav’n, tells of His love in the Book He has giv’n;
Wonderful things in the Bible I see, this is the dearest, that Jesus loves me.—Philip P. Bliss

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Exodus 39; Psalms 92-93; Acts 23:12-35

And He said to me, Son of Man, can these bones live? So I answered, O Lord God thou knowest. Ezekiel 36:3

Ezekiel saw this valley full of dry bones and it seemed impossible that they could ever live again. But the Lord began to work. The bones came together, and a mighty wind blew in the valley, and they stood up and were an exceedingly great army. This scene could be applied to the condition of men outside of Christ—dead and dry. But the same power that swept through the valley that Ezekiel saw, the power of the Spirit, is able to impart new life. Let’s pray for the stirring wind of the Spirit to blow amongst us, that we might see souls quickened—born again from above. —W. H. Burnett

Saviour, Thy work revive! Here may we see,
Those that are dead in sin, quickened by Thee. —F. J. Crosby

 

Monday, March 21, 2011

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DAILY READINGS: Exodus 38; Psalms 90-91; Acts 22:22 to 23:11

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Daniel 6:3

Charles H. Spurgeon once told the story of a class of boys who were having a Bible lesson on Daniel. One boy was asked to read some verses aloud, and when he came to Daniel 6:3, which reads "because an excellent spirit was in him,” by mistake the boy read “because an excellent spine was in him.” While it was undoubtedly poor reading, it was nonetheless excellent theology, for Daniel was a man of real backbone. And this is precisely what is needed in the Church today. —W. Ross Rainey

Ye that are brave now serve Him against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose.—George Duffield Jr.