All of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a 
resounding “Yes!” (2 Corinthians 1:20 NLT)

What are the promises for? The promises were 
never intended to be a matter of personal pleasure, either in the case of Israel 
or in our case.... As the Lord's children we are often found in 
situations of personal embarrassment, personal difficulty, personal suffering, 
in a place where things for us are hard. At such times we are apt to take hold 
of some portion of the Word of God, and take that to the Lord and claim it for 
our deliverance. That may sometimes be all right, and yet if the motive should 
ever be definitely a purely personal one, we can take it for granted that the 
promise will have no fulfillment. How many have found that that is how it works. 
In a certain situation, by reason of some difficulty, trial, suffering, some 
adversity, you have gone to the Lord, taking His Word and pleading it before Him 
for a change of the situation, a deliverance, the bringing to pass or the 
removing of something, and you have found that you were up against a stone wall. 
You have discovered that you were knocking yourself to pieces, and you came to a 
standstill; you could get no further. It seemed that the heaven was closed, that 
there was no way through, no answering voice, no sense of a listening ear; and 
with deep heart exercise about the matter you have been tempted to doubt the 
promise, question the faithfulness of God, raise questions as to the truth of 
His Word. But in the final issue the Lord has shown you that something needed to 
be done in you. 
You were reaching after some object that you 
wanted, which you thought was necessary and very important, but somewhere there 
was a secret personal interest, personal concern - unconscious perhaps, but in 
God's sight very real - which was making it impossible for you to accept that 
situation. You have come to see at length that your seeking of the Lord was not 
altogether because of the Divine interests bound up with the situation, but, at 
bottom, because of the way in which it affected yourself. The Lord had to bring 
a crisis in your experience, where you were perfectly willing to accept that 
trial in the will of God; that if so be the Lord wished it then you gave your 
full consent, and said: "Well, Lord, if this is Your will for me I accept it 
wholly and fully. All that I ask is to know that it is Your will, and, given 
that, then I accept it from my heart." In such experiences we learn that the promises are not for us as 
things for our personal interest, but wholly and utterly for the glory of 
Christ, to bring about a greater measure of the fullness of Christ in us. Thus, 
once more, through an ordeal, we have come to the place where it is "no longer 
I, but Christ." That is God's required ground for the fulfillment of His 
promises.

This devotional contains short daily portions from a selection of Mr. Austin-Sparks' messages. In his own words, “Perhaps this is just like a window opened into heaven. If you get the right window you can see quite a lot. You can see great things and you can see far things. But the best that I can hope is that this has just opened a window, and that as you look through it you are seeing one thing - how superior is Jesus Christ to all else, and how superior is the dispensation into which we have come, and how superior are all the resources at our disposal to all that ever was before!” Open Windows messages have been selected and compiled by Austin-Sparks.Net from the works of T. Austin-Sparks. In some cases they appear in abridged form. The introductory verse and its associated Bible version have been selected by the editor and did not always appear within the original message.

Open Windows

Partnership with Christ - Chapter 1

 A Greater Measure 

God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? § The Lord has sworn and will not relent. God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. § Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator. I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. § He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. § All the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Evening Daily Light

 God is faithful. 

He who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. … for let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another… Even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace … You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me… If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. § For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

 Little children, abide in Him. 

Amen! May the Lord God … say so too. § He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth. § When God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself … For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness. § For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things! And blessed be His glorious name forever! … Amen and Amen.

 Amen. 

<blockquote>
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you" (<a id="verse_1632879480208911" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/9/8">2 Cor. 9:8</a>).
</blockquote>Once we come to rest in the fact of what He has accomplished for us in Christ, there need be no concern as to how and when He will carry it out in our daily life."How many a child of God remains weak and timid because, instead of being occupied with what God has promised, he is considering how it can be fulfilled. But we have nothing to do with the how; it is enough that our Father has given us His Word. Whatever, therefore, may be the nature of the suffering or trial through which we have to pass, let us ever account that God is able to fulfill all His promises."Let nothing ever lead us to doubt the certainty of His Word, though we may be utterly at a loss to understand the manner in which He may see fit to accomplish it. We shall then be able to testify, with Joshua of old: Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof' (<a id="verse_1632879480207351" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Joshua/23/14">Josh. 23:14</a>)." -E.H.Our Father often encourages the weak in faith by giving speedy answers to prayer; but the strong in faith will be further developed by God's delays. Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith, but opportunities of honoring God by our steadfast confidence in Him.""For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen" (<a id="verse_1632879480903891" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/1/20">2 Cor. 1:20</a>).

A 365 day devotional that will help you in your Christian growth and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.  This devotional is a collection of quotes from some of the best authors in the realm of Christian growth that has been organized by Miles J Stanford.  This devotional study is divided into 12 sections each containing 31 daily portions.

None but the Hungry Heart

 Not “How?”- But “What?” 

20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

For no matter how many promises<cr>1</cr> God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”<cr>2</cr> is spoken by us to the glory of God.<cr>3</cr>

2 Corinthians 1:20

 20 For no matter how many promises   God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”   is spoken by us to the glory of God.  

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 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

 For no matter how many promises   God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”   is spoken by us to the glory of God.  

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April 25, 2023

2 Corinthians 1:20 NIV

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