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bluidkiti · 01-19-2022, 05:34 AM

THE JOY OF KNOWING

SCRIPTURE: “Happy is he . . . whose hope is in the Lord his God.” —Psalm 146:5

Happy is the man who has learned the secret of coming to God in daily prayer. Fifteen minutes alone with God every morning before you start the day can change circumstances and remove mountains! But all of this happiness and all of these unlimited benefits which flow from the storehouse of heaven are contingent upon our relationship to God. Absolute dependency and absolute yieldedness are the conditions of being His child.

Only His children are entitled to receive those things that lend themselves to happiness; and in order to be His child, there must be the surrender of the will to Him. Man does not come to know God through works—he comes to know God by faith, through grace. You cannot work your way toward happiness and heaven, you cannot moralize your way, you cannot reform your way, you cannot buy your way. It comes as a gift of God through Christ.

Read more about living daily with God.

Prayer For The Day: Thank You, heavenly Father, for the gift of joy which comes from knowing Your Son, Jesus Christ.

--Billy Graham Devotions

01-19-2022, 05:34 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,393	The Joy Of Knowing THE JOY OF KNOWING SCRIPTURE: “Happy is he . . . whose hope is in the Lord his God.” —Psalm 146:5 Happy is the man who has learned the secret of coming to God in daily prayer. Fifteen minutes alone with God every morning before you start the day can change circumstances and remove mountains! But all of this happiness and all of these unlimited benefits which flow from the storehouse of heaven are contingent upon our relationship to God. Absolute dependency and absolute yieldedness are the conditions of being His child. Only His children are entitled to receive those things that lend themselves to happiness; and in order to be His child, there must be the surrender of the will to Him. Man does not come to know God through works—he comes to know God by faith, through grace. You cannot work your way toward happiness and heaven, you cannot moralize your way, you cannot reform your way, you cannot buy your way. It comes as a gift of God through Christ. Read more about living daily with God. Prayer For The Day: Thank You, heavenly Father, for the gift of joy which comes from knowing Your Son, Jesus Christ. --Billy Graham Devotions __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.