April 29: The Graciousness of Uncertainty

Today in My utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0429.html Wow! This is a great lesson!! Here is a great excerpt: "To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should be rather an expression of breathless expectation."

April 28: What You Will Get

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0428.html I want to be careful not to seek blessings, but to strive only for a relationship with the Lord that is deep, personal, and intimate. I want to know the mind of Christ!!

April 27: What Do Yo Want?

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0427.html When I was a new Christian, I could not have imagined this to be true, but Chambers is so correct when he says, "When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things."

April 26: The Supreme Climb

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0426.html May I constantly remember to pray that the Lord will give me the spiritual eyes to see things like He sees them, even if it goes against traditional teaching.

April 25: Instant in Season

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April 24: The Warning Against Wantoning

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April 23: The Worship of the Work

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April 24: The Warning Against Wantoning

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0424.html "Jesus told the disciples not to rejoice in successful service, and yet this seems to be the one thing in which most of us do rejoice....we are not to save souls, but to disciple them."

April 23: The Worship of the Work

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0423.html It is absolutely amazing to me that when we are single-minded in our focus on Jesus that His "yoke is easy and His burden is light." However, the moment we start to focus on the work and our so-called importance to the task, the work will crush us.

April 22: The Light That Fails

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0422.html "A Christian worker is one who perpetually looks in the face of God and then goes forth to talk to people."

April 21: Now Don't Hurt the Lord!

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0421.html "We look for God to manifest Himself to His children: God only manifest Himself in His children."

April 20: Can a Saint Slander God?

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April 19: Is It Not in the Least Likely?

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0419.html Wow! This lesson is so true!! In my thirties, I confidently told someone that I had walked so closely with the Lord for so long, that there was no chance that I would ever turn my back on Him. The much more mature lady wisely warned me to NEVER let that attitude live in me, or I would be more vulnerable to temptation. Was she ever right!!! Now I know that it is only by His grace that I am kept from temptation at any moment. Chambers gave wonderful advice when he said, "You have remained true to God under great and intense trials, now beware of the undercurrent."

April 18: Readiness

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0418.html "Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing, it makes no difference." We all need to pray that the Lord will make us ready for the obscure!

April 17: Neck or Nothing

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0417.html This lesson is hard for me to understand what Chambers is trying to say, but I have learned that one thing he says is absolutely true: "It is a transaction of will, not of emotion."

April 16: Can You Come Down?

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0416.html Drudery is our enemy! We must fight its lure to apathy and do what we must to bring about the things we deamed of during our mountain top experiences.

April 15: The Relapse of Concentration

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0415.html This is a tough one! I am overweight and food eaten inappropriately is my "highplace." Because much of our society is obese, it is easy for me to forget that gluttony is a sin!

April 14: Inspired Invincibility

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0414.html Boy, did I ever need this lesson! My health is not the best these days, but Chambers has reminded me that I am blessed with great joy because of God's strength. "No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit, it is an inner unconquerableness."

April 13: What to Do Under the Conditions

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0413.html This lesson reminds me of when I first started substitute teaching. I felt overwhelmed by all the problems of the children and cried out to God, "Lord, I can't love them all!" He replied, "Of course, you can't...But I can!! Just shovel all their needs over to Me in prayer." It has been a joy to sub ever since!

April 12: Moral Dominion

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0412.html "If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we will not decide definitely about sin."

April 11: Moral Divinity

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0411.html The one who walks wholeheartedly with Jesus must have a lot of courage! If we give Him total control of everything, then we have to obey ALL that He reveals, even when He only reveals a small bit and we are left confused. It feels like stepping off a cliff....but, oh, the wonder of the rewards!!!

April 10: Moral Decision about Sin

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://myutmost.org/04/0410.html Yes, I know this paradox is hard to fathom, but it is so true: It is only after you allow yourself to be 'crucified with Christ' - in other words, let all your plans and dreams die to His will - that you will ever feel truly ALIVE!!!

April 9: Have I Seen Him?

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0409.html If you don't know Jesus to be more real than your closest friend, then never stop searching for Him until you can see him clearly!!! "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." James 4:8

April 8: His Resurrection Destiny

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0408.html. When skeptics questions why there ever needed to be a gory crucifixion, Chamber's opening comments in this lesson are the perfect answer......"Our Lord's Cross is the gateway into His life: His Resurrection means that He has power now to convey His life to me."

Why Are We Not Told Plainly?

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0407.html So many times we ask God "WHY??" Although He oftens longs to answer that question, He cannot do so until we are in a right relation with Him!! "Our Lord does not hide these things: they are unbearable until we get into a fit condiiton of spiritual life."

April 6: The Collision of God and Sin

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0406.html This lesson just emphasizes to us that we cannot EARN our salvation. But we are so blessed to have a Savior who earned it for us!!!

April 5: His Agony and Our Fellowship

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0405.html To try to fathom the horrifying agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane is a great source of strength and comfort to us when we are alone and in pain. Jesus has promised to NEVER leave or forsake us, and He knows exactly what we are going through.

April 4: Those Borders of Distrust

Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/04/0404.html "Darkness comes by the sovereignty of God. Are we prepared to let God do as He likes with us...?"

April 3: If Thou Hadst Known

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April 2: The Glory that Excels

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April 1: Heartiness vs. Heartlessness Towards Others

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