| Utmost The Far-Reaching Rivers of Life | 06 Sep 2010 | He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow rivers of living water —John 7:38 A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, “rivers of living water” will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8 ) regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives… |
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| Utmost Watching With Jesus | 05 Sep 2010 | Stay here and watch with Me —Matthew 26:38 Watch with Me.” Jesus was saying, in effect, “Watch with no private point of view at all, but watch solely and entirely with Me.” In the early stages of our Christian life, we do not watch with Jesus, we watch for Him. We do not watch with Him through the revealed truth… |
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| RBC Always There | 05 Sep 2010 | The radio engineers who work at RBC Ministries were getting ready to broadcast a program via satellite. They had prepared everything, including the satellite link. But just as they were to begin uploading, the signal to the satellite was lost. Confused, the engineers labored to reconnect the link, but nothing worked. Then they got the word—the satellite was gone. Literally. The satellite had suddenly and surprisingly fallen from the sky. It was no longer there. |
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| Utmost His! | 04 Sep 2010 | They were Yours, You gave them to Me . . . —John 17:6 A missionary is someone in whom the Holy Spirit has brought about this realization: “You are not your own” ( 1 Corinthians 6:19 ). To say, “I am not my own,” is to have reached a high point in my spiritual stature. The true nature of that life in actual everyday confusion… |
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| RBC Botox For The Soul | 04 Sep 2010 | Got Botox? A lot of people do. Some take Botox treatments for health matters, but many take them be-cause they want to look young again. |
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| Utmost Pouring Out the Water of Satisfaction | 03 Sep 2010 | He would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord —2 Samuel 23:16 What has been like “water from the well of Bethlehem” to you recently— love, friendship, or maybe some spiritual blessing ( 2 Samuel 23:16 )? Have you taken whatever it may be, even at the risk of damaging your own soul, simply to satisfy yourself? If you have, then you cannot… |
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| RBC Loopholes | 03 Sep 2010 | Five-year-old Jenna was not having a good start to her day. Every attempt to arrange the world according to her liking was having the opposite result. Arguing didn’t work. Pouting didn’t work. Crying didn’t work. Finally her mother reminded her of the Bible verse she had been learning: “Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You” (Ps. 119:11). |
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| Utmost A Life of Pure and Holy Sacrifice | 02 Sep 2010 | He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow . . . —John 7:38 Jesus did not say, “He who believes in Me will realize all the blessings of the fullness of God,” but, in essence, “He who believes in Me will have everything he receives escape out of him.” Our Lord’s teaching was always anti-self-realization. His purpose is not the development of a… |
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| RBC Silence, Please! | 02 Sep 2010 | Our world has become increasingly noisy. But according to a news report, science has found a way to achieve absolute silence: “Scientists have shown off the blueprint for an ‘acoustic cloak,’ which could make objects impervious to sound waves. The technology, outlined in the New Journal of Physics, could be used to build sound-proof homes, advanced concert halls, or stealth warships.” |
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| RBC Jennifer Benson Schuldt | 01 Sep 2010 | |
Jennifer Benson Schuldt has been writing professionally since 1997 when she began her career as a technical writer with an international consulting firm. She writes for Our Daily Journey and first appeared in Our Daily Bread in September 2010. Jennifer lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Bob, and their two children. One of [...]
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| KidsTalkAboutGod How Do You Know If You're Going To Heaven? | 08 Oct 2009 | Gospel of John Series, Lesson 13, John 3:9-21
How do you know if you're going to heaven? Read how some children responded and what the Bible teaches us about how to be sure you have eternal life. (Romans 3:23; John 11:25; John 5:24)
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| KidsTalkAboutGod What Does It Mean To Be Born Again? (Gospel of John Series) | 08 Oct 2009 | Gospel of John Series, Lesson 12, John 3:1-8
What does it mean to be born again? Read how some children responded and what the Bible teaches us about justification and sanctification. (John 3:4; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 Peter 1:23; Psalm 119; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 4:30; Hebrews 12:6; John 3:3)
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| KidsTalkAboutGod Why Didn’t Jesus Trust People? | 08 Oct 2009 | Gospel of John Series, Lesson 11, John 2:18-25
Why didn’t Jesus trust people? Read how some children responded and what the Bible teaches us about trusting God first. (John 2:23-25; Romans 12:2; Proverbs 3:5-6)
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| KidsTalkAboutGod When Is Anger Right? | 08 Oct 2009 | Gospel of John Series, Lesson 10, John 2:12-17
When is anger right? Read how some children responded and what the Bible teaches us about the difference between destructive anger and righteous anger. (Luke 6:41-42; Romans 12:9; Romans 12:14-15; Ephesians 4:26-27; John 2:12-17; Mark 3:4-6)
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| KidsTalkAboutGod What Can We Learn From Jesus Turning Water Into Wine? | 08 Oct 2009 | Gospel of John Series, Lesson 9, John 2:1-11
What can we learn from Jesus turning water into wine? Read how some children responded and what the Bible teaches us about Jesus' first miracle and what it meant for his mission. (John 2:1-11; John 17:1; John 11; John 19:26; John 2:4)
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