RSS | My Utmost For His Highest http://utmost.org Daily Devotionals By Oswald Chambers en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 15:54:37 +0000 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:54:37 +0000 noreply@rbc.org Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with Live.com Living Simply— Yet Focused http://utmost.org/living-simply%e2%80%94-yet-focused/ Look at the birds of the air . . . . Consider the lilies of the field . . . —Matthew 6:26, 28

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin”— they simply are! Think of the sea, the air, the sun, …

]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/living-simply%e2%80%94-yet-focused/ His Ascension and Our Access http://utmost.org/his-ascension-and-our-access/ It came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven —Luke 24:51

We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord’s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life …

]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/his-ascension-and-our-access/ The Habit of Recognizing God’s Provision http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-recognizing-god%e2%80%99s-provision/ . . . you may be partakers of the divine nature . . . —2 Peter 1:4

We are made “partakers of the divine nature,” receiving and sharing God’s own nature through His promises. Then we have to work that divine nature …

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-recognizing-god%e2%80%99s-provision/ The Habit of Rising to the Occasion http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-rising-to-the-occasion/ . . . that you may know what is the hope of His calling . . . —Ephesians 1:18

Remember that you have been saved so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in your body (see 2 Corinthians 4:10). Direct the total energy …

]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-rising-to-the-occasion/ The Habit of Enjoying Adversity http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-enjoying-adversity/ . . . that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body —2 Corinthians 4:10

We have to develop godly habits to express what God’s grace has done in us. It is not just a question of being saved from …

]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-enjoying-adversity/ The Habit of Keeping a Clear Conscience http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-keeping-a-clear-conscience/ . . . strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men —Acts 24:16

God’s commands to us are actually given to the life of His Son in us. Consequently, to our human nature in which God’s Son has …

]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-keeping-a-clear-conscience/ The Habit of Having No Habits http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-having-no-habits/ If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful . . . —2 Peter 1:8

When we first begin to form a habit, we are fully aware of it. There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and …

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/the-habit-of-having-no-habits/ “Love One Another” http://utmost.org/love-one-another/ . . . add to your . . . brotherly kindness love —2 Peter 1:5, 7

Love is an indefinite thing to most of us; we don’t know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the loftiest preference …

]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/love-one-another/ Take the Initiative http://utmost.org/take-the-initiative/ . . . add to your faith virtue . . . —2 Peter 1:5

Add means that we have to do something. We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not…

]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/take-the-initiative/ Reaching Beyond Our Grasp http://utmost.org/reaching-beyond-our-grasp/ Where there is no revelation [or prophetic vision], the people cast off restraint . . . —Proverbs 29:18

There is a difference between holding on to a principle and having a vision. A principle does not come from moral inspiration, but a vision …

]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/reaching-beyond-our-grasp/ The Faith to Persevere http://utmost.org/the-faith-to-persevere/ Because you have kept My command to persevere . . . —Revelation 3:10

Perseverance means more than endurance— more than simply holding on until the end. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow …

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