[b]February 24th - The Delight Of Sacrifice[/b]
[i]I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls... 2 Corinthians 12:15[/i]
The delight of sacrifice is that I lay down my life for my Friend, Jesus Christ (see John 15:13). I don't throw my life away, but I willingly and deliberately lay it down for Him and His intrests in other people.

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[b]February 25th - The Destitution Of Service[/b]
[i]though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. 2 Corinthians 12:15[/i]
Paul's idea of service was the same as our Lord's. He did not care how high the cost was to himself- he would gladly pay it. It was Paul's delight to spend his lfe for God's interests in other people, and he did not care what it cost.

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[b]February 26th - Our Misgivings About Jesus[/b]
[i]The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw [water] with, and the well is deep." John 4:11[/i]
If I detect misgivings about Jesus in myself, I should bring them into the light and confess them openly- "Lord, I have had misgivings about You. I have not believed in Your abilities, but only my own. And I have not believed in Your almighty power apart from my finite understanding of it."

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[b]February 27th - The Improverished Ministry of Jesus[/b]
[i]Where then do You get the living water? John 4:11[/i]
Jesus doesn't bring anything up from the wells of human nature- He brings them down from above. The well of your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away from yourself and unto Him.

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[b]February 28th - "Do You Now Believe?"[/b]
[i]"By this we believe..." Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?" John 16:30,31[/i]
Our soul has gotten out of intimate contact with God by leaning on its own religious understanding. We should get in the habit of continually seeking His counsel on everything, instead of making our own commonsense decisions and then asking Him to bless Him.

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[b]February 29th - What Do You Want The Lord To Do For You?[/b]
[i]"What do you want Me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, that I may recieve my sight."[/i]
Is there something in your life that not only disturbs you, but makes you a disturbance to others? If so, it is always something you cannot handle yourself. Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord Himself. If it is an impossiblity, it is the very thing for which we have to ask. God will do what is absolutely impossible.

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I have to share the entire devotional for this day.. its just to precious.. Lord make this our cry today.. help us to trust you for the impossible. Give us a vision for our lifes that goes beyond what is possible in ourselves so you can work.

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Is there something in your life that not only disturbs you, but makes you a disturbance to others? If so, it is always something you cannot handle yourself. "Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more . . ." ( Luke 18:39 ). Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord Himself. Don’t deify common sense. To sit calmly by, instead of creating a disturbance, serves only to deify our common sense. When Jesus asks what we want Him to do for us about the incredible problem that is confronting us, remember that He doesn’t work in commonsense ways, but only in supernatural ways.

Look at how we limit the Lord by only remembering what we have allowed Him to do for us in the past. We say, "I always failed there, and I always will." Consequently, we don’t ask for what we want. Instead, we think, "It is ridiculous to ask God to do this." If it is an impossibility, it is the very thing for which we have to ask. If it is not an impossible thing, it is not a real disturbance. And God will do what is absolutely impossible.

This man received his sight. But the most impossible thing for you is to be so closely identified with the Lord that there is literally nothing of your old life remaining. God will do it if you will ask Him. But you have to come to the point of believing Him to be almighty. We find faith by not only believing what Jesus says, but, even more, by trusting Jesus Himself. If we only look at what He says, we will never believe. Once we see Jesus, the impossible things He does in our lives become as natural as breathing. The agony we suffer is only the result of the deliberate shallowness of our own heart. We won’t believe; we won’t let go by severing the line that secures the boat to the shore—we prefer to worry.
-Oswald Chambers

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