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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">(From "My Utmost for His Highest" Oswald Chambers)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">"He took the twelve aside
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">18:31</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">)</span></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Oh, the bravery of God in trusting us! Do you say, "But He has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing good in me and I have no value?" That is exactly why He chose you. As long as you think that you are of value to Him He cannot choose you, because you have purposes of your own to serve. But if you will allow Him to take you to the end of your own self-sufficiency, then He can choose you to go with Him "to
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">" (</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">18:31</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">). And that will mean the fulfillment of purposes which He does not discuss with you.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We tend to say that because a person has natural ability, he will make a good Christian. It is not a matter of our equipment, but a matter of our poverty; not of what we bring with us, but of what God puts into us; not a matter of natural virtues, of strength of character, of knowledge, or of experience all of that is of no avail in this concern. The only thing of value is being taken into the compelling purpose of God and being made His friends (see 1 Corinthians
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1:26</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">-31). God's friendship is with people who know their poverty. He can accomplish nothing with the person who thinks that he is of use to God. As Christians we are not here for our own purpose at all we are here for the purpose of God, and the two are not the same. We do not know what God's compelling purpose is, but whatever happens, we must maintain our relationship with Him. We must never allow anything to damage our relationship with God; but if something does damage it, we must take the time to make it right again. The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.
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</span>This reading is a penetrating word. It gets down deep into motives and hidden thoughts. Periodically we all need to unmask our inner selves our spirits to our conscious selves. This is a painful experience, but absolutely necessary from time to time. Consider it like a time to bring your car into the garage for an oil change and 3000 mile check-up.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Alan Redpath, an accountant from </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">London</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">England</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, pastored the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Chicago</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Moody
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Memorial</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Church</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> in the mid '50's. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>I accepted his challenge to serve on the board of the Africa Inland Mission of which he was chairman. It was worth a monthly meeting for 2 years to hear him tell us of his difficulty of maintaining a daily vital quiet-time with God. He affirmed that this was the most difficult call of God in his life. That encouraged us as fellow board members to hear this confession. It is like the story in Aesop's Fables of the fox who lost his tail! It is encouraging to realize that those we consider as saints who have arrived -- have the same difficulties that face us also!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Three Scriptures help us to maintain a place of humility in this area. Paul states in Romans 7:18, "I am persuaded that in me that is in my flesh dwells NO GOOD THING!"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Believe it! It is true for all of us!</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">On one occasion in 1949 Marie and I were staying in a pastor's home in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Minneapolis
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> while we held meetings for him. At dinner table one day I exclaimed, "My goodness." Without a moment's hesitation the pastor's wife retorted, "You HAVE no goodness! Only Christ in you is good!" I have never forgotten that.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Philippians 3:2-3 states, "Look out for the dogs, look out for the evil workers, look out for the concision: for we are the circumcision, who worship by God's Spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH!" (IP).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">And lastly consider Galatians </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2:20</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> (IP) "I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer I live, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME: and what I now live in the flesh I live by faith WHICH IS IN THE SON OF :GOD, who loved me, and gave himself up for me!"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The SELF LIFE, not the devil, is our NUMBER ONE ENEMY! SELF-DECEPTION because of a lack of exercising the "discernings of spirits" is all too prevalent in too many of our lives. And then when it is discerned by others too often they fail to lovingly but firmly confront those who are self-deceived. Then the church the body of Christ suffers.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Truths of this nature do not bless us out of our socks at initial hearing but afterwards they yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">And finally a word of explanation. Last Friday someone from </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nigeria</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
hacked into our computer and sent out a false email in my name asking for $3500. Then he changed my "password" in our Gmail server so that I could not send out a word of exposure and explanation. Fortunately my grandson Keelan had my up-to-date mailing list, and was able to send out an exposure and explanation concerning this deception. Fortunately also many of you contacted me by phone and said, "We KNEW this couldn't be from you: number one, you don't beg for money; secondly, you don't have typos and grammar errors; and lastly you couldn't have visited 3 countries in
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Africa</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> and ended up broke in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nigeria</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> when we had just heard from you in the
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Seattle</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> area."</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">However, our fear was based on the saying of Barnum & Bailey, the circus managers who said: "There's one born every minute a sucker!" As far as we know, none of you failed in discernment in this direction. One of you responded to this false request by asking the hacker for the name of his wife. He knew
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">I</b> knew his wife's name; but the hacker did not respond!</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">So let us not be naοve. Let us not be gullible. Let us prove ALL things. Let us hold fast to that which is GOOD!
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