Selah Archive Listing
Selah: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Oswald Chambers - "The Atonement of Jesus has to work out in practical, unobtrusive ways in my life. Every time I obey, absolute Deity is on my side, so that the grace of God and natural obedience coincide. Obedience means that I have banked everything on the Atonement, and my obedience is met immediately by the delight of the supernatural grace 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: Monday, December 1, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "The more work we have to do, the more frequently we must drop our heads upon our desks and wait a moment for heavenly aid and love. Then we can press on with new strength."
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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: Sunday, November 30, 2008
C.H. Spurgeon - "In Cromwell's time a writer tells us that he walked all down Cheapside in the early morning and found all the blinds down, because at every house they were having family prayer. Where will one go to find such a state of things in this burning age? You are up in the morning and at it; and all day long you are at it, and at it, and at it. Little rest is given to our minds and yet we want holy rest."
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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: Thursday, November 27, 2008
C.H. Spurgeon - "When a ship first leaves the stocks it is well for it to go on a trial trip, but to have a ship always being tried would be very absurd; it is time that it took voyages in real earnest, and was registered in the merchant service; there will be then trial enough in the actual execution of service. Some Christians, by a continual introspection, are always raising the point, "Am I a Christian?" Brother be a Christian. "Am I a child of God?" Brother, be a child of God and enjoy it; and do not spend a lifetime in searching for the family register. "
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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, November 26, 2008
C.H. Spurgeon - "It is said that the French had courage enough on the spur of the moment to have rushed up to the cannon's mouth, but that the German was the victor because he could quietly abide the heat of the battle; when affairs looked black, he doggedly kept his post. In the long run "stay" is the winning virtue; he that endureth to the end the same shall be saved. He who can wait with hope is the man who fights with courage."
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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: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Billy Graham - "I know where I've come from, I know why I'm here, and I know where I'm going... and I have personal peace in my heart. His peace overwhelms my soul! In Christ we are at peace even in the midst of problems and pain. The storm may rage, but our hearts are at rest."
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Billy Graham an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian. He has been a spiritual adviser to multiple U.S. presidents and was number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century. He is a Southern Baptist.
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Selah: Monday, November 24, 2008
Billy Graham - "What will make heaven so delightful? It will be that we shall behold the King in His beauty and see Him face to face. We shall be in the very presence of the living God and His magnificent Son for all eternity. That is why heaven is glorious!"
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Billy Graham an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian. He has been a spiritual adviser to multiple U.S. presidents and was number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century. He is a Southern Baptist.
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Selah: Sunday, November 23, 2008
Max Lucado - "The breath you just took? God gave that. The blood that just pulsed through your heart? Credit God. The light by which you read and the brain with which you process? He gave both. Everything comes from him…and exists for him. We exist to exhibit God, to display his glory. We serve as canvases for his brush stroke, papers for his pen, soil for his needs, glimpses of his image."
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Max Lucado (born 1955) is a best-selling Christian author and minister of writing and preaching at Oak Hills Church (formerly Oak Hills Church of Christ) in San Antonio, Texas.
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Selah: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Lettie B. Cowman - "If we have the faith that believes to see, it will keep us from growing discouraged. We shall "laugh at impossibilities," we shall watch with delight to see how God is going to open up a path through the Red Sea when there is no human way out of our difficulty. It is just in such places of severe testing that our faith grows and strengthens."
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Lettie B. Cowman (1870 - 1960) and her husband, Charles E. Cowman ( - 1923), were missionaries in Japan and China from 1901 to 1917, during which period they helped found the Oriental Missionary Society. After her husband's death Mrs. Cowman wrote about nine books.
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Selah: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
John Piper - "More people will be saved if our government restrains the horrors of anarchy, and if Christians use this peace not to waste their lives on endless entertainment, but seriously give their lives to making God known."
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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, November 18, 2008
John Piper - "All things don't work together for good for everybody. The promise (in Romans 8:28-29) that God will turn all things for good is not true in everybody's case. There are two things that need to be true for this promise to apply to you. One is that you love God, and the other is that you are called according to his purpose. "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good (1) to those who love God, (2) to those who are called according to His purpose.""
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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, November 17, 2008
Lettie B. Cowman - "True faith counts on God, and believes before it sees. Naturally, we want some evidence that our petition is granted before we believe; but when we walk by faith we need no other evidence than God's Word. He has spoken, and according to our faith it shall be done unto us. We shall see because we have believed, and this faith sustains us in the most trying places, when everything around us seems to contradict God's Word."
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Lettie B. Cowman (1870 - 1960) and her husband, Charles E. Cowman ( - 1923), were missionaries in Japan and China from 1901 to 1917, during which period they helped found the Oriental Missionary Society. After her husband's death Mrs. Cowman wrote about nine books.
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Selah: Sunday, November 16, 2008
Lettie B. Cowman - "I hear men praying everywhere for more faith, but when I listen to them carefully, and get at the real heart of their prayer, very often it is not more faith at all that they are wanting, but a change from faith to sight."
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Lettie B. Cowman (1870 - 1960) and her husband, Charles E. Cowman ( - 1923), were missionaries in Japan and China from 1901 to 1917, during which period they helped found the Oriental Missionary Society. After her husband's death Mrs. Cowman wrote about nine books.
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Selah: Thursday, November 13, 2008
Greg Laurie - "The devil is a dangerous wolf that sometimes disguises himself as a sheep. Sometimes he roars like a lion. But more often he comes like a snake. Sometimes he comes to us in all of his depravity and horror. Other times he comes to us as an angel of light. This is why we always need to be on guard."
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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: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Greg Laurie - "Use every piece of God's armor to resist the enemy in the time of evil, so that after the battle you will still be standing firm. (Ephesians 6:13) …We need all of the armor. It is not for us to pick and choose; it is a package deal. God has given us clear and defined spiritual weapons to fight with. Understanding what they are and how to use them can make all the difference in our spiritual battles."
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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, November 11, 2008
Anonymous or Unknown - "Affliction is part of life. Sometimes circumstances afflict us; sometimes other people afflict us; sometimes we afflict ourselves. In the midst of affliction, we need encouragement. …When we see others in the midst of affliction, we should be quick to encourage them. Rebuke, exhortation, counsel, and instruction all have their time and place, but encouragement is one of the most powerful ministries on earth."
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Anonymous or Unknown means that this came from an unidentified source - sometimes it might be from another Selah subscriber and the source isn't given, or it might just be from a source that I haven't been able to track down to document, or it just might be from someone who chooses to remain... anonymous.
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Selah: Monday, November 10, 2008
Charles Swindoll - "Understanding is responding to life's struggles and challenges as God would have us respond. Not in panic and confusion. Not by forfeiting those things that are valuable to us, and not by compromising our integrity. Instead, when we have understanding, we respond to life's challenges as God would have us respond. We trust Him. We believe in Him. We refuse to be afraid. We don't operate our lives according to human impulses or in step with today's politically correct culture."
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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, November 9, 2008
Charles Swindoll - "Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view. When we employ wisdom we are viewing life as God sees it. That's why it's so valuable to think God's thoughts. You look at difficulties and tests as God looks at them."
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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: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Anonymous or Unknown - "Whenever the message of your words and the message of your actions conflict, the message of your actions will always win out."
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Anonymous or Unknown means that this came from an unidentified source - sometimes it might be from another Selah subscriber and the source isn't given, or it might just be from a source that I haven't been able to track down to document, or it just might be from someone who chooses to remain... anonymous.
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Selah: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Charles Swindoll - "In the final analysis, God knows, and He does all things well. He is in charge. I am the clay; He is the Potter. I am the disciple; He is the Lord. I am the sheep; He is the Shepherd. I am the servant; He is the Master. "
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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: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Apostle Paul - "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son... (Romans 8:28-29)"
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The Apostle Paul a disciple of Jesus who was transformed on the Road to Damascus
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Selah: Monday, November 3, 2008
Anonymous or Unknown - "We are not human beings going through a temporary spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings going through a temporary human experience."
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Anonymous or Unknown means that this came from an unidentified source - sometimes it might be from another Selah subscriber and the source isn't given, or it might just be from a source that I haven't been able to track down to document, or it just might be from someone who chooses to remain... anonymous.
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Selah: Sunday, November 2, 2008
Charles Swindoll - "Keep thinking straight. Refuse to tolerate wrong! Like Job, keep forming your priorities from the Word of God. Spend less time in the papers or watching TV and more time in the Scriptures. Let God dictate your agenda and help you interpret the events of our times. Become biblically correct rather than politically correct."
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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: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Timothy Trumper - "We can no more restore ourselves than can an upside down sheep. It takes the Lord to rescue us. Our restoration begins when we confess our disobedience. "
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Timothy Trumper is a native of Wales (UK). He was converted at the age of 15 and felt constrained to preach God's Word while he was as a student of politics at the University of Wales. He then trained for the pastorate at the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh (1989-1993)
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Selah: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Oswald Chambers - "Never discard a conviction. If it is important enough for the Spirit of God to have brought it to your mind, it is that thing He is detecting. You were looking for a great thing to give up. God is telling you of some tiny thing; but at the back of it there lies the central citadel of obstinacy: I will not give up my right to myself - the thing God intends you to give up if ever you are going to be a disciple of Jesus Christ."
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, October 28, 2008
Timothy Trumper - "Following our Lord is not only our privilege, it is also our responsibility. The Lord expects us to follow him. It's for our good that we do so. When David thinks of the Lord's leading, he's not imagining sheep meandering far behind. Sheep who keep pace with the shepherd are safest, for the closer we stick on his heels, the more protection we gain from the dangers around us."
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Timothy Trumper is a native of Wales (UK). He was converted at the age of 15 and felt constrained to preach God's Word while he was as a student of politics at the University of Wales. He then trained for the pastorate at the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh (1989-1993)
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Selah: Monday, October 27, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "God wants our workshops, factories, kitchens, nurseries, editors' rooms and printing offices as much as our pulpits and prayer closets. He wants us to be just as holy at high noon on Monday or Wednesday as in the sanctuary on Sunday morning."
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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: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Oswald Chambers - "If when you come to the altar, there you remember that your brother has anything against you, not - If you rake up something by a morbid sensitiveness, but - "If thou rememberest," that is, if it is brought to your conscious mind by the Spirit of God: "first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." Never object to the intense sensitiveness of the Spirit of God in you when He is educating you down to the scruple."
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: Thursday, October 23, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "The only remedy for human nature is to destroy it and receive instead the divine nature. God does not improve man. He crucifies the natural life with Christ and creates the new man in Christ Jesus."
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, October 22, 2008
A.W. Tozer - "The great task to which God had called Nehemiah was so important that every other consideration must be waived. Would that we might have such an overpowering sense of being about our Father's business and be so impressed with the grandeur of our task that we would reject every suggestion of the evil one that would bid us take up some lesser pursuit."
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, October 21, 2008
Timothy Trumper - "David not only knew his Lord, he knew his Lord was with him. Sheep are comforted when the shepherd is near, for the shepherd knows us personally. How reassuring is the remembrance and felt experience of the presence of the shepherd! "
SELAH!
Timothy Trumper is a native of Wales (UK). He was converted at the age of 15 and felt constrained to preach God's Word while he was as a student of politics at the University of Wales. He then trained for the pastorate at the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh (1989-1993)
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Selah: Monday, October 20, 2008
Timothy Trumper - "Shepherds used their rods and staffs to protect their sheep. Armed with them they could scare off predators and bludgeon them if they got near the sheep. Did not Jesus, centuries later, hint as much? No one would snatch his sheep from his hand (John 10:28)."
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Timothy Trumper is a native of Wales (UK). He was converted at the age of 15 and felt constrained to preach God's Word while he was as a student of politics at the University of Wales. He then trained for the pastorate at the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh (1989-1993)
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Selah: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Timothy Trumper - "How like sheep we are! We claim to be "FINE" even though inside we may be "Freaked out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional!" There are the big reasons for fear, sure. But how many of our fears have to do with the flies and insects of life? Let"s commit our every fear to our shepherd, whether big or small. He delights to calm our frantic natures and to feed us on his promises."
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Timothy Trumper is a native of Wales (UK). He was converted at the age of 15 and felt constrained to preach God's Word while he was as a student of politics at the University of Wales. He then trained for the pastorate at the Free Church of Scotland College, Edinburgh (1989-1993)
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Selah: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Watchman Nee - "The life [Christians] have received does not allow us to be individualistic. The Lord has not given us an independent life. . .. If we had received an independent life, we could live by ourselves. But we have received a dependent life. We have to depend on our brothers and sisters, and they have to depend on us."
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Watchman Nee (1903 - 1972) was an influential Christian author and church leader in China during the 20th Century. Nee became a Christian in 1920 at the age of 17 and began writing in the same year.
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Selah: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Watchman Nee - "If a person has never shed tears before the Lord, if he has never shared his joy or sorrow with the Lord, and if he has never talked with the Lord about his private matters, he has never had any intimate fellowship with the Lord; he has never had any deep acquaintance with Him. One can only be drawn closer to the Lord through telling Him everything."
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Watchman Nee (1903 - 1972) was an influential Christian author and church leader in China during the 20th Century. Nee became a Christian in 1920 at the age of 17 and began writing in the same year.
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Selah: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Oswald Chambers - "The last time you were on the mount with God, you saw that all power in heaven and in earth belonged to Jesus - will you be sceptical now in the valley of humiliation?"
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, October 13, 2008
Oswald Chambers - "The test of a man's religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what he does in the ordinary times, when there is nothing tremendous or exciting on. The worth of a man is revealed in his attitude to ordinary things when he is not before the footlights"
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, October 12, 2008
A.W. Tozer - "The Lord will not save those whom He cannot command. He will not divide His offices. You cannot believe on a half-Christ. We take Him for what He is--the anointed Saviour and Lord who is King of kings and Lord of all lords! He would not be Who He is if He saved us and called us and chose us without the understanding that He can also guide and control our lives"
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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, October 9, 2008
C.S. Lewis - "Enemy-occupied territory--that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage. When you go to church you are really listening-in to the secret wireless from our friends: that is why the enemy is so anxious to prevent us from going."
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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, October 8, 2008
Henry Law - "How blessed is the thought that God is rich in grace! His throne is a throne of grace. His scepter is a scepter of grace. His covenant is a covenant of grace. His thoughts are thoughts of grace. His ways are ways of grace. His word is the word of grace. His treasure-house is stored with grace. Oh, the riches of the grace of our God! While we have breath let us extol and magnify it."
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Henry Law (1797-1884) was a leading figure in the evangelical party of the Church of England in the early nineteenth century. He was also a prolific practical teacher of the Scripture who wrote The Gospel in the Pentateuch. He has been described as a "most Christ-centered author."
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Selah: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
C.H. Spurgeon - "(Referencing Zephaniah 3:17, Spurgeon has this to say:) As He looked upon the newly created world, He spoke and said, 'It is very good,' but He did not sing. And as He views the works of providence, I do not read that He sings. But when He gazes on His people, the purchase of Jesus' blood, His own chosen ones, the great heart of the infinite restrains itself no longer, but, wonder of wonders and miracle of miracles, God, the Eternal One, sings out of the joy of His soul!"
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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: Monday, October 6, 2008
C.S. Lewis - "The real problem of the Christian life comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other view. letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. And so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind."
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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, October 5, 2008
Charles A. Epperson - "The way of the cross is not only the way TO life, but it is also a way OF life and a way OF LIVING."
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Charles A. Epperson a pastor, author, and teacher. Dr. Epperson served for many years with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. He was president of Epperson Bible Ministries, Inc. in Orlando, Florida.
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Selah: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Barry Adams - "The Bible promises to those who put their faith in Christ that at the end of all time there will be no more death or mourning, no more crying or pain. The soothing comfort of Father God's love will assuredly make all your earthly suffering a distant memory. And as He gazes into your tear-filled eyes, you will realize at that moment that you are finally home. While your temporal life on earth will one day come to an end, you have the hope of an eternity of living near to the Father's heart."
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Barry Adams Barry Adams lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada with his wife Anneliese and their 3 children, Kristin, Stephen and Candice. Barry entered into full time ministry in 1997 as an associate pastor at Westview Christian Fellowship in the Mennonite Brethren denomination. In June 1998, while at a men's retreat in North Bay, Ontario, Barry had a powerful encounter with the love of God as a Father that transformed his life. A new website http://www.FathersLoveLetter.com was eventually created and millions of people from over 125 nations have visited the site. Barry & his wife are still members of Westview Christian Fellowship and serve as advisory board members for a global network of Father's love ministries called The Father's Love Forum. For more information on the Forum visit http://www.FathersLoveForum.org
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Selah: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Barry Adams - "God promises in Jeremiah 32:40, to never stop doing good to you. Never. His promise is true because He is faithful to keep His word. God's word is His bond. Whenever you feel that everybody and everything is against you, be reminded that your Father in heaven is always on your side."
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Barry Adams Barry Adams lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada with his wife Anneliese and their 3 children, Kristin, Stephen and Candice. Barry entered into full time ministry in 1997 as an associate pastor at Westview Christian Fellowship in the Mennonite Brethren denomination. In June 1998, while at a men's retreat in North Bay, Ontario, Barry had a powerful encounter with the love of God as a Father that transformed his life. A new website http://www.FathersLoveLetter.com was eventually created and millions of people from over 125 nations have visited the site. Barry & his wife are still members of Westview Christian Fellowship and serve as advisory board members for a global network of Father's love ministries called The Father's Love Forum. For more information on the Forum visit http://www.FathersLoveForum.org
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Selah: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Anonymous or Unknown - "Everything we will ever need is provided for in Christ. It's been said that 'when you have nothing left but God, you become aware that He is enough.'"
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Anonymous or Unknown means that this came from an unidentified source - sometimes it might be from another Selah subscriber and the source isn't given, or it might just be from a source that I haven't been able to track down to document, or it just might be from someone who chooses to remain... anonymous.
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Selah: Monday, September 29, 2008
Anonymous or Unknown - "Kenneth R. Hendren wrote: "Security is found in our nearness to God, not our distance from danger." When the things surrounding us threaten to upset us and tear us from our moorings in Christ, let Jesus pull you closer to himself and feel the security of His arms around you. "
SELAH!
Anonymous or Unknown means that this came from an unidentified source - sometimes it might be from another Selah subscriber and the source isn't given, or it might just be from a source that I haven't been able to track down to document, or it just might be from someone who chooses to remain... anonymous.
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Selah: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Brother Lawrence - "God is not so impressed with the dimensions of our work as with the love in which it is done. ...The final goal of our Christian life is to be entirely lost in the love of God. We should desire to love Him as perfectly as we can, in this life as well as in Eternity."
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Brother Lawrence (1614 - 1691) was a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery, who is today most commonly remembered for the closeness of his relationship to God as recorded in the classic Christian text, "The Practice of the Presence of God."
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Selah: Thursday, September 25, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "Our own littleness and nothingness sometimes becomes bondage. We are so small in our own eyes we dare not claim God's mighty promises. We say, "If I could be sure I was in God's will I could trust." This is all wrong. Self-consciousness is a great barrier to faith. Get your eyes on Him and Him alone."
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, September 24, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "Lord, give us Thy joy in our hearts which shall lift us to lift others, and fill us so we may overflow to others."
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, September 23, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "Let us learn the meaning of the ministry of prayer. Through prayer let us reach people this day whom we cannot reach in person. Let us expect results that we have never dared to claim before. Let us count every difficulty only a greater occasion for prayer. And let us call on God, who will show us many great and mighty things which we know not."
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: Monday, September 22, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "A church relying on human wisdom, wealth or resources ceases to be the body of Christ and becomes an earthly society. When we dare to depend entirely upon God and do not doubt, the humblest and feeblest agencies will become mighty through God, to the pulling down of strongholds (2 Cor. 10:4)."
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: Sunday, September 21, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "Grace literally means that which we do not have to earn. It has two great senses always; it comes without charge, and it comes when we are helpless. Grace does not merely help the man who helps himself--that is not the gospel. The gospel is that God helps the man who cannot help himself. In addition, God helps the man to help himself, for everything the man does comes from God. Grace is given to the man who is so weak and helpless he cannot take the first step. That is the meaning of grace--at least a little of its meaning. We can never know the fullness of it."
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: Thursday, September 18, 2008
Lloyd John Ogilvie - "We should keep quiet about our faith until we can't keep still! What I mean is--when the experience of our Lord's unchanging love is the confidence of our lives, we will be bold and not bland. People who have been healed by a miracle drug are not reluctant to tell you what saved their lives. Someone who is convinced of a political candidate doesn't have to be asked twice to tell you why. When we are wondrously in love, we want to talk about our love. Possibly the reason we find it difficult to talk about what's happened to us in our faith is because so little has happened."
SELAH!
Lloyd John Ogilvie is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, and former Chaplain, U.S. Senate (1996 - 2003). Dr. Ogilvie is a communicator, author and frequent speaker throughout the nation.
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Selah: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Lloyd John Ogilvie - "The people who are a part of our lives are bonded to us for a reason. The question is: What do they find in us? What is the impact of our lives upon them? Why is it that often people know more about our political point of view, our personal prejudices, and our religious ideas than what it means to experience the adventure of life in Christ?"
SELAH!
Lloyd John Ogilvie is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, and former Chaplain, U.S. Senate (1996 - 2003). Dr. Ogilvie is a communicator, author and frequent speaker throughout the nation.
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Selah: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Lloyd John Ogilvie - "Lord, you know the difficulty I have at times finding your guidance in life's decisions. Help me to open up to you completely and live in you so deeply that decisions will flow naturally out of that relationship. Help me to move out in faith, and know that you can use even my mistakes. Amen."
SELAH!
Lloyd John Ogilvie is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, and former Chaplain, U.S. Senate (1996 - 2003). Dr. Ogilvie is a communicator, author and frequent speaker throughout the nation.
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Selah: Monday, September 15, 2008
Lloyd John Ogilvie - "Lord, I wonder at times at your call to me to be your person. I could not be a saint unless it means also to be a saint 'in Christ.' I belong to you, you live in me, and my courage comes from that. Show me any area where I am saying 'no!' to you, or, 'yes' to so many other loyalties that there is little time to abide in you. Make me more your person in thought, action, and reaction. I am yours, and by grace you are my Lord. Now what do you want me to do with this day? Amen."
SELAH!
Lloyd John Ogilvie is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, and former Chaplain, U.S. Senate (1996 - 2003). Dr. Ogilvie is a communicator, author and frequent speaker throughout the nation.
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Selah: Sunday, September 14, 2008
Lloyd John Ogilvie - "I have come to believe that one of the authentic tests of a man in Christ is his inclusiveness. The deeper he grows in Christ, the broader is his reach to enfold others who may express their faith and action differently. There is a tender lack of judgmentalism in a person who has suffered and experienced the forgiveness and new beginning of life in Christ."
SELAH!
Lloyd John Ogilvie is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, and former Chaplain, U.S. Senate (1996 - 2003). Dr. Ogilvie is a communicator, author and frequent speaker throughout the nation.
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Selah: Thursday, September 11, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "No Christian worker can ever be used of God until the proud self-will is broken and the heart is ready to yield to God's every touch, no matter through whom it may come. Many people want God to lead them in their way, but they will endure no authority or restraint. They will give their money, but they want to dictate how it shall be spent. They will work as long as you let them please themselves, but let any pressure come and you immediately run up against not the grace of resignation but a letter of resignation."
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, September 10, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "The very test of consecration is our willingness not only to surrender the things that are wrong, but to surrender our rights, to be willing to be subject."
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, September 9, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "A thankful disposition will always find some cause for cheer and a gloomy one will find a cloud in the brightest sky and a fly in the sweetest ointment. Let us cultivate a spirit of cheerfulness, and we shall find so much in God and in our lives to encourage us that we shall have no room for doubt or fear."
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: Monday, September 8, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "The secret of joy is not to wait until you feel happy, but to rise, by an act of faith, out of the depression which is dragging you down and begin to praise God as an act of choice."
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: Sunday, September 7, 2008
A.W. Tozer - "Working for Christ has today been accepted as the ultimate test of godliness among all but a few evangelical Christians. Christ has become a project to be promoted or a cause to be served instead of a Lord to be obeyed. Thousands of mistaken persons seek to do for Christ whatever their fancy suggests should be done, and in whatever way they think best. The what and the how of Christian service can only originate in the sovereign will of our Lord, but the busy beavers among us ignore this fact and think up their own schemes. The result is an army of men who run without being sent and speak without being commanded."
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, September 4, 2008
Nancy Leigh DeMoss - "Without Him you can do nothing. I sometimes wonder how much of my work for God will go up in smoke at the Judgment Seat of Christ, because it was done independently of His enabling and power. It was my agenda and my effort, not His. When I walk through my day without expressing my need for Him, without asking for His grace and enabling, I am really saying, "Lord, I can do this without You." All such labor is of the flesh and is less than worthless in terms of eternal or spiritual value."
SELAH!
Nancy Leigh DeMoss is the host and teacher for Revive Our Hearts and Seeking Him, two nationally syndicated radio programs, heard each weekday on nearly 1,000 radio station outlets. A compelling speaker, Nancy communicates a love for the Word and for the Lord Jesus that is infectious!
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Selah: Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Nancy Leigh DeMoss - "If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes us desperate is a blessing. Rather than running from, resenting, or resisting problems, learn to embrace them, for they move us to seek the Lord. When we have nowhere else to turn, we will be more likely to turn to Him."
SELAH!
Nancy Leigh DeMoss is the host and teacher for Revive Our Hearts and Seeking Him, two nationally syndicated radio programs, heard each weekday on nearly 1,000 radio station outlets. A compelling speaker, Nancy communicates a love for the Word and for the Lord Jesus that is infectious!
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Selah: Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Nancy Leigh DeMoss - "Spiritual battles cannot be won without divine intervention. In the midst of everyday realities, we so easily forget about the warfare that is going on in the heavenly realm. How often do we tackle life's challenges and demands under our own means-natural wisdom, human effort, man-made programs-rather than in dependence on the power of His Spirit? Ask God to give you eyes of faith to see the real battle; the vision will move you to cry out to Him to exercise His power over the unseen forces of darkness."
SELAH!
Nancy Leigh DeMoss is the host and teacher for Revive Our Hearts and Seeking Him, two nationally syndicated radio programs, heard each weekday on nearly 1,000 radio station outlets. A compelling speaker, Nancy communicates a love for the Word and for the Lord Jesus that is infectious!
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Selah: Monday, September 1, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "God is now aiming to reproduce in us the pattern which has already appeared in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The Christian life is not an imitation of Christ, but a direct new creation in Christ, and the union with Christ is so complete that He imparts His own nature to us and lives His own life in us. This, then, is not an imitation but simply the outgrowth of the nature implanted within. We live Christlike because we have the Christ-life."
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: Sunday, August 31, 2008
Oswald Chambers - "We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."
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: Thursday, August 28, 2008
Jeff Jernigan - "How can we be used of God to make a difference in the lives of others, not just create a lot of activity? First, we need to be Christ's followers ourselves, modeling what we teach. We need to be people of prayer, depending on the Holy Spirit to guide us as we encourage and help others in their spiritual pilgrimages. And we must see tools, skills, and programs as aids, not crutches."
SELAH!
Jeff Jernigan directs The Navigators in North and South Carolina
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Selah: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Jeff Jernigan - "Practicing listening to God during calm times prepared me to hear Him during the storms. The major lessons I learned came in the context of trusting God to provide what we could not, applying biblical solutions to human problems, and growing through the circumstances--not avoiding them. "
SELAH!
Jeff Jernigan directs The Navigators in North and South Carolina
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Selah: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Jeff Jernigan - "The Holy Spirit will lead us deliberately and unfailingly. Our joy is to follow willingly, in confident faith."
SELAH!
Jeff Jernigan directs The Navigators in North and South Carolina
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Selah: Monday, August 25, 2008
Jeff Jernigan - "When we decide to live in obedience to the Scriptures, to listen with discernment to the people God brings into our lives, and to view our circumstances as providential--all the while relying on the Holy Spirit's power and not on our own resources or our own feelings--we are then submitting willingly to the Holy Spirit's leadership. Our feelings can soar in pursuit of God's will, rather than flying ahead unleashed."
SELAH!
Jeff Jernigan directs The Navigators in North and South Carolina
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Selah: Sunday, August 24, 2008
Jeff Jernigan - "One way we actively follow the Holy Spirit's leadership is by doing those things we find published in the Scriptures. We don't need to see a special vision or hear a supernatural voice. Meditating on and praying about the Scriptures may lead to strong emotions, but far more commonly they produce simple guidance for dealing with ordinary problems."
SELAH!
Jeff Jernigan directs The Navigators in North and South Carolina
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Selah: Thursday, August 21, 2008
Howard Baker - "We gladly drink up praises, adulation, and admiration--seeking to be exalted rather than to be humble before the Lord. We would do well to follow David's example of deflecting praise and devotion from himself to the Lord, who alone is worthy to receive it (2 Samuel 23:13-17)."
SELAH!
Howard Baker is a spiritual director with Young Life--Rocky Mountain Region and an instructor in spiritual formation at Denver Seminary
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Selah: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Howard Baker - "A self-centered life is not a Christian life. Yet the subtleties of pride creep in disguised as angels of light. I am told to be goal-oriented so I can be "highly effective." I am encouraged to be "significant" for God. I am sure you can add to this list other "responsibilities" of the "faithful" Christian. The fallacy in all of the "doing" is that I become the center rather than Christ. How can I consider others more important than myself when I have so much to do to get my act together? I can't."
SELAH!
Howard Baker is a spiritual director with Young Life--Rocky Mountain Region and an instructor in spiritual formation at Denver Seminary
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Selah: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Howard Baker - "In Mk. 10:51 Jesus demonstrates the humble demeanor of the servant when He asks blind Bartimaeus, "What do you want me to do for you?" Unlike Jesus, I frequently presume to know what people need and base my serving on the agenda I set for them. I may think I am serving my wife by doing household chores when what she really needs is relaxed conversation over a cup of coffee. "How can I help you?" is the constant question of the humble servant. Imagine the impact this simple question would have on our children, our employers, our neighbors, and our friends. They may even begin to see Jesus, as Bartimaeus did."
SELAH!
Howard Baker is a spiritual director with Young Life--Rocky Mountain Region and an instructor in spiritual formation at Denver Seminary
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Selah: Monday, August 18, 2008
Howard Baker - "In Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster wisely makes the distinction between "choosing to serve and choosing to be a servant." Choosing to serve allows me to stay comfortably in charge. I decide when, where, and whom I will serve. This kind of service can actually produce pride rather than humility, as the focus remains on what is good for me. On the other hand, when I choose to be a servant, I have placed myself "on call" to the needs of others."
SELAH!
Howard Baker is a spiritual director with Young Life--Rocky Mountain Region and an instructor in spiritual formation at Denver Seminary
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Selah: Sunday, August 17, 2008
Horatius Bonar - "If all that God has made known of Himself is not enough to allay your fears, nothing else will."
SELAH!
Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and hymn writer. His most well-known hymns include "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" and "Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face." Bonar also edited several religious journals.
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Selah: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Anonymous or Unknown - "Fear fails to take into account that God is able to hold back the forces of evil. God's hand is not shortened that it cannot save. He has the power to deliver."
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Anonymous or Unknown means that this came from an unidentified source - sometimes it might be from another Selah subscriber and the source isn't given, or it might just be from a source that I haven't been able to track down to document, or it just might be from someone who chooses to remain... anonymous.
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Selah: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The Apostle Paul - "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need."
SELAH!
The Apostle Paul a disciple of Jesus who was transformed on the Road to Damascus
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Selah: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
A.B. Simpson - "We have not a great many things to do, but just one. And that one thing is to love, for all these manifestations of the [fruit of the Spirit] are but various forms of love. Joy is love exulting; peace is love reposing; patience is love enduring; kindness is love with bowed head; goodness is love in action; faithfulness is love confiding; gentleness is love refined; and self-control is true self-love, so that the whole sum of Christian living is just loving."
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: Monday, August 11, 2008
Arthur Joyce - "As James said, "the testing of your faith produces patience." The old line, "never pray for patience because you'll get trouble," may be funny... but it's true! God doesn't expect us to enjoy trouble, but He wants us to rejoice when troubles come because He is using those troubles to bring about the character of Christ in us. We too often moan and complain about our problems not realizing that a complaining, murmuring, discontented spirit is sinful."
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, August 10, 2008
Arthur Joyce - "True peace comes not from the absence of trouble but from the presence of God. The Holy Spirit working from within causes the fruit of the Spirit to grow. Peace is one aspect of the Fruit."
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: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Alexander Hill - "Love has three primary characteristics: empathy, mercy, and self-sacrifice. Empathy celebrates others' joys and shoulders their burdens. ...Mercy is empathy with legs. It takes the initiative in forgiving, redeeming, and healing. Christian mercy seeks reconciliation, even to the point of loving an enemy (see Mt. 5:38-44). Self-sacrifice is the Christian's call to give up the very rights justice bestows."
SELAH!
Alexander Hill teaches in the school of business and economics at Seattle Pacific University.
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Selah: Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Richard Foster - "As we wait before the Lord, graciously we are given a teachable spirit. I say "graciously" because without a teachable spirit, any word of the Lord that may come to guide us into truth will only serve to harden our hearts. We will resist any and all instruction unless we are docile. But if we are truly "willing and obedient," the teaching of the Lord is life and light."
SELAH!
Richard Foster is associate professor of theology and writer in residence at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas.
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Selah: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Peter Marshall - "Lord Jesus, Thou knowest me altogether. Thou knowest that I have steadily refused to forgive this one who has wronged me, yet have had the audacity often to seek Thy forgiveness for my own wrongdoing. The acids of bitterness and a vengeful spirit have threatened to eat away my peace. Yet I have stubbornly rationalized every unlovely motive. I have said, "I am clearly in the right. It is only human to dislike a few people. This one deserves no forgiveness." How well I know that neither have I ever deserved the forgiveness which Thou hast always freely granted me. So, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee now for the grace to forgive this hurt. Even now, I am divided about it, only partially willing to release it. But Thou canst manage even my reluctance, my loitering feet. Take now my divided will and make it of one piece, wholly Thy will. And Lord, I give to Thee this emotion of resentment which clings as if glued to my heart. Wrest it from me. Cleanse every petty thought. Make me sweet again. I dare to ask that Thou wilt not only forgive me to the extent that I have forgiven __________, but that Thou wilt bless__________ to the degree that Thou hast blessed me. For these great mercies I thank Thee, in Thy name, who gave me the supreme example in forgiving even those who slew Thee. Amen."
SELAH!
Peter Marshall (1902 - 1949) was chaplain of the US. Senate from 1947 to 1949. He came to the United States from his native Scotland in 1927.
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Selah: Monday, August 4, 2008
Peter Marshall - "We say we want to find God--well--suppose we did! ...Do we really want to find Him? Are there not some things we love better than Him--the neat compromises we have made, whereby our religion will not interfere with our business... the secret sins which we indulge and have managed to keep hidden. Do we love them more than we love Him?"
SELAH!
Peter Marshall (1902 - 1949) was chaplain of the US. Senate from 1947 to 1949. He came to the United States from his native Scotland in 1927.
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Selah: Sunday, August 3, 2008
Alexander Hill - "holiness calls us to zealously make God our highest priority. It demands that all other concerns--such as material goods, career goals, and even personal relationships--be considered of lesser importance. "
SELAH!
Alexander Hill teaches in the school of business and economics at Seattle Pacific University.
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Selah: Thursday, July 31, 2008
Dan Schmidt - "Friendships are never accidental. They require intentionality, which in turn demands that choices be made. I can invest my available time in TV or shopping or watching the market, or I can choose to build relationships."
SELAH!
Dan Schmidt is the pastor of San Marcos Church in Santiago, Chile. He is the author of "Follow the Leader" (Victor Books).
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Selah: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Chuck Kelley - "Christ infuses His strength into us when we regularly confess our sin. Just as dirt in an IV tube prevents a patient from receiving a much-needed infusion of medicine, so unconfessed sin keeps us from receiving Christ's supernatural strength. We must keep short accounts with God, realizing that apart from the regular confession of sin He will not provide His strength to meet us at our point of need."
SELAH!
Chuck Kelley is senior pastor of Kingwood Bible Church in Salem, Oregon.
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Selah: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Cyprian of Carthage - "What a gnawing worm of the soul it is to be jealous of another person, whether in regard to his virtue or his happiness. To envy his virtue is actually to hate what is admirable in him; to envy his happiness is to hate the blessings God has given him. Either way we're turning the advantages of someone else into our own injury. We're being tormented by the prosperity of someone who is glorious, turning his glory into our own punishment."
SELAH!
Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200-258) was an African rhetorician, lawyer, and teacher who converted to Christ from paganism. An influential bishop and theologian, Cyprian was executed by the imperial Roman government because of his faith.
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Selah: Monday, July 28, 2008
C.H. Spurgeon - "A form of godliness joined to an unholy heart is of no value to God... God will not accept that external morality which conceals internal impurity. There must be a pure heart as well as a clean life; the power of godliness must work within, or else God will not accept our offering."
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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: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Chuck Kelley - "Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart." It is commonplace to understand this verse to mean that God wants to fulfill our desires. Not so. David is saying that if our delight is in the Lord then He will transform our desires so that they will actually reflect His desires. He will enable us to want what He wants. He will then satisfy those wants."
SELAH!
Chuck Kelley is senior pastor of Kingwood Bible Church in Salem, Oregon.
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Selah: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Cyprian of Carthage - "To be jealous of what you see to be good and to be envious of those who are better than yourself seems in the eyes of some people only a slight, petty wrong. Being thought a trifle of small account, this sin isn't feared. Not being feared, it's not taken seriously. And not taken seriously, it's not readily shunned. In this way it becomes a dark and hidden mischief. Since the prudent don't see it as something to guard against, it can secretly trouble the minds of those who don't take sufficient precautions against it."
SELAH!
Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200-258) was an African rhetorician, lawyer, and teacher who converted to Christ from paganism. An influential bishop and theologian, Cyprian was executed by the imperial Roman government because of his faith.
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Selah: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Calvin Miller - "The doctrine of the cross is not that there is life after death, but that there is life instead of death. The cross of Christ proclaimed the profound and precious paradox that death was dead. Death is an impossible threat to the man who discovers the life which emanates from the cross."
SELAH!
Calvin Miller is the author of several books, including "The Song and The Singer Trilogy."
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Selah: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Chuck Kelley - "What is contentment? It's more than a feeling, it's an attitude. It's more than an attitude, it's a mindset. It's more than a mindset, it's a discipline. It's more than discipline, it's dependent trust. It's more than dependent trust, it's a miracle--a gracious miracle from God."
SELAH!
Chuck Kelley is senior pastor of Kingwood Bible Church in Salem, Oregon.
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Selah: Monday, July 21, 2008
C.H. Spurgeon - "The bow of trouble shot David like an arrow towards God! It is a blessed thing when the waves of affliction wash us upon the rock of confidence in God alone, when darkness below gives us an eye to the light above."
SELAH!
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: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Bill Hammer - "Wisdom is not a "natural" quality, but comes only from God. "For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding" (Proverbs 2:6)."
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Bill Hammer is a corporate accountant at The Navigators' American headquarters in Colorado Springs.
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Selah: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Brother Lawrence - "We have a God who is infinitely good and who knows what He is doing. He will come and deliver you from your present trouble in His perfect time and when you may least expect it. Thank Him for the strength and patience He is giving you, even in the midst of this trial, for it is an evident mark of His concern for you. Encourage yourself with His love and thank Him for everything."
SELAH!
Brother Lawrence (1614 - 1691) was a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery, who is today most commonly remembered for the closeness of his relationship to God as recorded in the classic Christian text, "The Practice of the Presence of God."
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Selah: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Brother Lawrence - "My preference is to retire with Him to the deepest part of my soul as often as possible. When I am with Him there, nothing frightens me. But the slightest diversion away from Him is painful to me."
SELAH!
Brother Lawrence (1614 - 1691) was a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery, who is today most commonly remembered for the closeness of his relationship to God as recorded in the classic Christian text, "The Practice of the Presence of God."
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