Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
The Bent Knee Time – July 24
FAILING GOD HINDERS HIS PLAN
Mat_4:17-22
How glad we are that Peter and Andrew obeyed Jesus when he spoke to them! There is somebody, yes, many, who will be grateful if we will but obey when Jesus speaks to us. Every failure to obey hurts God’s plan. It hurts his plan for us and through us. Sometimes he says, “Stay with the nets.” If so, be faithful. Sometimes he says, “Leave the nets,” and if so, let’s do it.
Daily Memory Verse – July 21
The Bent Knee Time – July 21
TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD
Isaiah 55:1-9
We don’t quite understand about the marvelous words of life. The mind seems stupid about spiritual things. But when we take God at his word, then such realities take place that the mind’s stupidity clears as a fog lifts before the sun’s shining. His ways are higher than our ways, but when we take him at his word, we are lifted up to the level of his ways. Then we know whom we have believed.
Daily Memory Verse – July 20
The Bent Knee Time – July 20
THE UNSEEN IS MIGHTIER
Acts 12:1-12
Faith does not reckon on things seen but on things unseen. Prison and chains and armed guards would be circumstances that would seem unalterable. Who does not know a hard-pressed situation when everything seems bound tight against us? But there need be no prison nor chain nor guard on one’s spirit. One may always pray. Peter’s body became as free as was his spirit, and he walked out from prison and chain and guard. So may we—if we will.
Daily Memory Verse – July 19
The Bent Knee Time – July 19
THE PRAYER HINGE
Matthew 7:7-14
We read about “ask,” “seek,” “knock,” and the definite results. It sounds beautiful, easy, thus far. But there are always conditions. We all want results. And he wants us to have the results. That is why he tells us so plainly how to live so that our prayers will get and find and open. The prayer hinges on the life. The life hinges on obedience. Obedience hinges on a set purpose and his grace.
Daily Memory Verse – July 18
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
The Bent Knee Time – July 18
OUR OBEDIENCE HELPS GOD
Psalms 145:8-19
It is a sweet thing to read about how close God is. But when you know him personally, and are conscious of his presence, so that he is the most real of all realities, then the heart understands this psalm of praise. It is the obedient life that knows. Obeying him opens his hand; obedience to him results in our desires being fulfilled. Obey, and you’ll never be disappointed in him, and you’ll be singing psalms, and talking of his power.