Category: Dedication

A favorite tactic of the enemy is to push us a little off base until we lose our balance. Then he can move in against us because he has us on the defensive; he has us defending a lifetime of dedication. We must assuredly move out of the place where we are defending the dedication… Continue reading What is He worth?

The course of a believer, from spiritual infancy to deep spiritual maturity, generally passes through seven phases of expectation. In most churches those phases begin when the new convert is baptized with water. He is told that he also received the Holy Spirit at that time, and that there is nothing more for him to… Continue reading Dedicated to total loss

God is speaking to us about the real issue before us. Through this Word, the Lord is again bringing the cross to us. What does the cross mean to us? It simply means that He is crossing us up. Fasting and prayer is bringing everything right out in the open to test the purity of… Continue reading Is God enough for me?

II Chronicles contains an important passage of Scripture about the dedication of Solomon’s temple and the glory which appeared. Thus all the work that Solomon performed for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver and the gold and all the… Continue reading Beyond dedication-motivation

A lot of people have walked in theory, but they did not have the courage to stand up and say, “We’re going to walk in it no matter what happens!” Finally, a generation has come through which God is going to move—you are the generation! You have been lifted out of every kind of situation.… Continue reading God’s call to this generation

When you read Joel’s prophecy carefully, if you see that the prophesied end-time army is raised up as a judgment primarily upon God’s people, as well as on the earth, then you will understand the nature of this remnant coming forth. The message has been so completely grace: bringing people in, letting God meet their… Continue reading Dedication for moving this world

In chapter 6 of Isaiah we see an example of real dedication. In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with… Continue reading Our dedication to the Lord

This word on dedication may open the door to active faith, though principles of faith and trust in God won’t be referred to extensively. The following Scriptures on discipleship have a disturbing quality. “Everyone therefore who shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever… Continue reading Dedication

God is so good to us. Every time we come to service we sing, we worship, and we give. There is a joy in giving. There’s a delight in doing what God sets before us. Usually the same people carry the load again and again. At each service we bring an offering unto the Lord.… Continue reading The significance of your giving

The fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of Matthew record the Sermon on the Mount. Although this teaching of the Lord occupies a prime position in the New Testament, it is probably observed and adhered to less than we realize by the whole Christian world.  It is very difficult to read the Sermon on the Mount… Continue reading Seek ye first

God has brought each one of us into the Body to accomplish a particular function. Our lives are not our own; therefore, nothing could be more arrogant in our thinking than to be in this walk and think of self-destruction. It is an arrogant presumption, a usurping of God’s place. God is the one Who… Continue reading Dedication to the means as well as the end

One can learn a great deal about a man of God when he comes to moments of crisis or a time of decision or change. God puts him through things then that bring out what is in him. He does the same thing for every one of you. He puts you under pressure at a… Continue reading Paul’s last word to his son Timothy

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things… Continue reading Five disciplines

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: and having found… Continue reading one pearl of great price

Anyone who wants to serve the Lord today should be helped to orient himself to the will of God, so that he knows where he stands, what God wants of him, and what will be taking place. Then he can relate himself to it. God has laid His hands on people, and they are looking… Continue reading Leave all-or lose all

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. And the Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. Now… Continue reading Steadfastness

John 12:27–33, Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The multitude therefore, that stood… Continue reading Facing this hour

As the Lord searches our hearts, we look to Him concerning our dedication. We see those who fall away from the faith, and always in our hearts is this unspoken fear: “Maybe I could fail too. Maybe I could be one of those who draws back.” We wonder, “Could the persecutions Satan brings be so… Continue reading Irreversible dedication

THE BOND SERVANT RELATIONSHIP In the New Testament we often see the introduction to an Epistle using the phrase bondservant. James 1:1 James, a bondservant of God 2 Peter1:1 Simon Peter, a bondservant Jude 1:1 Jude, the bondservant of Jesus Christ, Titus 1:1 Paul, a bondservant of God, They used this introduction to indicate a… Continue reading The bondservant relationship

The fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of Matthew record the Sermon on the Mount. Even though this teaching of the Lord occupies a prime position in the New Testament, it is probably observed and adhered to less than we realize by the Christian world as a whole. It is very difficult to read the Sermon… Continue reading Seek first

In the apostle Paul’s word to the elders at Ephesus, apparently given the last time he saw them, we have an amazing account of Paul’s ministry to them. There are times when we could either emulate or take warning from testimonies and witnesses like this. Because Paul was going to sail by Ephesus without landing,… Continue reading It is more blessed

Many of the brothers say, “I don’t want to be occupied with a lot of things; just one thing. I don’t want any distractions.” I think that attitude will help you as much as anything possibly could.  A Scripture which is a thought for us all is in Isaiah 30. It is speaking about the… Continue reading When you turn to the right hand or the left

The time has come when the Word must mean a great deal to us. We must come to the realization of the perils and the conditions in which we live. We must realize what effect the surrounding environment will have upon us, how we will be pressured, and what will come out of it. In… Continue reading Compromise, withdrawal or evasion?

The first essential step toward this goal is receiving Jesus as our Lord and savior, so that our sin can be blotted out and then by a divine creative act God can begin to form us into a completely new creation, a completely new kind of person. The will of God is first of all… Continue reading How to find the will of God

This is not an hour in which thy heart should be heavy. No matter what your need is, you should rejoice in what the Lord brings forth in the earth. It is a day when the ministries are surely decreasing, and the Lord is increasing. Day by day you find that the Lord is bringing… Continue reading The Priority of His Lordship

Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13. Often, when this text is read, we hear the emphasis placed entirely on love—which is, of course, the emphasis of the entire chapter, as it begins, though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have… Continue reading The second golden grace

If your dedication to the Lord is constantly increasing, this can be very difficult for others to live with on the human level. Dedication presents many difficulties at the time, but out of it comes something very worthwhile in the Kingdom of God. Never put anyone down because they have not elected to be as… Continue reading The Dedication Revelation