The Devotion
Turning Point
Monday, April 29
Real Victory!
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
1 John 5:14-15
Ruth Paxson met with a missionary who confessed her defeated attitude. She no longer found joy in her Bible or a passion for souls in her heart. Hers was a joyless, peaceless, powerless life. She left in the same state, but Paxson felt the Lord was working and prayed for her using 1 John 5:14-15. Overnight the woman confessed to a hurt that had robbed her of her victory. Her joy was back.
Recommended Reading: Romans 8:9-11
Paxon wrote, “Real victory is a glorious and marvelous change in the innermost recesses of the spirit which transforms the inner disposition and attitude as well as the outward deed and act.”1
Do you have victory in your life today? If not, confess any hindering sin, yield yourself afresh to Christ, and trust Him to work in you today.
Victory is not a mere blessing, doctrine, or experience, but it is a Person. To have Him acknowledged as sole Proprietor of the whole being and allowed to act as such is to be assured of victory over sin.
Ruth Paxson
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Max Lucado
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
April 29, 2024
In the game of life, many of us who cross home plate do so because we were born on third base. Others aren’t even on a team. Now some people are poor because they are lazy, and they need to get off their duffs. Others, however, are poor because they were born in the wrong place. A latitude largely vacant of libraries, vaccinations, clean water, and paved roads.
The ultimate solution to poverty is found in the compassion of God’s people. Scripture endorses not forced communism, but Spirit-led volunteerism among God’s people. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. What about you? Why not teach an inner-city Bible study? Use your vacation to build houses in hurricane-ravaged towns? Run for public office? Get out of your comfort zone, for Christ’s sake.
Turning Point
Monday, April 29
Real Victory!
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
1 John 5:14-15
Ruth Paxson met with a missionary who confessed her defeated attitude. She no longer found joy in her Bible or a passion for souls in her heart. Hers was a joyless, peaceless, powerless life. She left in the same state, but Paxson felt the Lord was working and prayed for her using 1 John 5:14-15. Overnight the woman confessed to a hurt that had robbed her of her victory. Her joy was back.
Recommended Reading: Romans 8:9-11
Paxon wrote, “Real victory is a glorious and marvelous change in the innermost recesses of the spirit which transforms the inner disposition and attitude as well as the outward deed and act.”1
Do you have victory in your life today? If not, confess any hindering sin, yield yourself afresh to Christ, and trust Him to work in you today.
Victory is not a mere blessing, doctrine, or experience, but it is a Person. To have Him acknowledged as sole Proprietor of the whole being and allowed to act as such is to be assured of victory over sin.
Ruth Paxson
————————————————————————-
Max Lucado
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
April 29, 2024
In the game of life, many of us who cross home plate do so because we were born on third base. Others aren’t even on a team. Now some people are poor because they are lazy, and they need to get off their duffs. Others, however, are poor because they were born in the wrong place. A latitude largely vacant of libraries, vaccinations, clean water, and paved roads.
The ultimate solution to poverty is found in the compassion of God’s people. Scripture endorses not forced communism, but Spirit-led volunteerism among God’s people. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. What about you? Why not teach an inner-city Bible study? Use your vacation to build houses in hurricane-ravaged towns? Run for public office? Get out of your comfort zone, for Christ’s sake.