Sermons & Devotionals by Miles J. Stanford
Miles J. Stanford
THY WILL BE DONE
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials" (James 1:2). You can be sure that you are in the will of God when He keeps you dependent upon Himself, walking in the Holy Spirit, and abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ. "Often all we think of is, having our need met; but how little a t... Read More
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TREASURE TROVE
"But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you" (Romans 8:9). The Spirit's ministry is to make Christ all to each. "We are the objects of the continual care and discipline of our heavenly Father. If we walk after the flesh, instead of after the Spirit, t... Read More
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TREASURED TRIALS
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty' hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time" (I Peter 5:6). The Blesser sends trials because the trials are blessings. Most covet the "blessing" of having the trial removed. "I find the brightest summer is when the winter has been longest and most ... Read More
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TRUE LOVE
"If (since) ye, then, be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above" (Colossians 3:1). Our Father may cripple our earthly standing in order to strengthen our spiritual state, but He will never detract from our spiritual state in order to enhance our worldly standing. Never. "The world is c... Read More
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TRUTH TRIUMPHANT!
"To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth My voice" (John 18:37). Charismatic Arminianism's experience omits truth. Covenant Calvinism's legality chokes truth. Cross-centered Christianity's Chri... Read More
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TRUTH, OR CONSEQUENCES
"I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you" (1 John 2:14). Experience may ratify, or it may repudiate, truth. The Word alone, to faith, is truth unalterable. "If I allow the thought that what I am toward God will in some way or other affect what Go... Read More
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UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
"Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God" (Deuteronomy 8:11). Our Father would be free to favor us with far more of His riches in Christ Jesus if we would keep more in mind that grace is unmerited favor--so that "He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy" (Romans 9:23)... Read More
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UNFEIGNED HUMILITY
"God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble" (1 Peter 5:5). Humility is the hallmark of the servant resting in, and sent from, the Father's presence. "There is a sense in which God's true servant is always a defeated man. The one who drives on with a sense of his own importance, who is ... Read More
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UNOBJECTIONABLE OBJECT
"That. . . the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him (Christ)" (Ephesians 1:17). The object of the Christian life is that we may center in the Object of the Father–His Beloved Son. "If we go on with the Father, sweet as is the assurance that w... Read More
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UP HERE!
"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:6). The spiritual babe has faith for the wondrous fact that he will go to heaven when he dies. The spiritual father has faith for the inexpressible fact that he has died in Christ, and that he ... Read More
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VICTORIOUS VINEDRESSER
"No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them who are exercised by it" (Hebrews 12:11). Vision: The Word gives us the true picture of growth. Verification: The Spirit gives us a taste thereof. Vin... Read More
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WONDER OF WEAKNESS
"He said to me, My strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed" (2 Corinthians 12:9, Wms.). Our Father does not test our faith so much as He exercises and develops it. In time, He makes us aware of our utter weakness; and, in time, we trust a... Read More
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ZEAL'S PRECOCITY
"For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge" (Romans 10:2). It takes more to break inertia than to ease momentum. Misdirected zeal is more easily corrected than inert sloth. "It is possible, and very humiliating, to be awakened to the fact, though we have h... Read More
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Miles J. Stanford (1914 - 1999)
Was a Christian author best known for his classic collection on spirituality, The Green Letters, published in 1964. Theologically, Stanford called himself Pauline and Dispensationalism. He drew upon the written ministries of William Newell, Lewis Sperry Chafer, and a number of the original Plymouth Brethren, in particular John Nelson Darby.Because of Stanford's focus upon the doctrinal content of the Pauline Epistles, some evangelicals have erroneously identified him with hyper-dispensationalism. To address this, Stanford published numerous papers during the 1980s and 1990s clarifying the distinctive tenets of "Pauline Dispensationalism." A collection of fourteen papers were collected into his 1993 book of the same name. Stanford typically signed his letters with his hallmark salutation, "Resting in Him."