Tag Archives: God

it is an Idol – A.B. Simpson

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Rich Moore

“As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.” – A.B. Simpson https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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The threefold joy of the Lord – Hudson Taylor

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Rich Moore

“It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Saviour and Power for fruitbearing and His joy in possessing us, as His Bride and His … Continue reading →

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The Soul Commits Fornication when Turned from God – Augustine of Hippo / “Confessions” Excerpt (Book 2 chapter 6)

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Rich Moore

The Soul Commits Fornication when Turned from God – Augustine of Hippo / “Confessions” Excerpt (Book 2 chapter 6) Excerpt from the book, Confessions, by Augustine of Hippo. Confessions – Augustine of Hippo playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL069301B77518BF12 Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the … Continue reading →

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The Slow Steps in the Valley (Luke 14:33) – Oswald Chambers

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Rich Moore

The Slow Steps in the Valley (Luke 14:33) To follow Jesus Christ to-day is to follow a madman according to the ideals of present-day civilisation. We have the idea that our civilisation is God-ordained, whereas it has been built up … Continue reading →

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The Power in Praising God, by Charles Spurgeon

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

”…But when Job lost everything and yet said ”The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord”(v.21), then the good man shone like a star on a cloudless night.” ”We may sometimes thank … Continue reading →

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Our whole being must be in our praying – E.M. Bounds

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

“There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Flamed desires, impassioned, unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold … Continue reading →

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We love Him because He first loved us – Charles Spurgeon

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Rich Moore

“Go forth today, by the help of God’s Spirit, vowing and declaring that in life – come poverty, come wealth, in death – come pain or come what may, you are and ever must be the Lord’s. For this is … Continue reading →

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A Famine on the Land

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rich Moore

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos 8:11) https://www.facebook.com/ChristianDevotionalReadings

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Reading the Bible – Oswald Chambers

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Rich Moore

Do we come to the Bible to be spoken to by God, to be made “wise unto salvation,” or simply to hunt for texts on which to build addresses? There are people who vagabond through the Bible, taking out of … Continue reading →

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