God's insight to me:
It is amazing how my life has changed. Slowly, ever so slowly God has been steering me in the path He has chosen for me. Of course I know the path leads to Him, but the journey there is an awesome experience. Lately He has been touching my heart with two or three poems a day. Within these poems is His voice speaking to each of His chosen. As I read J. C. Philpot's devotionals my heart becomes on fire. Also through many other devotionals and of course His Holy Word. How can I not get excited as I read scripture like the 23rd Psalm that states in the beginning verse, "The Lord is my shepherd", for my friends if you can grasp that then you, "have no wants", for He fullfills them all. I pray that as you read through God's poems and J. C. Philpot's devotionals you have Him in your heart or are being drawn closer to Him. Always remember a life with the Father is only a prayer away;
Heavenly Father:
I come to you in prayer asking for the forgiveness of
my Sins. I confess with my mouth and believe with my
heart that Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the
Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven and have
Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Father, I believe
that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you right now
to come in to my life and be my personal Lord and
Savior. I repent of my Sins and will Worship you all the
day's of my Life!. Because your word is truth, I confess
with my mouth that I am Born Again and Cleansed
by the Blood of Jesus!
It is amazing how my life has changed. Slowly, ever so slowly God has been steering me in the path He has chosen for me. Of course I know the path leads to Him, but the journey there is an awesome experience. Lately He has been touching my heart with two or three poems a day. Within these poems is His voice speaking to each of His chosen. As I read J. C. Philpot's devotionals my heart becomes on fire. Also through many other devotionals and of course His Holy Word. How can I not get excited as I read scripture like the 23rd Psalm that states in the beginning verse, "The Lord is my shepherd", for my friends if you can grasp that then you, "have no wants", for He fullfills them all. I pray that as you read through God's poems and J. C. Philpot's devotionals you have Him in your heart or are being drawn closer to Him. Always remember a life with the Father is only a prayer away;
Heavenly Father:
I come to you in prayer asking for the forgiveness of
my Sins. I confess with my mouth and believe with my
heart that Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the
Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven and have
Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Father, I believe
that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you right now
to come in to my life and be my personal Lord and
Savior. I repent of my Sins and will Worship you all the
day's of my Life!. Because your word is truth, I confess
with my mouth that I am Born Again and Cleansed
by the Blood of Jesus!
In Jesus Name, Amen
Victory Through Jesus
If you battle daily,
in this world of sin,
give the fight to Jesus my friends,
for it’s the only way you can win.
If the devil comes upon you,
and there appears no way out,
look to Jesus my friends,
for that’s truly what it’s all about.
When bitterness stays with you,
and anger grows within,
release it to Jesus my friends,
so peace can once again begin.
He can turn dark to light.
He can turn hate to love.
Victory is not in our hands,
but in Christ’s hands above.
E. P. Shagott
10/16/2010
Little By Little
Little by little,
time by time,
He changes our hearts,
and our lives He refines.
Little by little,
day by day,
because of His grace,
He changes our way.
Little by little,
one by one
He perfects in us,
for His Father’s will to be done.
Little by little,
heart by heart,
He draws us to Him,
where life really starts.
E. P. Shagott
10/16/2010
Choose
As God looked down from Heaven,
an angel asked, “Which one did You choose?”
“All of them”, God replied
“for none of them have to lose.
I love them all so very much,
and have right from the very start,
My Son, Jesus, gave His life for them,
then sent His Spirit to each and every heart.”
Then the angel looked confused,
as he looked down below.
The angel said, “Why do so many still sin?
Is it because they do not know?”
Then the God of all Creation,
smiled and gave a sigh,
“For those who heard the gospel message,
I can not answer why.
My Word was left to guide them,
and answer what they do not know.
Each one must either choose eternity with Me,
or with the devil below!”
E. P. Shagott
10/16/2010
From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott
><((((º>.•´¯`•.¸¸><((((º>¸.•´¯`•.¸¸><((((º>.•´¯`•.¸¸><((((º>
10/15
A devotional by J. C. Philpot
Daily Portions
"That I may win Christ." Philippians 3:8
What is it to "win Christ?" It is to have him sweetly embraced in the arms of our faith. It is to feel him manifesting his heavenly glory in our souls. It is to have the application of his atoning blood, in all its purging efficacy, to our conscience. It is to feel our heart melted and swooning with the sweet ravishments of his dying love, shed abroad even to overpowering.
This is winning Christ. Now, before we can thus win Christ, we must have a view of Christ, we must behold his glory, "the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." We must see the matchless dignity of his glorious Person, the atoning efficacy of his propitiating blood, the length and breadth, the depth and height of his surpassing love. We must have our heart ready to burst with pantings, longings, and ardent desires that this blessed Immanuel would come down from the heaven of heavens in which he dwells beyond the vail, into our heart, and shed abroad his precious dying love there. Now, is not this your feeling, child of God? It has been mine over and over again. Is it not your feeling as you lie upon your bed, sometimes, with sweet and earnest pantings after the Lord of life and glory? As you walk by the way, as you are engaged in your daily business, as you are secretly musing and meditating, are there not often the goings forth of these longings and breathings into the very bosom of the Lord? But you cannot have this, unless you have seen him by the eye of an enlightened understanding, by the eye of faith, and had a taste of his beauty, a glimpse of his glory, and a discovery of his eternal preciousness. You must have had this gleaming upon your eyes, as the beams of light gleam through the windows. You must have had it dancing into your heart, as the rays of the sun dance upon the waves of the sea. You must have had a sweet incoming of the shinings of eternal light upon your soul, melting it, and breaking it down at his footstool, as the early dawn pierces through the clouds of night. When you have seen and felt this you break forth--'O that I might win Christ!' Like the ardent lover who longs to win his bride, you long to enjoy his love and presence shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost.
10/16
A devotional by J. C. Philpot
Daily Portions
"Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts." Jeremiah 15:16
There is a sweetness in the promises which captivates the heart; a beauty in Christ which wins the soul; a saving unction and power in the word of God, when applied, which draws forth toward it every secret and sacred affection. Can you not sometimes look up and say, "Blessed Jesus, I do love thee?" And when the word of God is opened up, applied, and made sweet and precious, have you not felt sometimes as if you could kiss the sacred page, as conveying such sweetness into your soul? This is embracing a promise in love--throwing our arms round it, drawing it near to our breast, kissing it again and again with kisses of love and affection, and taking that sweet delight in it with which the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, as now all his own--at times almost lost, but now wooed and won, no more to be parted. This is rejoicing in the word of God, delighting in a blessed Jesus and in the promises which testify of, and centre in him. Have you not felt these sweet embracements in your soul of the truth as it is in Jesus as so precious, so suitable, so encouraging, and so adapted to every want and woe? Then you are a believer; then you are a child of God; then there is a work of grace upon your heart; then you know the truth for yourself by divine teaching and divine testimony. You may still not have had that full deliverance, that blessed revelation, that overpowering manifestation whereby all your doubts and fears have been swept away, and your soul settled in a firm enjoyment of the liberty of the gospel. You may have had it or may have had it not. But if you have this character stamped upon you that you have seen the promises afar off and been persuaded of them, and embraced them in faith, hope, and love, you have a mark of being a partaker of the faith of God's elect.
Victory Through Jesus
If you battle daily,
in this world of sin,
give the fight to Jesus my friends,
for it’s the only way you can win.
If the devil comes upon you,
and there appears no way out,
look to Jesus my friends,
for that’s truly what it’s all about.
When bitterness stays with you,
and anger grows within,
release it to Jesus my friends,
so peace can once again begin.
He can turn dark to light.
He can turn hate to love.
Victory is not in our hands,
but in Christ’s hands above.
E. P. Shagott
10/16/2010
Little By Little
Little by little,
time by time,
He changes our hearts,
and our lives He refines.
Little by little,
day by day,
because of His grace,
He changes our way.
Little by little,
one by one
He perfects in us,
for His Father’s will to be done.
Little by little,
heart by heart,
He draws us to Him,
where life really starts.
E. P. Shagott
10/16/2010
Choose
As God looked down from Heaven,
an angel asked, “Which one did You choose?”
“All of them”, God replied
“for none of them have to lose.
I love them all so very much,
and have right from the very start,
My Son, Jesus, gave His life for them,
then sent His Spirit to each and every heart.”
Then the angel looked confused,
as he looked down below.
The angel said, “Why do so many still sin?
Is it because they do not know?”
Then the God of all Creation,
smiled and gave a sigh,
“For those who heard the gospel message,
I can not answer why.
My Word was left to guide them,
and answer what they do not know.
Each one must either choose eternity with Me,
or with the devil below!”
E. P. Shagott
10/16/2010
From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott
><((((º>.•´¯`•.¸¸><((((º>¸.•´¯`•.¸¸><((((º>.•´¯`•.¸¸><((((º>
10/15
A devotional by J. C. Philpot
Daily Portions
"That I may win Christ." Philippians 3:8
What is it to "win Christ?" It is to have him sweetly embraced in the arms of our faith. It is to feel him manifesting his heavenly glory in our souls. It is to have the application of his atoning blood, in all its purging efficacy, to our conscience. It is to feel our heart melted and swooning with the sweet ravishments of his dying love, shed abroad even to overpowering.
This is winning Christ. Now, before we can thus win Christ, we must have a view of Christ, we must behold his glory, "the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." We must see the matchless dignity of his glorious Person, the atoning efficacy of his propitiating blood, the length and breadth, the depth and height of his surpassing love. We must have our heart ready to burst with pantings, longings, and ardent desires that this blessed Immanuel would come down from the heaven of heavens in which he dwells beyond the vail, into our heart, and shed abroad his precious dying love there. Now, is not this your feeling, child of God? It has been mine over and over again. Is it not your feeling as you lie upon your bed, sometimes, with sweet and earnest pantings after the Lord of life and glory? As you walk by the way, as you are engaged in your daily business, as you are secretly musing and meditating, are there not often the goings forth of these longings and breathings into the very bosom of the Lord? But you cannot have this, unless you have seen him by the eye of an enlightened understanding, by the eye of faith, and had a taste of his beauty, a glimpse of his glory, and a discovery of his eternal preciousness. You must have had this gleaming upon your eyes, as the beams of light gleam through the windows. You must have had it dancing into your heart, as the rays of the sun dance upon the waves of the sea. You must have had a sweet incoming of the shinings of eternal light upon your soul, melting it, and breaking it down at his footstool, as the early dawn pierces through the clouds of night. When you have seen and felt this you break forth--'O that I might win Christ!' Like the ardent lover who longs to win his bride, you long to enjoy his love and presence shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost.
10/16
A devotional by J. C. Philpot
Daily Portions
"Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts." Jeremiah 15:16
There is a sweetness in the promises which captivates the heart; a beauty in Christ which wins the soul; a saving unction and power in the word of God, when applied, which draws forth toward it every secret and sacred affection. Can you not sometimes look up and say, "Blessed Jesus, I do love thee?" And when the word of God is opened up, applied, and made sweet and precious, have you not felt sometimes as if you could kiss the sacred page, as conveying such sweetness into your soul? This is embracing a promise in love--throwing our arms round it, drawing it near to our breast, kissing it again and again with kisses of love and affection, and taking that sweet delight in it with which the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, as now all his own--at times almost lost, but now wooed and won, no more to be parted. This is rejoicing in the word of God, delighting in a blessed Jesus and in the promises which testify of, and centre in him. Have you not felt these sweet embracements in your soul of the truth as it is in Jesus as so precious, so suitable, so encouraging, and so adapted to every want and woe? Then you are a believer; then you are a child of God; then there is a work of grace upon your heart; then you know the truth for yourself by divine teaching and divine testimony. You may still not have had that full deliverance, that blessed revelation, that overpowering manifestation whereby all your doubts and fears have been swept away, and your soul settled in a firm enjoyment of the liberty of the gospel. You may have had it or may have had it not. But if you have this character stamped upon you that you have seen the promises afar off and been persuaded of them, and embraced them in faith, hope, and love, you have a mark of being a partaker of the faith of God's elect.
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