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The Bent Knee Time – March 20

THE RESISTLESS MAGNET

Mark 6:32-44

The crowds drew Jesus down from his Father’s house, into close touch with their sore need. Into keenest suffering and sacrifice for their sakes, they drew him. Men’s need tugged constantly at Jesus’ great heart. Whatever thing they needed he gave, and gave it freely, yet always thoughtfully. He came not to get but to give. And he still gives as men need. And so does the Jesus-man, as the Spirit guides. It’s a sure mark.

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The Bent Knee Time – March 17

MOVING IN BY GETTING OUT

Romans 10:6-15

Jesus let all the way in, and then let all the way out—that’s the message for all the world. His blood cleanses, his presence changes heart and habits. Then he pushes his way out through the new light in the eye, the new gentleness of the tongue, the new earnestness of the life, out through word and gold and ready feet. His coming in brings life. His getting out makes you know better that he’s in.

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The Bent Knee Time – March 16

PERSONAL FRAGRANCE

Acts 1:6-8; Acts 2:1-4

Someone comes in when the door swings wide to Jesus. We call that someone the “Holy Spirit.” He kindles a soft but intense fire inside. You find yourself instinctively doing things for others, and telling them of Jesus. And as you do there’s a something—a gentle, winsome, burning something—that wings its way into people’s hearts like morning sunlight into a room. The word used for it is “power.” But the thing is more than the word ever tells.

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Daily Memory Verse – March 15

Matthew 6:20  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 

Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?

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The Bent Knee Time – March 15

I CAN DO IT

Matthew 28:16-20

When Jesus asks us to do a thing he always gives us power to do it. We often feel that we can’t. The call seems clear enough. The thing ought to be done. Yet there’s such a strong feeling of inability. But—let’s remember, whom God calls, he qualifies. When he sends, he gives power to go. As we obey, the power comes, stealing gently, irresistibly in and out. The commission includes all you need.

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The Bent Knee Time – March 14

THERE’S A FIRE

Luke 5:1-11

We catch the spirit of him who saves us. That’s a serving spirit. Yet we’re not thinking of it as service, nor counting up how much we’ve done. We’re thinking of him who did so much for us. Love for Jesus becomes a fire in our bones, and we are thinking about how to get Jim and Dick and Mary and the rest of them to know him. We’ll do lots of things for others, to have them get to know him.