Ozzone 1-19 > A Time to See; A Time to Listen

 

Jesus never started a day without first listening to His Father. We can hardly do better.

Ozzone 1-18 > Are you more devoted to service than to Jesus Christ?

 

Ozzone 1-17 > When the life of Jesus is revealed in me in this way, I will serve God’s purposes all the time

 

Ozzone 1-15 > Have you had your white funeral yet? You must die to sin and self in order to be sanctified. And it is the will of God that you be sanctified.

 

Watchman Nee’s great breakthrough with God came after studying Romans 6. He then exclaimed to his housemates, “I’m dead, I’m dead! Praise God, I’m dead”!

Ozzone 1-14 > Have you heard the call of God? Are you even listening?

 

Ozzone 1-13 > When God gets us totally alone, then He begins to teach us.

 

Ozzone 1-12 > Do you allow God to get you alone to expose the flaws in your character?

 

Ozzone 1-11 > Your obedience to God may cost others, but you must let it happen

 

Ozzone 1-10 > Are you saved and sanctified, or just converted?

 

Ozzone 1-7 > We receive His blessings and know His word, but do we really know Him?

 

Ozzone 1-6 > Neither jump about like a spiritual frog, nor withdraw from the world like a monk or ascetic

 

Ozzone 1-4 > God’s timing is perfect, but we require prayer and patience to operate in His timing.

 

Many years ago, I ran ahead of God instead of waiting on His timing, and it cost me my ministry in worship leading immediately, and not long after, my leadership of Men’s Ministry, and the very church fellowship I had attended for three years. I should have used the discernment that God gave me to pray and be patient.

Ozzone 1-3 > The only possible way to have full understanding of the teachings of Jesus is through the light of the Spirit of God shining inside us.

 

Ozzone 1-2 > If God is with you, your attitude should not be one of worry, but one of eager adventure.

 

Ozzone 1-1 > Biddy Chambers selected this as the opening chapter for this amazing devotional. It is that important!

 

Ozzone 12-31 > God reminds us of the past so that we won’t put our trust in the shallow security of the present

 

In the KJV, the word rereward is not explained, but should be translated as the two-syllable word "rere-ward" which means "rear-guard" in old French. It's a military term, not a physiological term, thank goodness. But it does mean that God has taken care of that which is behind us, so we need not brood over it but consider ourselves thoroughly blessed to have God in our past, present, and future.

Ozzone 12-30 > > All the natural virtues we possess must be surrendered to God so that He can turn them into Christ-like virtues

 

Ozzone 12-29 > The Turning Point – You either go on as a dedicated disciple of God, or you turn back as a deserter.

 

Ozzone 12-24 > If only we will heed His warnings and walk in the Light

 

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7

Our goal should be  to walk with Jesus, and since He is in the Light, we must also walk in the Light, ie the Holy Spirit.

Ozzone 12-22 > Are you willing to believe? Are you willing to surrender your will to God?

 

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep… put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Romans 13:11a, 14