RSS | My Utmost For His Highest http://utmost.org Daily Devotionals By Oswald Chambers en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 04:04:27 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:04:27 +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 The Delight of Despair http://utmost.org/the-delight-of-despair/ When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead —Revelation 1:17

It may be that, like the apostle John, you know Jesus Christ intimately. Yet when He suddenly appears to you with totally unfamiliar characteristics, the …

]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/the-delight-of-despair/ Our Careful Unbelief http://utmost.org/our-careful-unbelief/ . . . do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on —Matthew 6:25

Jesus summed up commonsense carefulness in the life of a disciple as unbelief. If we have received the Spirit of God, He will squeeze right …

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/our-careful-unbelief/ The Explanation For Our Difficulties http://utmost.org/the-explanation-for-our-difficulties/ . . . that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us . . . —John 17:21

If you are going through a time of isolation, seemingly all alone, read John 17 . It will explain exactly why you are where you are— because …

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/the-explanation-for-our-difficulties/ Having God’s “Unreasonable” Faith http://utmost.org/having-god%e2%80%99s-unreasonable-faith/ Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you —Matthew 6:33

When we look at these words of Jesus, we immediately find them to be the most revolutionary that human ears have ever heard. “. . …

]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/having-god%e2%80%99s-unreasonable-faith/ Taking Possession of Our Own Soul http://utmost.org/taking-possession-of-our-own-soul/ By your patience possess your souls —Luke 21:19

When a person is born again, there is a period of time when he does not have the same vitality in his thinking or reasoning …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/taking-possession-of-our-own-soul/ Out of the Wreck I Rise http://utmost.org/out-of-the-wreck-i-rise/ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? —Romans 8:35

God does not keep His child immune from trouble; He promises, “I will be with him in trouble . . .” (Psalm 91:15). It doesn’t …

]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 http://utmost.org/out-of-the-wreck-i-rise/ 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 …

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