For us to be the Lord’s overcomers, we need to humble ourselves, see the all-inclusive Christ, consecrate ourselves to the Lord, and remove any idols by cooperating with God to have Christ as our everything. In God’s selection of Gideon and the three hundred men with him to defeat the Midianites we see the selection […]
Learning to Wait on the Lord, Take Him as our Portion, Seek Him, and Call unto Him
As we enjoy God as our portion, we need to put our hope in Him, we need to wait on the Lord, and we need to call on His name; the Lord is good to those who wait on Him. Praise the Lord, God is our portion, and there’s nothing on earth or in heaven […]
We know God’s Faithfulness as we Contact Him, Enjoy Him as our Portion, and Hope in Him
Oh, great is God’s faithfulness! How we love His compassions, lovingkindness, and faithfulness toward us! He is our portion, we hope in Him, and we love to contact Him every morning by calling on His name to enjoy Him as our portion! I am so encouraged to see that Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, even though […]
Don’t be Disappointed when you Fail: God is Faithful to Mature us to be the New Jerusalem
If we fail God today, we should not be disappointed, for God is faithful to do it in us; He has a way to deal with us and cause us to be mature and become the New Jerusalem, either as His overcoming bride in the next age or as His wife for eternity. This week […]
God is Faithful in His Purpose to Turn us from Idols to Himself to Drink and Enjoy Him
Although we are unfaithful, God is faithful in His purpose; we need to see God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His economy and realize that He is faithful to remove our idols and bring us back to Himself as the fountain of living waters. The books of Jeremiah and Lamentations show us both how we are unfaithful […]
God is Faithful and Loving: He’s Faithful in His Word and He Loves and Disciplines us
Our God – the God manifested in the Bible and especially in Deuteronomy – is a righteous, holy, faithful, loving, and gracious God, and He is also very fine, tender, considerate, and sympathetic; what a God we have! If we read this wonderful book, Deuteronomy, we see that our God is both a God of […]
Learning to Shepherd others according to God’s Desire out of Love for the Lord Jesus
This week in our prayerful consideration of propagating Christ we come to the matter of, Shepherding the Flock of God according to God by Being Patterns of the Flock, and today in particular we want to see what it means to shepherd according to God’s desire. The Christ we propagate is not only the incarnated […]