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In multiple instances there is talk of obedience to the faith. MANY are those who try to dismiss this Matt 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Matt 7:24...

Friday, March 18, 2016, 9:05 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “He Gives Purpose.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read John 12 (select vv. ESV). We Must Die to Sin (vv. 20-25) Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who...

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 11:55 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song, “He Gives Purpose.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read John 10 (select vv. ESV). They Know His Voice (vv. 1-5) “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by...

Thursday, February 25, 2016, 9:36 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Courageous!” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Luke 14:25-35 (ESV). A Hyperbole (vv. 25-27) Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own...

Monday, February 22, 2016, 5:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put the song in mind, “Believe Him.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Luke 10:38-42 (ESV). Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called...

Sunday, December 6, 2015, 1:36 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Give Me Jesus.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Matthew 3:1-10 (NASB). Make Ready (vv. 1-3) Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of...

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 9:45 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “To Be Like Him.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Jeremiah 35:1-16 (NASB). The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, “Go to the house...

In this song, Jesus is speaking, and he is asking us to open our hearts to him, and to invite him into our hearts. He is not only saying this to those who don’t know him, but he is saying this to those who think they know him or to those who do know him but have closed their hearts off to his...

10/14/11: I was reading in Ephesians 1 for my quiet time with the Lord this morning concerning every spiritual blessing we have in Christ Jesus. We are called and predestined to be holy and blameless in Christ Jesus. We were bought back for God via the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross for...

When Jesus spoke of his sheep, he was speaking of his true followers. They hear the voice of the Lord, they listen attentively to his words, they obey what he says, and they follow him wherever he leads them. They find forgiveness and salvation. This is the mark of a true disciple of Jesus...