GOD Calling

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JANUARY 16

FRIEND IN DRUDGERY

It is the daily strivings that count, not the momentary heights. The obeying of My Will day in, day out, in the wilderness plains, rather than occasional Mount of Transfiguration.

Perseverance is nowhere needed so much as in the religious life. The drudgery of Kingdom it is that secures My intimate Friendship . I am the Lord of little things. The Divine Control of little happenings.

Nothing in the day is too small to be a part of My scheme. The little stone in mosaic play a big part.

Joy in Me . Joy is the God-given cement that secures the harmony and beauty of My mosaic.

See you tomorrow, God Willing

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JANUARY 17

GOD’S RUSH TO GIVE

Silence. Be silent before me. Seek to know, and to do My will in all things.

Abide in My Love, an atmosphere of loving under standing to all men. This is your part to carry out, and then I surround you with a protective screen that keeps all evil from you. It is fashioned by your own attitude of mind words, and deeds towards others.

I want to give you all things, good measure, pressed down, and running over. Be quick to learn. You know little yet of the Divine Impatience which longs to rush to give. Does one worrying thought enter your mind, one impatient thought? Fight it at once.

Love and Trust are the solvents for the worry and cares and frets of life. Apply them at once. You are channels and though the channel may not be altogether blocked, fret and impatience and worry corrode, and in time would because beyond your help.

Persevere, oh! Persevere. Never lose heart. All is well.

See you tomorrow, God Willing

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JANUARY 18

FAITH-WORKS

Pray daily for Faith. It is My Gift.
It is your only requisite for the accomplishment. Of mighty deeds. Certainly you have to work, you have to pray, but upon Faith alone depends the answer to your prayers—your works.

I give it you in response to your prayer, because it is the necessary weapon for you to possess for the dispersion of evil—the overcoming of all good in your of all adverse conditions, and the accomplishment of all good in your lives, and then you having Faith, give it back to Me . It is the envelope in which every request to Me should be placed.

And yet “Faith without works is dead.” So you need works, too, to feed your Faith in Me. As you seek to do, you feel your helplessness. You then turn to Me. In knowing Me, your faith grows—and that faith is all you need for My power to work.

See you tomorrow, God Willing

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JANUARY 19

LOVE ANTICIPATES

Lord, I will seek thee

None ever sought Me in vain. I wait, wait with a hungry longing to be called upon, and I , who have already seen your hearts’ needs before you cried upon Me before perhaps you were conscious of those needs yourself, I am already preparing the answer .

It is like a Mother, who is setting aside suitable s for her daughter’s wedding, before Love even has come into the daughter’s life.
The Anticipatory Love of God is a thing mortals seldom realize. Dwell on this thought. Dismiss from your minds the thought of a grudging God, who had to be petitioned with sighs and tears and much speaking before reluctantly He loosed the desired treasures. Man’s thought of Me need revolutionizing.


Try and see a Mother preparing birthday or Christmas delights for her child—the while her Mother-heart sings: “Will she not love that? How she will love this?” and anticipates the rapture of her child, her own heart full of the tenderest joy. Where did the Mother learn all this preparation-joy? From Me—a faint echo this of My preparation-joy.


Try to see this as plans unfold of My preparing. It means much to Me to be understood, and the understanding of Me will bring great joy to you.

See you tomorrow, God Willing

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JANUARY 20

AT ONE WITH GOD

One with Me. I and My Father are one. One with the Lord of the whole Universe!
Could human aspiration reach higher? Could man’s demands transcend this? One with Me.

If you realize your high privilege, you have only to think and immediately the object of your thought is called into being. Indeed, well may I have said, “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”

To dwell in thought on the material, when once you live in Me--is to call it into being. So you must be careful only to think of and desire that which will help, not hinder, your spiritual growth. The same law operates too on the spiritual plane.

Think Love, and Love surrounds you, and all about whom you think. Think thoughts of ill-will and ill surrounds you, and those about whom you think. Think health—health comes. The physical reflects the mental and spiritual .

See you tomorrow, God Willing

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JANUARY 21

A CROWDED DAY

Believe that I am with you, and controlling all. When My Word has gone forth, all are powerless against it.

Be calm. Never fear. You have much to learn. Go on until you can take the most crowded day with a song. “Sing unto the Lord.” The finest accompaniment to a Song of Praise to Me is a very crowded day. Let Love be the motif running through all.

Be glad all the time. Rejoice exceedingly. Joy in Me. Rest in Me. Never be afraid. Pray more. Do not get worried. I am thy Helper. “Underneath are the Everlasting Arms.” You cannot get below that. Rest in them, as a tired child rests.

See you tomorrow, God Willing

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JANUARY 22

GRAY DAY

Be not afraid. I am your God, your Deliverer. From all evil, I will deliver you. Trust Me. Fear not.

Never forget your”Thank you.” Do not see it is a lesson? You must say” Thank You” on the grayest days. You must do it. All cannot be light unless you do . There is gray-day practice. It is absolutely necessary.


My death upon the Cross was not only necessary to save a world, it was necessary if only to train My disciples. It was all a part of their training: My entering Jerusalem in triumph, My washing the disciples’ feet, My sorrow-time in Gethsemane, My being despised, judged, crucified, buried.
Every step was necessary to their development—and so with you.


If gray day is not one of thankfulness, the lesson has to be repeated until it is. Not to everyone is it so. But only to those who ask to serve Me well, and to do much for Me. A great work requires a great and careful training

See you tomorrow, God Willing