September 2012

18 Sep

Posted at 23:44h in Devotionals
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"Then he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here."  Exodus 33:15 This has to be one of the most unbelievable and amazing prayers in all of the Bible.  It is not a prayer to be ushered into the Promise Land.  As a matter of fact, it is a prayer asking not to get there except under a very specific condition.  These wilderness wanderers had been guilty of idolatry.  They had invited the anger of God and as a result God had withdrawn His presence from them.  No longer would He be their personal guide.  No longer would He manifest Himself in their midst.  Sure, He would follow through on His promise and bring them into the land of Canaan, but He wouldn't be the One to lead them there.  He would send somebody else to be their guide.

03 Sep

Posted at 13:00h in Devotionals
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"But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." Galatians 6:14 Is there anything that can cause the bearing of a cross to become glorious? To be sure, there are those things that can enable a cross to be endured - patience, pride, and even despair can make make it endurable. However, is there anything that can turn it into something to be boasted about? There is only one thing that can make it so, and that one thing is love.