Trustworthy Wisdom@Work
A Repository of Wisdom from Trusted Sources
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My Utmost for His Highest
"Let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good . . ." (1 Peter 4:19)The saint who satisfies the heart...
"Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, ’Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.’" (John 11:41)Never let your common sense become so prominent and forceful that it...
". . . that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)Am I simple enough to identify myself with my Lord...
". . . they found Him in the temple . . . And He said to them, ’. . . Did you not know that I must be about...
"In that day you will ask in My name . . ." (John 16:26)We too often think of the Cross of Christ as something we have to get through,...
"’. . . and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.’ . . . But they understood none of these...
"He took the twelve aside . . ." (Luke 18:31)Oh, the bravery of God in trusting us! Do you say, “But He has been unwise to choose me, because...
"He . . . said to them, ’Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem . . ." (Luke 18:31)We are not taken into a conscious agreement with God’s purpose...
"In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)If you are a child of God, you will certainly encounter...
"When Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples . . . He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities." (Matthew 11:1)He comes where He commands us...
"Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." (James 1:4)Many of us appear to be all right in general, but there are...
"Jesus did not commit Himself to them . . . , for He knew what was in man." (John 2:24-25)Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false impressions, and false...
"Behold, He is coming with clouds . . ." (Revelation 1:7)In the Bible clouds are always associated with God. Clouds are the sorrows, sufferings, or providential circumstances, within or...
"He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side . . ." (Mark 6:45)We tend to think that if Jesus Christ compels...
"If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine . . ." (John 7:17)The golden rule to follow to obtain spiritual understanding is not one...
"Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart . . . For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,...
"Blessed are . . ." (Matthew 5:3-11)The Beatitudes contain the “dynamite” of the Holy Spirit. And they “explode” when the circumstances of our lives cause them to do so....
". . . unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:20)The characteristic of a...
"But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us . . . sanctification . . ." (1 Corinthians 1:30)The Life Side. The mystery of sanctification is...
"This is the will of God, your sanctification. . ." (1 Thessalonians 4:3)The Death Side. In sanctification God has to deal with us on the death side as well...
"Blessed are the poor in spirit . . ." (Matthew 5:3)As long as we have some self-righteous idea that we can carry out our Lord’s teaching, God will allow...
"Those who wait on the Lord . . . shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)Having the reality of God’s presence is not dependent on our being in a...
"You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am." (John 13:13)Our Lord never insists on having authority over us. He never says, “You will...
"He said, 'Who are You, Lord?'" (Acts 9:5)Many people begin coming to God once they stop being religious, because there is only one master of the human heart —...