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[humblevisitor]

I don't know if there are many of you like me or not. everyday I get up and I want to go out and do something for God, whatever it might be, because I love Him. And usually, it doesn't take very long for me to become frustrated and disappointed in what is happening. Today was such a day. Miserable almost all day long because i did not know what I was supposed to be doing for God. (Hope you noticed all the I's and me's )

Then I found this in a devotional I read sometimes and it made me realize how rich I think I am. Not in worldly riches...but I think myself spiritually rich...that i do not need God's help...once again I got it Lord, just stand back and watch this.

And what a show I put on...it is absolutely awful sometimes and i am glad that you my friends don't see it...at least not too often... .

after reading this devotion and seeing what God wanted me to see He brought 2 verses to my mind that i need to post where i can see them at all times:

John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

These two verses tell me everything I need to know: Without Him I can do nothing,YET with Him I can do anything.

I pray that we can all come to the poverty This devotional speaks of:


July 21, 2011 My Utmost for His Highest. (updated edition)

The Doorway to the Kingdom “Blessed are the poor in spirit …” (Matthew 5:3).

Beware of thinking of our Lord as only a teacher. If Jesus Christ is only a teacher, then all He can do is frustrate me by setting a standard before me I cannot attain. What is the point of presenting me with such a lofty ideal if I cannot possibly come close to reaching it? I would be happier if I never knew it. What good is there in telling me to be what I can never be—to be “pure in heart” (5:8), to do more than my duty, or to be completely devoted to God? I must know Jesus Christ as my Savior before His teaching has any meaning for me other than that of a lofty ideal which only leads to despair. But when I am born again by the Spirit of God, I know that Jesus Christ did not come only to teach—He came to make me what He teaches I should be. The redemption means that Jesus Christ can place within anyone the same nature that ruled His own life, and all the standards God gives us are based on that nature. The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount produces a sense of despair in the natural man—exactly what Jesus means for it to do. As long as we have some self-righteous idea that we can carry out our Lord’s teaching, God will allow us to continue until we expose our own ignorance by stumbling over some obstacle in our way. Only then are we willing to come to Him as paupers and receive from Him. “Blessed are the poor in spirit … .” This is the first principle in the kingdom of God. The underlying foundation of Jesus Christ’s kingdom is poverty, not possessions; not making decisions for Jesus, but having such a sense of absolute futility that we finally admit, “Lord, I cannot even begin to do it.” Then Jesus says, “Blessed are you …” (5:11). This is the doorway to the kingdom, and yet it takes us so long to believe that we are actually poor! The knowledge of our own poverty is what brings us to the proper place where Jesus Christ accomplishes His work.

God Bless all of us

[xxJILLxx]

Amen!! I am thankful for you being my brother in Christ

Lol , all the me's and I's sounds like something vahn would say... lemme guess ... yr a friend of Bill W.?

Woo hooooo Thank u for posting this reminder!!!

Being poor in Spirit. Awesome devotion.

Just wondering, have you read Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox? Great read that i am still trying to digest when i get the time.

God bless
♥Jill

[Bugsy]

Humble,
Just wanted to let you know that today you did do something for God . . . you wrote something that I needed to read. Blessings!

[humblevisitor]

Thanks Jill and Bugsy....


Yes i'm a friend of Bill W. and yes...Sermon on the Mount is an awesome book given to me by another friend of Bill W.
I re-read it often.

Glad it helped Bugsy...so many times i read another persons post and it reminds me i am not alone in this and there are others who understand...blesses me all the time.

Luv you guys