Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
‘From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.’ – John 6:66
When God gives a vision by His Spirit through His word of what He wants, and your mind and soul thrill to it, if you do not walk in the [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
‘Except ye be converted, and become as little children� .’ – Matthew 18:3
These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually to turn to God as children. If we trust to [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
‘II thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord� .’ – Jeremiah 4:1
The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. The Spirit of God apprehends me and I am obliged to get alone with [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
‘No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him.’ – John 6:44
When God draws me, the issue of my will comes in at once – will I react on the revelation which God gives – will I come to Him? Discussion [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
‘We have received’ the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.’ – 1 Corinthians 2:12
Reality is Redemption, not my experience of Redemption; but Redemption has no meaning for me until it speaks the language of [...]

I have just been a bit busy lately. I do plan to get on to Lesson 3, as well as a response to Allen’s post on lesson 2.
Besides planning for Christmas, I have been busy:

at work – this is great, but does cut down on the amount of time I can spend blogging
working on my [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto Me. – John 12:32
Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ died. If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is a farce, there was no [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
I came not to send peace, but a sword. – Matthew 10:34
Never be sympathetic with the soul whose case makes you come to the conclusion that God is hard. God is more tender than we can conceive, and every now and again He gives us the chance [...]

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,. . . praying always. . . – Ephesians 6:13
You have to wrestle against the things that prevent you from getting to God, and you wrestle in prayer for other souls; but never say that you wrestle with God [...]