Over this past weekend, I have completed reading the Old Testament from "The Daily Bible...In Chronological Order, 365 Daily Readings". I began reading "The Daily Bible" at the beginning of the year. I thumbed through the book to see when I would reach the New Testament. Dated, October 18, I marked the book, so that I knew I was coming to the end of the Old Testament and would begin the story of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The page was entitled: Jesus The Christ, (Ca. 5 B.C.-A.D.

The above statement can be a little confusing, but I will attempt to try and explain what this means. Taken from the book of "Absolute Surrender" by Andrew Murray, here is what he says about the "two sides" of "absolute surrender": Excerpt From Book of Absolute Surrender "A good conscience is complete obedience to God, day by day, and fellowship with God every day in His Word, and prayer - that is a life of absolute surrender. Such a life has two sides - on the one side: 'ab

In the Book of Colossians, the Apostle Paul contends with the "hollow and deceptive philosophy" that the Colossians were dealing with in their time. He was reminding them that they have died and are raised with Christ into a new body and a new family of believers in Christ, which is the church (Colossians 3: 12-15). The Apostle Paul uses the comparison of "taking off and putting on" our clothing. That we must take off our "old self", our old fleshly desires, and... "And have

The above questions are actually "trick" questions. If we have been following Salvation2Surrender.com, we should already know the answers. But to help us a little, I would like to share the following verse from the Book of Galatians: Galatians 2: 20 (NKJV) 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. The heart of the

Amazing...That seems like a simple statement to understand; Rejoice, Be Anxious for Nothing, Pray and then God's peace will follow. Let us look at the full content of the verse in Philippians: Philippians 4: 4-7 (NKJV) Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace

In reading of "Our Daily Bread", in Psalms 90, I am reminded of God's love for His people of Israel. Moses, the great leader of Israel, wrote this Psalm to help all of us understand the love of God. Moses begins by reminding the people of Israel that God is their dwelling place throughout all generations. Read the follow: Psalms 90: 1-2 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from

As we write letters to our friends or family, our minds are thinking of what to write, what to say, and the details that are involved in completing the story. As I have been reading the bible starting in Genesis and coming to conclusion in the Old Testament and soon will be reading the New Testament, I realized that the complete bible of sixty-six books, written by forty authors, all share the complete history of the world, from one Author's point of view. If we really think

What a great mystery this is for us to fully grasp, "the power of "Christ in Us." The Apostle Paul addresses this very mystery to the Colossians. He begins by writing to the Colossians that Jesus rescued them from the "dominion of darkness" and brought them into His kingdom of His Son, where we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1: 13-14 For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, 14 in whom we

As we wander through our lives as Christians in this ever-changing world of darkness and deceit, I know that we must pray for God's love and power to be with us in this dangerous journey we call life. But so many times we feel that we must be walking in this journey alone. We say to ourselves, "Why is God not here with me...Why do I feel so alone?" In the Book of Ephesians, the Apostle Paul addresses these concerns to the Christians in Ephesus. They too struggled with these v

In reading today's "Our Daily Bread", I am reminded again of how awesome and powerful our God is. In the Book of Isaiah, chapter 40: 21-28, Isaiah speaks about our God who looks down from His canopy in the heavens and see all that is going on among the people of the earth. Isaiah 40: 21-23 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is He who sits above the circle of the

So many of as Christians want to live a life of "absolute surrender" to God, but we have so much fear of what we think God will call us to do. We tend to say to ourselves, "Oh, my desire is not strong enough, I am not willing for everything that may come, I do not feel bold enough to say I can conquer everything." All God asks of us is to have a "willing heart." He will provide us the strength. We need to pray to God the following: "My God, I am willing that You will make me

When it comes to our "Absolute Surrender" to God, so many of us think, "How much more does God want from me? Haven't I suffered enough for His kingdom? There is still so much of my 'self-life' remaining for me to live for." And there lies the problem of our "surrender" to God. We still want to hold on to our "self-life", our "self-will", thinking that by holding on to our self-will we will have better control of ourselves. This is so untrue, and this way of thinking comes onl

As we look at today's world and see what is happening around us, it becomes easy for us to lose focus on what should be important to us. Our family should be our priority, then our work, which provides the resources to support our family. And then we have other activities that are as important, such as time with our friends and church. All these things are good, but we tend to leave out the most important relationship in our life, our relationship with our Heavenly Father. Th

In preparing for today's message, I asked the Lord to direct me to a subject that would bring encouragement to our hearts. In reading Psalm 80 He brought me to the following verses: Psalm 80: 8-11 You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it. 9 You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with its shadow, And the mighty cedars with its boughs. 11 She sent out her boughs to t

I was in a bible study this past week and the subject of creation came up and I posed the question: "Is all of creation that God created, completely and absolutely surrendered to Him?" Some said yes, others said no. Think about it...God created the sun, moon, stars, flowers, trees, and everything the earth has to offer us. All of creation is surrendered to God because He created them. Do they (creation) not allow God to work in them just as He pleases? Of course, they do, He

In today's reading of "Our Daily Bread", in the book of 2 Corinthians, we are reminded that as Christians, believers in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, we now have the opportunity and privilege to go before God and commune with Him on a personal level. Just as Moses did in the book of Exodus, he asked God if he (Moses) could see His glory. By the power given to us through the Holy Spirit living in us, we can go with confidence before God and talk with Him. Read the follow

As I read today in the Book of Daniel, I am reminded of the story of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, as God used him to bring about the punishment and exile of Judah and Israel. God gave King Nebuchadnezzar the power and might to eventually become the most powerful king to rule the world. His great pride became his great downfall. Daniel: 4: 28-32 28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon.

The test of this question will always become evident in our lives. Every time we are put to the test of worrying about things in our life such as money, job, security, family, etc., we are putting that object or circumstance first before God. Our God is a very jealous God. He wants our full and absolute dedication to Him. He deserves it! God was willing to give up His position as God for us in heaven, become a mortal man, live a holy life for us for thirty-three years and th

I am sure there have been many times in our early lives as Christians that our cries out to God went unheard. It seemed at times that our prayers were bouncing off a brick wall, only to bring us to deeper despair. Through coming to understanding God's word and promises better, we can come to the point in our lives of saying that those feelings of "unheard prayers" are long gone. We can come to know in our hearts that every time we pray and speak to God, He is listening. Even

As I have read throughout the scriptures the stories of the many people who have commune with God and were used by Him, all have a common thread that runs through them. All of them eventually had to come before God with a "clean heart", you might say a broken and contrite heart. To be able to have a "clean heart" before God, to be able to truly speak with Him and know that He is truly listening to us and to know that He speaks with us through His Holy Spirit, and His word, i