Death To Self and Personal Intimacy With Jesus Christ by Glenn Meldrum

TWO ABSOLUTES - David Wilkerson

The longer I live for Christ, the more difficult it is for me to accept easy, cure-all solutions. But in my own struggles, I have found great comfort and help in two wonderful absolutes.

The first absolute: GOD REALLY LOVES ME. God is not in the business of condemning His children, failures or not. He is a loving Father, wanting only to lift us out of our weaknesses.

I caught a glimpse of that love recently while walking in the woods around our ranch. Not once did I stop to consider the birds flying about, free and healthy. But suddenly, on the ground just ahead, a crippled little bird flopped around. Struggling so hard to fly, the baby bird could only flip over helplessly in the dust. I stooped to pick it up. It was then a familiar Scripture came flashing through my mind. "Not one [sparrow] shall fall on the ground without your Father" (Matthew 10:29).

I once thought that verse read, "Not a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father knowing about it." But Matthew's version states, "One shall not fall without the Father."

God is with us, even when we fall. The Father does not fall into our sin, but He does come down to our fallen condition. He does not abandon us on our way down. For, you see, we are that sparrow.

Sometimes we recognize His great love only when we hit bottom. You will have won a great victory if you can be convinced God loves you even in your wounded, crippled condition. Our strength is renewed by His everlasting love. Just rest in that wonderful love. Don't panic. Deliverance will come.

The second absolute: IT IS MY FAITH THAT PLEASES HIM THE MOST! "Without faith, it is impossible to please him" (Hebrews 11:6). God counts our trust as righteousness. “Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness” (Romans 4:3).

I may not understand why He sometimes seems to take a long time to intervene, but I know He will keep His word to me.

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The Heart of Jesus - A. B. Simpson

Divine anointing is the secret of the deeper life, but that ye [may be] rooted and grounded in love (Ephesians 3:17) is the substance and sweetness of it.
The fullness of the divine love in the heart will make everything easy. It is very easy to trust those whom we love, and the more we realize their love the more we will trust them for it. This love is the source of healing. The tide of love flowing through our bodies will strangely strengthen our very frame and the spring of youth and freshness in our physical being.
The secret of love is very simple. It is to take the heart of Jesus for our love and claim His love for every need of life, whether it be toward God or toward others. It is very satisfying to think of other persons in this way. "I will take the heart of Jesus toward them, to let me love them as He loves them." Then we can love even the unworthy in some measure, if we see them in the light of His love-as they shall be and not as they now are, unworthy of our love.
Scripture The anointing which ye have received—1 John 2:27

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Worship In The Beauty Of Holiness by Leonard Ravenhill

MP3 - Beauty Of Holiness