Obedience Or Independence? By Oswald Chambers If you love Me, keep My commandments. —John 14:15 Our Lord never insists on obedience. He stresses very definitely what we ought to do, but He never forces us to do it. We have to obey Him out of a oneness of spirit with Him. That is why whenever…

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. – Ps 126:5 Weeping times are suitable for sowing: we do not want the ground to be too dry. Seed steeped in the tears of earnest anxiety will come up all the sooner. The salt of prayerful tears will give the good seed a flavor which…

“Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.” 1 Peter 1:23 Beginning this Sunday we will be moving into an entirely new book of the Bible, 1 Peter. Not only is Peter was Peter one of Jesus “big three” with James and John but he also…

Thereremaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. – Heb 4:9 God has provided a Sabbath, and some must enter into it. Those to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief; therefore, that Sabbath remains for the people of God. David sang of it; but he had to touch the minor…

“For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you if one exalts himself if one strikes you on the face.” 2 Corinthians 11:20 Warren Wiersbe tells this story: ‘So popular and effective was Campbell Morgan’s ministry that he was given all kinds of…