Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Morning by Morning Devotional: Colossians 1:28 (tsk) "Perfect in Christ Jesus." Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps "imperfection"; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters "imperfection." You have too frequently had a view of your own heart to dream for a moment of any perfection in yourself. But amidst this sad consciousness of imperfection, here is comfort for you--you are "perfect in Christ Jesus." -- C. H. Spurgeon 6:44:25 AM    comment

Daily Devotional: Acts 26:14 (tsk) Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Whenever we are obstinate and self-willed and set on our own ambitions, we are hurting Jesus. Every time we stand on our own rights and insist that this is what we intend to do, we are persecuting Him. Whenever we rely on self-respect, we systematically disturb and grieve His Spirit. And when we finally understand that it is Jesus we have been persecuting all this time, it is the most crushing revelation ever. -- Oswald Chambers 5:42:49 AM    comment

Memory verse: James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. Review this verse in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge verse browser. 4:36:25 AM    comment