Selah Archive Listing
Selah: Thursday, May 17, 2012
A.B. Simpson - "If we would abide in Christ we must remember that Christ has undertaken not only the emergencies of life, but everything; and so we must cultivate the habit of constant dependence on Him; falling back on Him and finding Him everywhere; recognizing that He has undertaken the business of our life, and there is not a difficulty that comes up, but He will carry us through if we let Him have His way, and just trust Him."
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A.B. Simpson (1843 - 1919) was a pastor, evangelist to the urban masses of New York City, and a missionary statesman. He is best known as one of the leading evangelicals involved in social work at the turn of the century and for founding The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
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Selah: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Jill Carattini - "Making the straight line to the one who harmed you is not a move without difficulty, but it is a move with possibility. Jesus instructed his followers to forgive enemies, to love neighbors, and to confront each other privately and directly. He placed before them far more than stoic commands intended for the sake of the other party, but grace and life itself for the one holding on to the consequences as well.
. . .The direct path to the one who harmed you offers the chance for resolution and the possibility of release. It is a move that chooses to see neighbors rather than opponents and relationships rather than winning, a move that remembers even enemies are made in God's image, a move that holds forgiveness as a possibility even when it isn't fully sought. It is precisely the same move Christ went all the way to the Cross to make for you."SELAH!
Jill Carattini is managing editor of "A Slice of Infinity" at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, GA
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Selah: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
John MacDuff - "He has set bounds to our trials. The rivers and streams will purify -- but not overflow or overwhelm! The fires will refine -- but not scorch or burn! He has too deep an interest in those of whom He says, "I have called you by your name -- you are Mine!" to allow our afflictions to go further than He sees to be absolutely needful."
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John MacDuff was a Scottish Preacher (1818 - 1895). It's been said of John, "For sound doctrine, presented Scripturally and devotionally, with its application to the Christian life, you cannot go beyond MacDuff."
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Selah: Monday, May 14, 2012
John MacDuff - ""I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go; I will guide you with My eye." -- Psalm 32:8
No more precious assurance can I have, than this -- that I am under the constant, loving guidance of my heavenly Father -- that He appoints the bounds of my habitation, and overrules all events for my good -- that my whole life is a plan arranged by Him. Every apparent little contingency, as well as every momentous turn and crisis-hour -- forms part of that plan! "God examines every path a man takes." "A man's heart devises his way -- but the Lord directs his steps.""SELAH!
John MacDuff was a Scottish Preacher (1818 - 1895). It's been said of John, "For sound doctrine, presented Scripturally and devotionally, with its application to the Christian life, you cannot go beyond MacDuff."
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Selah: Sunday, May 13, 2012
J.B. Phillips - "It has been said by several modern psychologists that it is not the outward storms and stresses of life that defeat and disrupt personality, but its inner conflicts and miseries. If a man is happy and stable at heart, he can normally cope, even with zest, with difficulties that lie outside his personality. "
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J.B. Phillips died in 1983. A canon of the Anglican church, his works include The Newborn Christian and his highly acclaimed translation The New Testament in Modern English.
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Selah: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Ron Moore - "Father, hearing ridicule or criticism is hard no matter the source. In the midst of opposition, help us to keep our eyes focused on You. Give us the strength and courage we need to complete great things for You. In Jesus’ name. Amen."
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Ron Moore For the past twenty years, Ron has led a thriving church in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, delivering insightful and practical teaching to a growing congregation.
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Selah: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Ron Moore - "Wherever you are today, God is with you. Discouraged, depressed, devastated by life’s event? God is with you. Broken-body, broken-hearted, broken-spirit? God is with you. Moving too fast, moving too slow, on hold? God matches your pace. At a crossroad wondering which way to go? Let His hand guide you. Living with fear, dread, anxiety? Let His hand of peace hold you fast. Even if you want to run from God, there is no use trying. You will always run right into His presence."
SELAH!
Ron Moore For the past twenty years, Ron has led a thriving church in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, delivering insightful and practical teaching to a growing congregation.
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Selah: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Ron Moore - "Today is a defining moment for you; or at least an opportunity for one. God may be calling you into a personal relationship with Him. Will you respond? He may be calling you into a deeper level of commitment and service to Him. Will you submit? He is calling His children to come together and praise Him through music and [prayer]. Will you sing from your heart to God and follow the call from His Word?"
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Ron Moore For the past twenty years, Ron has led a thriving church in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, delivering insightful and practical teaching to a growing congregation.
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Selah: Monday, May 7, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Prayer was appointed to convey,
The blessings God designs to give;
Long as they live should Christians pray,
For only while they pray they live."SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Meditation and Prayer resemble the spies that went to search the land of Canaan: the one views, and the other cuts down; and both bring home a taste of the fairest and sweetest fruits of heaven. Meditation, like the eye--views our mercies; and Prayer--like the hand, grasps those mercies!"
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Thursday, May 3, 2012
C.H. Spurgeon - "Anxiety about our family is natural, but we shall be wise if we turn it into care about our own character. If we walk before the LORD in integrity, we shall do more to bless our descendants than if we bequeathed them large estates. A father's holy life is a rich legacy for his sons."
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C.H. Spurgeon (1834 - 1892) was a British Reformed Baptist preacher who remains highly influential amongst Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known in various circles as the "Prince of Preachers."
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Selah: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Greg Laurie - "It seems bizarre to me when I see people going to church without a Bible, and when I see preachers who don't preach the Bible. It does matter what God's Word has to say. So it is important to read your Bible."
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Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Greg Laurie - "We need to use Scripture as we share the gospel. As an artist knows how to use her pens and brushes (and nowadays, her software program), as a chef knows how to use his knives, and as a soldier knows how to use his weapons, we need to know how to use the Word of God."
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Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Monday, April 30, 2012
Tony Evans - "Remember, nothing can come your way without divine approval. Whether it's a test or a temptation, positive or negative, it has to flow through God's fingers first. He has to allow the devil to tempt us, and at the same time He is testing us. If a temptation comes to you, God had to allow it to come, but He is not the source of that temptation."
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Tony Evans is founder and serves as Senior Pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in urban America through the church.
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Selah: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Tony Evans - "One of the primary ways God makes us more like Christ is by allowing us to face trouble. To conform us into the image of Christ, we don't just need minor surgery--we require major transformation. In fact, God has to put a brand new nature inside us. Just as a sculptor chips away at a piece of marble to turn it into a beautiful sculpture, God uses trials to chip away at us, sculpting us to resemble the image of Christ."
SELAH!
Tony Evans is founder and serves as Senior Pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in urban America through the church.
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Selah: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Bayless Conley - "We are often enamored with what the world considers wise and mighty, but God isn't. In fact, He chooses things that are foolish and weak, things the world considers insignificant, and things the world even despises, to put to shame the things that people consider wise."
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Bayless Conley pastors Cottonwood Christian Center in Orange County, California. Bayless is known for his clear, practical presentation of the gospel. Consistently fresh insights mark his proclamation of God's truth, and his messages powerfully bring the life-changing truth of God's Word into everyday lives.
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Selah: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Bayless Conley - "God does not call a lot of people who our world would consider wise, noble or mighty. He calls a few, but not many. The fact of the matter is, God will use anyone who will yield himself or herself to Him."
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Bayless Conley pastors Cottonwood Christian Center in Orange County, California. Bayless is known for his clear, practical presentation of the gospel. Consistently fresh insights mark his proclamation of God's truth, and his messages powerfully bring the life-changing truth of God's Word into everyday lives.
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Selah: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Adrian Rogers - "God’s Word admits the possibility of failure in our lives, but it never assumes the necessity of failure. As a matter of fact, 2 Corinthians 2:14a says, "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.""
SELAH!
Adrian Rogers (1931 - 2005), was an American pastor, conservative, author, and a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Selah: Monday, April 23, 2012
Charles Swindoll - "When you have the unexpected opportunity to share the good news, share it. But be careful not to dump the whole truckload. If you're sitting on a plane and the opportunity presents itself, don't preach through the whole Old Testament before getting to the heart of the Gospel. Tell that hungry soul how to find a piece of bread. As you lift up Christ, tell him of your own spiritual journey. If done courteously and interestingly, he will hang on every word, just as they did with Paul. And the response was overwhelmingly positive."
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Charles Swindoll has a prolific writing ministry that has blessed the body of Christ for over thirty years. After serving as Dallas Theological Seminary's fourth president for seven years (1994 - 2001), Chuck became the seminary's chancellor in 2001.
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Selah: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Ed Young - "To simply recognize Jesus as a great teacher is not enough. We have to acknowledge him as our Savior by living out his words. Reflect back on Jesus' words of teaching. Become a pupil at the feet of the greatest teacher to ever walk the earth and learn to be passionate about doing what he taught."
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Ed Young was a past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the author of many books. And, he is the senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
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Selah: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Ed Young - "This whole process of spiritual renovation starts when we resign and God designs. What if you gave two sets of plans to a builder? That would be chaotic. Yet, a lot of us have a vice grip on our plans and we say, "I know how to design my life. I know how to run my life. I know how to do my marriage, my job, and this or that. Yes, God, I see your plans on the table but I'm going to do what I want to do." God simply says, "Let go of the vice grip that you have on your plans. Let go. Resign as the designer and let me design your life, because I am The Master Designer. Resign. Fire yourself. You are incapable of knowing your plans. You're incapable of designing your life by yourself.""
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Ed Young was a past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the author of many books. And, he is the senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
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Selah: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tony Evans - "One of the primary ways God makes us more like Christ is by allowing us to face trouble. To conform us into the image of Christ, we don’t just need minor surgery--we require major transformation. In fact, God has to put a brand new nature inside us. Just as a sculptor chips away at a piece of marble to turn it into a beautiful sculpture, God uses trials to chip away at us, sculpting us to resemble the image of Christ."
SELAH!
Tony Evans is founder and serves as Senior Pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in urban America through the church.
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Selah: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Tony Evans - "Since God uses trials for our benefit and He is always in control, we can praise Him for who He is no matter what we are going through. Scripture says we should give thanks in everything. In every situation, we can count it as joy that God has decided to use a trial in our life to make us more like His Son."
SELAH!
Tony Evans is founder and serves as Senior Pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in urban America through the church.
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Selah: Monday, April 16, 2012
Stephen Davey - "Trials are not given to make us weak, but to make us learn to wait. Jesus Christ wants to develop our faith, and He rarely develops it in the normal circumstances of life. It is most often through the interruptions, the heartbreaks, and the discouragements that our faith progresses."
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Stephen Davey is Senior Pastor of Colonial Baptist Church and President of Shepherds Theological Seminary, as well as principal Bible teacher on the "Wisdom for the Heart" broadcast.
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Selah: Sunday, April 15, 2012
Stephen Davey - "When you became a believer you immediately became the bride of Christ. Although the Lord will continually change your character over the course of your life, your status has been changed forever. You are God's special possession and He deeply, unfailingly, eternally loves you. You forever will be . . . His beloved."
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Stephen Davey is Senior Pastor of Colonial Baptist Church and President of Shepherds Theological Seminary, as well as principal Bible teacher on the "Wisdom for the Heart" broadcast.
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Selah: Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "A nobleman being asked whether he would rather be a godly Christian--or worldly pleasure seeker, answered, "I had rather live like the latter--and die like the former!" So most men had rather live like Balaam--but "die the death of the righteous!" They wish to have the worldling's ease--but the godly man's end. But this is certain, no man shall go to God in death--unless he draws near to God in life. If the kingdom of God is not first in us--we shall never enter into the kingdom of God. None shall enter heaven hereafter--but those that walk in heaven here on earth. None shall enter the gates of felicity--but those who tread the narrow paths of piety. Lord! make me holy--as well as happy, that I may desire to glorify you, as well as to be glorified by you."
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Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "The world has many servants, because it gives present wages; whereas Christ has but few disciples, because their reward is in another life. Most live by sight, and therefore they will satisfy sense; they had rather be sent away like Ishmael, with a small gift--than wait like Isaac, for the inheritance. They had rather take their portion in this life--than wait for an inheritance reserved in heaven."
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Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "When anything presents itself, think: if He were alive and in my place--would Jesus do it? Or if I were about to die--would I still do it?
I must walk--as He has walked; and I must live--as I intend to die. If the thing in question is not Christ's will--it is my sin. And if I die in that sin--it will be my ruin.
I will therefore in every action so conduct myself--as if Christ were on the one hand--and death on the other!"SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Monday, April 9, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "What can the world profit me--if its cares choke me?
How can pleasures comfort me--if their sting poisons me?
What advancement is this--to be triumphing in honor before the face of men here, and to be trembling for shame before the throne of God hereafter?
What are the delights of the world--compared to my peace of conscience, or the joy that is in the Holy Spirit?
What are the applauses of men--compared to the eternal crown of glory prepared by God?
What is the gain of the world--compared to the loss of my soul?"SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Stephen Davey - "Learning to fail, yet to persevere, comes as we learn to live a life of faith. Times of trial are not only necessary to teach us humility, but they remind us where our true possessions lie--in Christ."
SELAH!
Stephen Davey is Senior Pastor of Colonial Baptist Church and President of Shepherds Theological Seminary, as well as principal Bible teacher on the "Wisdom for the Heart" broadcast.
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Selah: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "The center of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it is so easy to obtain salvation is because it cost God so much. The Cross is the point where God and sinful man merge with a crash and the way to life is opened -- but the crash is on the heart of God."
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Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "The agony in Gethsemane is the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Saviour of the world. The veil is drawn aside to reveal all it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony is the basis of the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ is a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that Our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Every human being can get through into the presence of God now because of what the Son of Man went through."
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
John Piper - "The only safe place from the wrath of God is in God. Everywhere outside of his care is dangerous. He is the only hiding place from his own wrath. If you see him as frightening and try to run away and hide, you will not find a place to hide. There is none. Outside of God's care there is only wrath. But there is a refuge from the wrath of God, namely, God. The safest place from the wrath of God-the only safe place-is God. Come to God. Take refuge in God. Hide in the shadow of his wings. This is where we live and serve with joyful trembling."
SELAH!
John Piper is the Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College
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Selah: Monday, April 2, 2012
Greg Laurie - "We are told in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, "In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." God’s will for us is to give thanks. Notice this verse doesn't say to give thanks only when things are going well. We are to give thanks no matter how things are going. It is having an attitude that recognizes that God is in control of all circumstances that surround our lives. This means that we are submitting our will to the will of God, we are trusting that He is in control, and we are giving Him our praise in advance--even before we see an outcome to the problem we are facing."
SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Sunday, April 1, 2012
Greg Laurie - "In every believer's life, there will come a time when obedience overrules personal desire, when spirit becomes more important than flesh, when the glory of God is more important than our own glory and desires."
SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "When we are afraid, the least we can do is pray to God. But our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His name have an underlying confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis they are the ones who are reliable. Yet our trust is only in God up to a certain point, then we turn back to the elementary panic-stricken prayers of those people who do not even know God. We come to our wits' end, showing that we don't have even the slightest amount of confidence in Him or in His sovereign control of the world. To us He seems asleep, and we can see nothing but giant, breaking waves on the sea ahead of us."
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "Beware of not acting upon what you see in your moments on the mountaintop with God. If you do not obey the light, it will turn into darkness. The moment you forsake the matter of sanctification or neglect anything else on which God has given you His light, your spiritual life begins to disintegrate within you. Continually bring the truth out into your real life, working it out into every area, or else even the light that you possess will itself prove to be a curse."
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "Seek if you have not found. "You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss. . ." (James 4:3). If you ask for things from life instead of from God, "you ask amiss;" that is, you ask out of your desire for self-fulfillment. The more you fulfill yourself the less you will seek God. ". . . seek, and you will find . . .." Get to work--narrow your focus and interests to this one thing. Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience? ". . . seek, [focus,] and you will find. . . .""
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Monday, March 26, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "God gives us a vision, and then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of that vision. It is in the valley that so many of us give up and fail. Every God-given vision will become real if we will only have patience. Just think of the enormous amount of free time God has! He is never in a hurry. Yet we are always in such a frantic hurry."
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Jack Graham - "Servants like John Mark are so important to the work of the Kingdom. And God will use ordinary servants like him to do extraordinary things!
Let me tell you something. On the day when rewards are given out in heaven, there will be countless men and women who ministered behind the scenes who are going to be standing at the head of the line while many of the 'up-front' people will be waiting on them! So whether you are more of an up-front person when it comes to ministry or you like working behind the scenes, don't underestimate the impact that you can have by being a humble Kingdom servant."SELAH!
Jack Graham lives in Frisco, Texas, with his wife, Deb. The Grahams have three children. Jack has ministered to the congregation at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas since 1989. His passion is to lead men and women from all walks of life into a more intimate and life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Selah: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Ed Young - "The Father's discipline is a mark of the Father's love. A child without discipline may grow up in anarchy and insecurity, the feeling that mom or dad didn't care enough to go to the trouble to provide discipline. Our Heavenly Father loves us absolutely, and we have the security of knowing He will set safe boundaries for us in the form of discipline."
SELAH!
Ed Young was a past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the author of many books. And, he is the senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
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Selah: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Ed Young - "If God calls you to something, He's responsible for making it happen. The hammer can build whole houses, but only in the carpenter's hand. The hammer is the instrument, but the carpenter is the builder. God calls us to be tools by which His Kingdom advances in the world. Once we accept the call, it's His business to supply our needs, use us where we fit best, and finish the job."
SELAH!
Ed Young was a past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the author of many books. And, he is the senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
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Selah: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Adrian Rogers - "Did you know that God will sometimes knock your feet out from beneath you so that you might learn to trust Him? At that point, faith is no longer an option or a luxury; it is a necessity. To the world your situation looks hopeless, but that is right where God wants to show Himself powerful in your life."
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Adrian Rogers (1931 - 2005), was an American pastor, conservative, author, and a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Selah: Monday, March 19, 2012
Adrian Rogers - "A thousand years from now, some of the things that you think are so important are not going to be so important--your meticulously groomed lawn, who won the Super Bowl, your date for the Senior Prom, the make and model of your car. Now, there’s nothing wrong with these things, but I want to ask you: What is there about your life that is going to remain when the mountains have crumbled? When the stars have fallen from their sockets? Wood, hay, and stubble are going up in flames! But "if any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward" (1 Corinthians 3:14). Things are going to look much different in the light of eternity."
SELAH!
Adrian Rogers (1931 - 2005), was an American pastor, conservative, author, and a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Selah: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Greg Laurie - "There is joy and peace in the will of God. And when you are outside the will of God, there is misery and turmoil. The most miserable man or woman is the one who knows what is right and does not do it. He or she is even more miserable than a nonbeliever who has never heard the truth of the Word of God. When you know what is right and are running away from it, your life will be especially hard."
SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Thursday, March 15, 2012
John Piper - "The danger of spiritual pride is so subtle that we must even watch for it at the place of greatest sanctification--seeing the glory of the Lord. If there is any remnant of pride in us, even pure glory can be twisted to feed it."
SELAH!
John Piper is the Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College
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Selah: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
John Piper - "Proverbs 14:26 says that "his children will have a refuge," if Daddy has a "strong confidence." Daddy's confidence is the refuge of his children. Dads, the battle to be confident is not just about us, it is about the security of our children. It is about their sense of security and happiness. It's about whether they grow up fretful or firm in faith. Until children can know God in a deep personal way, we are the image and the embodiment of God in their lives. If we are confident and reliable and safe for them, they will be much more likely to cleave to God as their refuge when the storms break over them later."
SELAH!
John Piper is the Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College
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Selah: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
John Piper - "If the Lord says, "Fear not, I am with you, be not dismayed, I will help you," (Isaiah 41:10), then it is a fearful thing to worry about the problem he says he will help you with. Fearing that problem when he says, "Fear not, I will help you," is a vote of no confidence against God's word, and that is a great dishonor to God. And the fear of the Lord trembles at such dishonoring God."
SELAH!
John Piper is the Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College
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Selah: Monday, March 12, 2012
Tony Evans - "If there is no sowing of seeds, there can be no expectation of harvest. There are many Christians who want a great harvest from God, but they have sown very few seeds for God. 2 Corinthians 9:6 says: "He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." Your harvest depends on what you sow. If you plant potatoes, potatoes will grow. To plant the flesh means you will simply live to gratify yourself. But to plant the Spirit is to live for the glory of God."
SELAH!
Tony Evans is founder and serves as Senior Pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in urban America through the church.
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Selah: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Solomon tried many experiments to find happiness--but adopted only the last: the Fear of God. O my soul! you may tire yourself with different objects--but none can satisfy you but God--He alone is the efficient and sufficient fullness! It was said of manna, that it was the delight of every palate--just so, Jesus Christ affords satisfaction to every soul. Taste therefore and see how sweet the Lord is!"
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Unknown source - "It's really amazing how God uses those that are weak and feel they aren't good enough. He gives us strength to show others that all things are possible through God that works in us. God shows us we can do it, regardless of our iniquities, because He has forgiven our iniquities. He never gives up on us, so we should not give up on ourselves, and just keep on seeking to know Him and hear Him and follow Him. His love and strength are constant for all who will put themselves in the crook of his arm about us. "
SELAH!
Unknown source means that this came from either another Selah subscriber and the source wasn't known, or it might be from a source that I haven't been able to track down in order to document. In other words - I don't know who said it but it's worthy of repeating.
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Selah: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "Keep your life so constant in its contact with God that His surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as He likes."
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances."
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Monday, March 5, 2012
Oswald Chambers - "Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is. Do you believe in a miracle-working God, and will you go out in surrender to Him until you are not surprised an atom at anything He does?"
SELAH!
Oswald Chambers (1874 - 1917) was a Scottish minister and teacher whose teachings on the life of faith and abandonment to God have endured to this day.
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Selah: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Love should always be the life of action. That man loves fervently, who is influenced by the love of Christ. That man's actions will be right--if Christ is the object that he loves. A gracious man loves the Lord, not because He does good to him--but because He is good in and of Himself. I will esteem that man's affection as saving--who loves God on account of his inherent goodness, for God is love. That man who loves Christ for Himself, though you take away all other alluring objects--yet there is strength enough in that love--to move and constrain the soul."
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Divine love constrains the believer, and he longs to see his Savior in the realms above; but at the same time it induces him to wait his will; and while in this world to love his cause, his people, and to seek his glory; and in short--to spend and be spent for him."
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
John Paton - "This is strength; this is peace; to feel, in entering on every day, that all its duties and trials have been committed to the Lord Jesus -- that, come what may, He will use us for His own glory and our real good!"
SELAH!
John Paton (1824-1907) was a Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides. Before sailing there with his newly wed wife in 1858, he was a city missionary in Glasgow for ten years. Began work on Tanna, an island inhabited by savage cannibals; later worked on the island of Aniwa. He gave to the Aniwan people the first hymnbook in their own language and translated the New Testament into their language.
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Selah: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
John Paton - "Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the will of the Lord."
SELAH!
John Paton (1824-1907) was a Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides. Before sailing there with his newly wed wife in 1858, he was a city missionary in Glasgow for ten years. Began work on Tanna, an island inhabited by savage cannibals; later worked on the island of Aniwa. He gave to the Aniwan people the first hymnbook in their own language and translated the New Testament into their language.
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Selah: Sunday, February 26, 2012
David Brainerd - "It is impossible for any rational creature to be happy without acting all for God. God Himself could not make him happy any other way... There is nothing in the world worth living for but doing good and finishing God's work, doing the work that Christ did. I see nothing else in the world that can yield any satisfaction besides living to God, pleasing Him, and doing his whole will."
SELAH!
David Brainerd (1718-1747) was a missionary to the American Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. Born in Connecticut in 1718, he died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-nine.
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Selah: Thursday, February 23, 2012
A.B. Simpson - "When the enemy meets us at the threshold of any great work for God, let us accept it as "a token of salvation" and claim double blessing, victory and power. Power is developed by resistance. The cannon carries twice as far because the exploding power has to find its way through resistance. In the powerhouse, electricity is produced by the magnetic resistance of the revolving armature. Even so we shall find some day that Satan has been one of God's agencies of blessing."
SELAH!
A.B. Simpson (1843 - 1919) was a pastor, evangelist to the urban masses of New York City, and a missionary statesman. He is best known as one of the leading evangelicals involved in social work at the turn of the century and for founding The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
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Selah: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A.B. Simpson - "How may we enjoy this day? This enjoyment will never come by trying to be happy, and yet there are conditions which, if met, will produce real joy.
1. Be right with God, for gladness [is sown] for the upright in heart (Psalm 97:11). It is His joy that remains in us that makes our joy full.
2. Forget yourself and live for others, for It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35).
3. When you cannot rejoice in feelings, circumstances or conditions, rejoice in the Lord (Philippians 4:4), and count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations (James 1:2).
4. Finally, obey the Lord and be faithful to your trust, and again and again His blessed Spirit will whisper to your heart, Well done, thou good and faithful servant, . . . enter thou into the joy of thy lord (Matthew 25:21)."SELAH!
A.B. Simpson (1843 - 1919) was a pastor, evangelist to the urban masses of New York City, and a missionary statesman. He is best known as one of the leading evangelicals involved in social work at the turn of the century and for founding The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
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Selah: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Greg Laurie - "We are never alone in life. That is the message from Genesis to Revelation. Jesus has always been there, and He said, "I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20).
[ed: Whatever you are going through in your life, understand that the trial, pain, rejection, disappointment, temptation, indecision, loneliness, remember that the Lord is with you.]"SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Monday, February 20, 2012
Greg Laurie - "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were tied up and thrown into the furnace, heated seven times hotter than usual, as ordered by King Nebuchadnezzar. But as the king watched, he saw not three--but four--men in the furnace, free and walking around. I believe that Jesus was walking with them through the fire. And Jesus will walk with you through your fire. He will walk with you through your hardships. In Isaiah 43:2 we read, "When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.""
SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Tony Evans - "We weren't just created for sixty or eighty years of life on earth. We were created for eternity. Every baby born on earth is headed toward its dying day; that's just reality. But we were made for more than that. We are meant to experience eternity in the fullness of life with the Father. Death is simply the doorway we must pass through to transfer into the realm of the eternal."
SELAH!
Tony Evans is founder and serves as Senior Pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in urban America through the church.
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Selah: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Tony Evans - "Most of us are anthropomorphic, which means we are man-centered, rather than theocentric, which means God-centered. We tend to ask, "What's in it for me?" But that's God's question, not ours. God's glory is His own passion. He is seeking the highest glory for Himself, and rightly so because He is the greatest in every way. God's glory is the chief end of all things. You will know if someone has a heart for God based on whether or not they are seeking His glory."
SELAH!
Tony Evans is founder and serves as Senior Pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. He is also founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to bring about spiritual renewal in urban America through the church.
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Selah: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Arthur Joyce - "Never pet a flaming dog"
SELAH!
Arthur Joyce has been the pastor of Johnson City Alliance Church in Johnson City, TN since January, 1979. His heart's cry is that Jesus would be so lifted up that He alone would be seen and worshipped by young and old alike! Every believer has a unique place in the Body of Christ and has been gifted in such a way that the local Body of Believers will be enabled to demonstrate the grace and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ to a watching community and world.
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Selah: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Every real Christian is a spiritual temple of the living God. Worldly cares and desires, are the 'buyers' and 'sellers' that pollute this temple. Now, how inconsistent it is to make the house of God--into a den of thieves! What an idolatrous sin, to choose a lust instead of Christ!"
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Monday, February 13, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Love should always be the life of action. That man loves fervently, who is influenced by the love of Christ. That man's actions will be right--if Christ is the object that he loves. A gracious man loves the Lord, not because He does good to him--but because He is good in and of Himself."
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Sunday, February 12, 2012
Stephen Davey - "Jesus Christ considers us His representatives on earth and we are to win the world for Him. How? Bribe them? . . . threaten them? . . . scare them? . . . debate them? No! We are to show them the love of Christ by showing them our love for each other; we are to reflect the character of Christ to those around us. Unbelievers may rebuff your message, refute your argument, and reject your faith, but they can't deny your loving spirit toward them."
SELAH!
Stephen Davey is Senior Pastor of Colonial Baptist Church and President of Shepherds Theological Seminary, as well as principal Bible teacher on the "Wisdom for the Heart" broadcast.
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Selah: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Vance Havner - "The road from groans to glory is by grace and there will always be enough of that to do all that God wants you to do as long as God wants you to do it."
SELAH!
Vance Havner (1901 - 1986) was a very popular "revivalist" and Bible conference speaker and authored over 30 books of sermons and devotionals.
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Selah: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Vance Havner - "God uses broken things. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is the broken soil that produces a crop; it is the broken clouds that give rain; it is the broken grain that gives bread, and it is the broken bread that gives strength. . . . God uses broken things."
SELAH!
Vance Havner (1901 - 1986) was a very popular "revivalist" and Bible conference speaker and authored over 30 books of sermons and devotionals.
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Selah: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Stephen Davey - "Revival could be defined as a movement of God's Spirit in the believer's life, which produces both private confession of sin and public obedience to the Scriptures. The priority for our outward behavior is to please God--a priority that will undeniably impact personal relationships, financial decisions, and lifestyle choices. Therefore, revival is not a once-and-done event . . . it is daily. And it should interrupt your life over and over again."
SELAH!
Stephen Davey is Senior Pastor of Colonial Baptist Church and President of Shepherds Theological Seminary, as well as principal Bible teacher on the "Wisdom for the Heart" broadcast.
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Selah: Monday, February 6, 2012
Ed Young - ""Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" were ideals of America’s founders. "Happiness," for them, was not wild living, nor endless acquisition, but a content, disciplined, ordered life. The definition has changed. Happiness, as currently understood, can be stolen by circumstances, people and possessions. Let life situation change, betrayal enter and possessions be taken, and happiness is yanked. But God's joy is an eternal state of being. His joy can never be stolen."
SELAH!
Ed Young was a past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the author of many books. And, he is the senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
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Selah: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "I must sow my seed--and wait upon the clouds for rain. I must do my work--and leave the event to God. I must neither be idle in the means--nor make on idol of the means. I will therefore lay my hands to the means, as if they were all in all; and yet look above the means--as if they were nothing at all."
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Thursday, February 2, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "If God is perfect in himself, and capable of imparting the highest good to the creature--then it is the greatest wisdom of the creature to choose him, and his imperative duty to live in observance of his commandments. If all men must appear before this great Majesty, and bow before him--then I admire the wisdom of the godly, and am surprised at the folly of the wicked."
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Godly people alone, shall enter heaven. They may be destitute of earthly honor and riches--but they are rich in faith, and heirs to the kingdom of heaven! They may be despised by people distinguished by worldly possessions--but in the eternal world, they will infinitely surpass them in celestial riches and honor. While Christians shall eternally sing the praises of God and the Lamb--the wicked will be forever weeping and gnashing their teeth! What a contrast is this!"
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "What fool would place only a few drops of carnal pleasures into so large a vessel as the soul--and neglect the spring, or rather the ocean of unspeakable bliss, and everlasting glory [of all that God has prepared for His people]!"
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Monday, January 30, 2012
C.S. Lewis - "Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone you will presently come to love him."
SELAH!
C.S. Lewis , theologian and apologist for the Christian faith, became a Christian because, he explained to his brother, there was nothing else for him to do. He recognized that Jesus was and is the only way to eternal life and the forgiveness of sins.
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Selah: Sunday, January 29, 2012
C.S. Lewis - "The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or -- if they think there is not -- at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it."
SELAH!
C.S. Lewis , theologian and apologist for the Christian faith, became a Christian because, he explained to his brother, there was nothing else for him to do. He recognized that Jesus was and is the only way to eternal life and the forgiveness of sins.
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Selah: Thursday, January 26, 2012
C.S. Lewis - "We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He has disabled death itself. That is the formula. That is Christianity. That is what has to be believed. Any theories we build up as to how Christ's death did all this are, in my view, quite secondary: mere plans or diagrams to be left alone if they do not help us, and, if they do help us, not to be confused with the thing itself."
SELAH!
C.S. Lewis , theologian and apologist for the Christian faith, became a Christian because, he explained to his brother, there was nothing else for him to do. He recognized that Jesus was and is the only way to eternal life and the forgiveness of sins.
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Selah: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
C.S. Lewis - "At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of the morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendors we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in."
SELAH!
C.S. Lewis , theologian and apologist for the Christian faith, became a Christian because, he explained to his brother, there was nothing else for him to do. He recognized that Jesus was and is the only way to eternal life and the forgiveness of sins.
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Selah: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
C.S. Lewis - "What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like, "What does it matter so long as they are contented?" We want, in fact, not so much a Father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven -- a senile benevolence who, as they say, "liked to see young people enjoying themselves" and whose plan for the universe was simply that it might be truly said at the end of each day, "a good time was had by all.""
SELAH!
C.S. Lewis , theologian and apologist for the Christian faith, became a Christian because, he explained to his brother, there was nothing else for him to do. He recognized that Jesus was and is the only way to eternal life and the forgiveness of sins.
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Selah: Monday, January 23, 2012
A.W. Tozer - "Because King David was God-possessed he could be God-taught. It is scarcely possible to know with any certainty just how great David's educational advantages were, but we may safely assume that he had not much of what we now call formal education. Yet he has taught millions and after the passing of centuries he still keeps school and teaches divine poetry, mystic theology and the art of pure worship to all who have ears to hear."
SELAH!
A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963) was a modern day prophet, and a key figure in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. His legacy reaches through time and has impacted countless millions. A prolific author and pastor, Tozer was known for his emphasis on the deeper life movement. His message, informed as it was by A.B. Simpson the founder of The Alliance, brought the missionary call to a massive audience.
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Selah: Sunday, January 22, 2012
A.W. Tozer - "Perhaps King David's greatness and his significance for mankind lies in the truth that David was a God-possessed man. He threw himself at the feet of God and demanded to be conquered, and Jehovah responded by taking over his personality and shaping it as a potter shapes the clay."
SELAH!
A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963) was a modern day prophet, and a key figure in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. His legacy reaches through time and has impacted countless millions. A prolific author and pastor, Tozer was known for his emphasis on the deeper life movement. His message, informed as it was by A.B. Simpson the founder of The Alliance, brought the missionary call to a massive audience.
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Selah: Thursday, January 19, 2012
A.W. Tozer - "Perhaps King David's greatness and his significance for mankind lies in the truth that David was acutely God-conscious. To him God was the one Being worth knowing. Where others see nature he saw God. He was a nature poet indeed, but he saw God first and loved nature for God's sake. Wordsworth reversed the order and, while he is great, he is not worthy to untie the shoelaces of the man David. "
SELAH!
A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963) was a modern day prophet, and a key figure in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. His legacy reaches through time and has impacted countless millions. A prolific author and pastor, Tozer was known for his emphasis on the deeper life movement. His message, informed as it was by A.B. Simpson the founder of The Alliance, brought the missionary call to a massive audience.
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Selah: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A.W. Tozer - "Perhaps King David's greatness and his significance for mankind lies in his complete preoccupation with God. He was a Jew, steeped in the Levitical tradition, but he never got lost in the forms of religion. "I have set the LORD always before me" (Psalm 16:8), he said once, and again he said, or rather cried, for his words rise from within like a cry, "My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?" (42:2). "
SELAH!
A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963) was a modern day prophet, and a key figure in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. His legacy reaches through time and has impacted countless millions. A prolific author and pastor, Tozer was known for his emphasis on the deeper life movement. His message, informed as it was by A.B. Simpson the founder of The Alliance, brought the missionary call to a massive audience.
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Selah: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Christian! You are a child of God's love, an heir of His glory, and reckoned among His favorites! O think upon your dignity, and consider:
• Will an Emperor live like a beggar?
• Is it befitting for those who are clothed in scarlet--to wallow in the mire?
• Am I born of God--and shall I live like a beast?
• Has God raised my soul to the purest excellencies--and shall I stain my dignity with the world's filth?
• May I feed upon Christ--and shall I feed upon empty vanities?
• Shall I who am to judge the world--be a drudge to the world?
• Has Christ prepared for me a mansion in the heavens--and shall I be groveling in earthly mire?
• Am I child of light--and shall I commit the works of darkness?
No! I am born to greater and higher things--than to be a slave to lust, and a drudge to the world!"SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Monday, January 16, 2012
Thomas Sherman - "Godly people alone, shall enter heaven. They may be destitute of earthly honor and riches--but they are rich in faith, and heirs to the kingdom of heaven! They may be despised by people distinguished by worldly possessions--but in the eternal world, they will infinitely surpass them in celestial riches and honor."
SELAH!
Thomas Sherman lived in the mid 1700s and was the author of "A pious soul thirsting after Christ."
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Selah: Sunday, January 15, 2012
James Smith - "
'I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may win Christ!' - Philippians 3:8The aim of men in general is to make a fortune, enjoy the world, and live luxuriantly. The aim of the true believer is to win Christ. Jesus possesses all that he desires, and to possess Christ would satisfy his every wish.
We now receive much from Him, and we often enjoy His love; but we want to be present with Him, and to have full possession of Him as our everlasting All! He is set before us as our mark; He is held out as the prize; and is promised as the everlasting portion of every overcomer!
Where is your heart this morning? Which way do your desires tend? What is the object of your pursuit today?""SELAH!
James Smith (1802-1862) was a predecessor of Charles Spurgeon at New Park Street Chapel in London from 1841 until 1850. He also ministered with great blessing in Cheltenham. His devotional, The Believer's Daily Remembrancer, subtitled Pastor's Morning and Evening Visit, was very popular in its own day, and has received a new lease of life through recent republication.
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Selah: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Arthur Joyce - "Alfred H. Ackley wrote, 'He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way.'
That describes a "relationship." And it's a relationship between the Father and his child that is filled with love.
Have you taken the time to just sit in His abiding presence and talk with Him, and fellowship together, and appreciate Him for who He is and what He has made of your life?"SELAH!
Arthur Joyce has been the pastor of Johnson City Alliance Church in Johnson City, TN since January, 1979. His heart's cry is that Jesus would be so lifted up that He alone would be seen and worshipped by young and old alike! Every believer has a unique place in the Body of Christ and has been gifted in such a way that the local Body of Believers will be enabled to demonstrate the grace and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ to a watching community and world.
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Selah: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Richard Innes - "An amusing thing happened in one year's Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California, when one beautifully decorated float suddenly came to a stand-still. It ran out of fuel!
The irony was that this float was entered by and represented the Standard Oil Company-one of the largest fuel companies of North America. With all their vast oil and gasoline resources they failed to make sure their own vehicle was running on full.
I wonder how often do we--with all the vast resources of God and heaven at our disposal--try to run on an empty love, joy and peace tank? (ed: Is your spiritual tank "topped off?" Have you been to the "filling station" recently?)"SELAH!
Richard Innes is Founder/Director of ACTS International (A Christian Teaching Service) - http://www.christ.com/devotional-richardinnes.html
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Selah: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Greg Laurie - "Hebrews 1:1 says that God sent many servants into the world and to the nation of Israel. God has endowed and endued the world with many outstanding men and women. But God has surpassed them all with the gift of His Son.
This is what should fill our minds and hearts with astonishment: that God has done something that even He Himself cannot exceed. He gave His only Son, His eternal Son, and sent Him into the world."SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Monday, January 9, 2012
Greg Laurie - "Maybe you have been doubting God's ways in your life. Maybe you have been asking "why" a lot lately. Maybe His timing doesn't seem to make any sense.
The Bible says, "All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now" (1 Corinthians 13:12b).
It all will be resolved in that final day when we stand before God. God doesn't ask us to understand everything. He asks us to trust Him and follow Him."SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Greg Laurie - "There is a difference between doubt and unbelief. Doubt is a matter of the mind. Unbelief is a matter of the heart. Doubt is when we cannot understand what God is doing and why He is doing it. Unbelief is when we refuse to believe God's Word and do what He tells us to do. We must not confuse the two."
SELAH!
Greg Laurie (born December 1952) serves as the senior pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel, in Riverside, California.
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Selah: Thursday, January 5, 2012
A.W. Tozer - "It is entirely possible to reach a place in grace where nothing can panic us. We can have an understanding with God about our yesterdays, our today and our tomorrows. The fear of death and judgment goes out of us as the true fear of God comes in, and that fear has no torment but is rather a light and easy yoke for the soul, one which rests us instead of exhausting us."
SELAH!
A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963) was a modern day prophet, and a key figure in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. His legacy reaches through time and has impacted countless millions. A prolific author and pastor, Tozer was known for his emphasis on the deeper life movement. His message, informed as it was by A.B. Simpson the founder of The Alliance, brought the missionary call to a massive audience.
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Selah: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
A.W. Tozer - "Through the blood of the everlasting covenant we are as safe here on earth as if we were already in heaven. We have not passed beyond the possibility of physical death, but we have entered a sphere of life where we can afford to die, knowing that for the Christian death is a bright portal to the ineffable glory."
SELAH!
A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963) was a modern day prophet, and a key figure in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. His legacy reaches through time and has impacted countless millions. A prolific author and pastor, Tozer was known for his emphasis on the deeper life movement. His message, informed as it was by A.B. Simpson the founder of The Alliance, brought the missionary call to a massive audience.
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Selah: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Arthur Joyce - "No matter what circumstance may come against you, God will take care of you as you find your contentment in Him. . .not in the things of this life. . .but in Jesus! He is sufficient for all things and every circumstance!"
SELAH!
Arthur Joyce has been the pastor of Johnson City Alliance Church in Johnson City, TN since January, 1979. His heart's cry is that Jesus would be so lifted up that He alone would be seen and worshipped by young and old alike! Every believer has a unique place in the Body of Christ and has been gifted in such a way that the local Body of Believers will be enabled to demonstrate the grace and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ to a watching community and world.
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Selah: Monday, January 2, 2012
Arthur Joyce - "Philippians 4:11-12, 'I've learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.' A contented person allows God the privilege of using the very circumstances that give him the most grief to bring about the image of Christ within him."
SELAH!
Arthur Joyce has been the pastor of Johnson City Alliance Church in Johnson City, TN since January, 1979. His heart's cry is that Jesus would be so lifted up that He alone would be seen and worshipped by young and old alike! Every believer has a unique place in the Body of Christ and has been gifted in such a way that the local Body of Believers will be enabled to demonstrate the grace and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ to a watching community and world.
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Selah: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Selah Subscriber - "The days of our lives are not so sure as we would like to think. They are of very limited duration. Even the children we see today will soon begin to wrinkle and stoop from the weight of a few decades. That which does stand untouched by time is God alone. His eternal decrees, His all-powerful grace, His unending mercy, His undying love for His wayward children.
Thank you Father for this glorious day! May its imprint be established in my heart and mind to remind me of whose I am and what it is I am to be."SELAH!
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Selah: Thursday, December 29, 2011
Arthur Joyce - "There are those of us who feel the breeze (gale?) of time whizzing by us. The things that once occupied our time have lost their stature and we realize that we will soon be with our Lord, and we are haunted by the knowledge that there are many things that are yet undone.
One of our great presidents said, "the world will little note nor long remember what we say here." But in a larger sense we speak and act not for earthly recognition but to hear our Master and God say to us, "Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful . . . ."
The Apostle Paul said near the end of his life, "I have finished the course. . . I have kept the faith!" May each of us "finish well!" And we can, as we keep our eyes upon Jesus so that the main thing stays the main thing!"SELAH!
Arthur Joyce has been the pastor of Johnson City Alliance Church in Johnson City, TN since January, 1979. His heart's cry is that Jesus would be so lifted up that He alone would be seen and worshipped by young and old alike! Every believer has a unique place in the Body of Christ and has been gifted in such a way that the local Body of Believers will be enabled to demonstrate the grace and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ to a watching community and world.
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