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Understanding Oswald, A daily meditation — 364 episodes

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May 14: The Habit of Enjoying Adversity

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May 13: The Habit of Keeping a Clear Conscience

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May 12: The Habit of Having No Habits

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May 11: "Love One Another"

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May 10: Take the Initiative

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May 9: Reaching Beyond Our Grasp

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May 8: The Faith to Persevere

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June 7: The Greatest Source of Power

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May 7: Building for Eternity

10

May 5: Judgment at the Love of God

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May 3: Vital Intercession

12

May 2: The Patience to Wait for the Vision

13

May 1: Faith - Not Emotion

14

May 4: Vicarious Intercession

15

April 30: The Spontaneity Of Love

16

April 29: Gracious Uncertainty

17

April 28: What You Will Get

18

April 27: What Do You Want?

19

April 26: The Supreme Climb

20

April 25: "Ready in Season"

21

April 24: The Warning Against Wantoning

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April 23: The Worship Of The Work

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April 22: The Light That Never Fails

24

April 21: Don't Hurt the Lord

25

April 20: Can a Saint Falsely Accuse God?

26

April 19: Beware of the Least Likely Temptation

27

April 18: Readiness

28

April 17: All or Nothing?

29

April 16: Can You Come Down From the Mountain?

30

April 15: The Failure to Pay Close Attention

31

April 14: Inner Invincibility

32

April 13: What To Do When Your Burden Is Overwhelming

33

April 12: Complete and Effective Dominion

34

April 11: Complete and Effective Divinity

35

April 10: Complete and Effective Decision About Sin

36

April 9: Have You Seen Jesus?

37

April 8: His Resurrection Destiny

38

April 7: Why We Lack Understanding

39

April 6: The Collision of God and Sin

40

April 5: His Agony and Our Access

41

April 4: The Way to Permanent Faith

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April 3: "If You Had Known!"

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April 2: The Glory That's Unsurpassed

44

April 1: Helpful or Heartless Toward Others?

45

March 31: Heedfulness or Hypocrisy in Ourselves?

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March 30: Holiness or Hardness Toward God?

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March 29: Our Lord's Surprise Visits

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March 28: Isn't There Some Misunderstanding?

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March 27: Vision by Personal Character

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March 26: Spiritual Vision Through Personal Purity

51

March 25: Maintaining the Proper Relationship

52

March 24: Decreasing for His Purpose

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March 23: Am I Carnally Minded?

54

March 22: The Burning Heart

55

March 21: Interest of Identification?

56

March 20: Friendship with God

57

March 19: The Way of Abraham in Faith

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March 17: The Worker's Ruling Passion

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March 16: The Master Will Judge

60

March 15: The Discipline of Dismay

61

March 14: Yielding

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March 13: God's Total Surrender to Us

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March 12: Total Surrender

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March 11: Obedience to the "Heavenly Vision"

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March 10: Being an Example of His Message

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March 9: Turning Back or Walking with Jesus?

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March 8: The Surrendered Life

68

March 7: The Source of Abundant Joy

69

March 6: Taking the Next Step

70

March 5: Is He Really My Lord?

71

March 4: Is This True of Me?

72

March 3: His Commission to Us

73

March 2: Have You Felt the Pain Inflicted by the Lord?

74

March 1: The Piercing Question

75

February 28: "Do You Now Believe?"

76

February 27: The Impoverished Ministry of Jesus

77

February 26: Our Misgivings About Jesus

78

February 25: The Destitution of Service

79

February 24: The Delight of Sacrifice

80

February 23: The Determination to Serve

81

February 22: The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance

82

February 21: Do You Really Love Him?

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February 20: Taking the Initiative Against Daydreaming

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February 19: Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery

85

February 18: Taking the Initiative Against Despair

86

February 17: Taking the Initiative Against Depression

87

February 16: The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative

88

February 15: "Am I My Brother's Keeper?"

89

February 13: The Devotion of Hearing

90

February 12: Are You Listening to God?

91

February 11: Is Your Mind Stayed on God?

92

February 10: Is Your Ability to See God Blinded?

93

February 9: Are You Exhausted Spiritually?

94

February 8: The Cost of Sanctification

95

February 7: Spiritual Dejection

96

February 6: Are You Ready to be Poured Out as an Offering? (2)

97

February 5: Are You Ready to be Poured Out as an Offering? (1)

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February 4: The Compelling Majesty of His Power

99

February 2: The Compelling Force of the Call

100

February 1: The Call of God

101

January 31: Do You See Your Calling?

102

January 30: The Dilemma of Obedience

103

January 27: Look Again and Think

104

January 26: Look Again and Consecrate

105

January 25: Leave Room for God

106

January 24: God's Overpowering Purpose

107

January 23: Transformed by Beholding

108

January 22: Am I Looking to God?

109

January 21: Recall What God Remembers

110

January 20: Are You Fresh for Everything?

111

January 19: Vision and Darkness

112

January 18: It Is the Lord!

113

January 17: The Call of the Natural Life

114

January 16: The Voice of the Nature of God

115

January 15: Do You Walk In White?

116

January 14: Called By God

117

January 13: Have You Ever Been Alone with God? (2)

118

January 12: Have You Ever Been Alone with God? (1)

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January 11: What My Obedience to God Costs Other People

120

January 10: The Opened Sight

121

January 9: Prayerful Inner-Searching

122

January 8: Is My Sacrifice Living?

123

January 7: Intimate with Jesus

124

January 6: Worship

125

January 5: The Life of Power to Follow

126

January 4: Why Can I Not Follow You Now?

127

January 3: Clouds & Darkness

128

January 2: Will You Go Out Without Knowing?

129

January 1: Let Us Keep to the Point (Philippians 1:2)

130

December 31: Yesterday

131

December 30: "And Every Virtue We Possess"

132

December 29: Deserter or Disciple?

133

December 28: Continuous Conversion

134

December 27: Where the Battle is Won or Lost

135

December 26: "Walk in the Light"

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December 25: His Birth and Our New Birth

137

December 24: The Hidden Life

138

December 23: Sharing in the Atonement

139

December 22: The Drawing of the Father

140

December 21: Experience or God's Revealed Truth?

141

December 20: The Right Kind of Help

142

December 19: The Focus Of Our Message

143

December 18: Test of Faithfulness

144

December 17: Redemption -- Creating the Need it Satisfies

145

December 16: Wrestling Before God

146

December 15: "Approved to God"

147

December 14: The Great Life

148

December 13: Intercessory Prayer

149

December 12: Personality

150

December 11: Individuality

151

December 10: The Offering of the Natural

152

December 9: The Opposition of the Natural

153

December 8: The Impartial Power of God

154

December 7: Repentance

155

December 6: "My Rainbow in the Cloud"

156

December 5: "The Temple of the Holy Spirit"

157

December 4: The Law of Opposition

158

December 3: "Not by Might nor by Power"

159

December 2: Christian Perfection

160

December 1: The Law and the Gospel

161

November 30: "By the Grace of God I Am What I Am"

162

November 29: The Supremacy of Jesus Christ

163

November 28: The Riches of the Destitute

164

November 27: The Consecration of Spiritual Power

165

November 26: The Focal Point of Spiritual Power

166

November 25: The Secret of Spiritual Consistency

167

November 24: Direction of Focus

168

November 23: The Distraction of Contempt

169

November 22: Shallow and Profound

170

November 21: "It is Finished!"

171

November 20: The Forgiveness of God

172

November 19: "When He Has Come"

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November 18: Winning into Freedom

174

November 17: The Eternal God

175

November 16: Still Human!

176

November 15: "What Is That to You?"

177

November 14: Discovering Divine Design

178

November 13: Faith or Experience?

179

November 12: The Changed Life

180

November 11: The Supreme Climb

181

November 10: Fellowship in the Gospel

182

November 9: Sacred Service

183

November 8: The Unrivaled Power of Prayer

184

November 7: The Undetected Sacredness of Circumstances

185

November 4: The Authority of Truth

186

November 2: Obedience or Independence?

187

November 6: Intimate Theology

188

November 5: Partakers of His Suffering

189

November 3: A Bondservant of Jesus

190

November 1: "You Are Not Your Own"

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October 31: The Trial of Faith

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October 30: Faith

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October 29: Substitution

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October 28: Justification by Faith

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October 27: The Method of Missions

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October 26: What is a Missionary?

197

October 25: Submitting to God's Purpose

198

October 23: Nothing of the Old Life!

199

October 22: The Witness of the Spirit

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October 21: Impulsiveness or Discipleship?

201

October 20: Is God's Will My Will?

202

October 19: The Unheeded Secret

203

October 18: The Key to the Missionary's Devotion

204

October 17: The Key of the Greater Work

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October 16: The Key to the Master's Orders

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October 15: The Key to the Missionary's Message

207

October 14: The Key to the Missionary's Work

208

October 13: Individual Discouragement and Personal Growth

209

October 12: Getting into God's Stride

210

October 11: God's Silence - Then What?

211

October 10: How Will I Know?

212

October 9: Building on the Atonement

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October 8: Coming to Jesus

214

October 7: The Nature of Reconciliation

215

October 6: The Nature of Regeneration

216

October 5: The Nature of Degeneration

217

October 4: The Vision and The Reality

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October 3: The Place of Ministry

219

October 2: The Place of Humiliation

220

October 1: The Place of Exaltation

221

September 30: The Assigning of the Call

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September 29: The Awareness of the Call

223

September 28: The "Go" of Unconditional Identification

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September 27: The "Go" of Renunciation

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September 26: The "Go" of Reconciliation

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September 25: The "Go" of Relationship

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September 24: The "Go" of Preparation

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September 22: The Missionary's Master and Teacher

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September 23: The Missionary's Goal

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September 21: The Missionary's Predestined Purpose

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September 20: The Divine Commandment of Life

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September 19: Are You Going on With Jesus?

233

September 18: His Temptation and Ours

234

September 17: Is There Good in Temptation?

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September 16: Praying to God in Secret

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September 15: What To Renounce

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September 14: Arguments or Obedience

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September 12: Going Through Spiritual Confusion

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September 11: Missionary Weapons (2)

240

September 10: Missionary Weapons (1)

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September 9: Do It Yourself (2)

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September 8: Do It Yourself (1)

243

September 7: Fountains of Blessings

244

September 5: Watching With Jesus

245

September 4: His!

246

September 3: Pouring Out the Water of Satisfaction

247

September 2: A Life of Pure and Holy Sacrifice

248

September 1: Destined To Be Holy

249

August 31: "My Joy...Your Joy"

250

August 30: Usefulness or Relationship?

251

August 29: The Unsurpassed Intimacy of Tested Faith

252

August 28: The Purpose of Prayer

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August 27: Living Your Theology

254

August 26: Are You Ever Troubled?

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August 25: Sacrifice and Friendship

256

August 24: The Spiritual Search

257

August 23: Prayer--Battle in "The Secret Place"

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August 22: "I Indeed...But He"

259

August 21: The Ministry of the Unnoticed

260

August 20: Christ-Awareness

261

August 19: Self-Awareness

262

August 18: Have You Ever Been Speechless with Sorrow?

263

August 17: Are You Discouraged or Devoted?

264

August 16: Does He Know Me?

265

August 15: The Evidence of the New Birth

266

August 14: The Discipline of the Lord

267

August 13: "Do Not Quench the Spirit"

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August 12: The Theology of Resting in God

269

August 11: This Experience Must Come

270

August 10: The Holy Suffering of the Saint

271

August 9: Prayer in the Father's Hearing

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August 8: Prayer in the Father's Honor

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August 7: Prayer in the Father's House

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August 6: The Cross in Prayer

275

August 5: The Bewildering Call of God

276

August 4: The Brave Friendship of God

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August 3: The Compelling Purpose of God

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August 2: The Teaching of Adversity

279

August 1: Learning About His Ways

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July 31: Becoming Entirely His

281

July 30: The Teaching of Disillusionment

282

July 29: Do You See Jesus in Your Clouds?

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July 28: God's Purpose or Mine?

284

July 27: The Way to Knowledge

285

July 26: The Way to Purity

286

July 25: Am I Blessed Like This?

287

July 24: His Nature and Our Motives

288

July 23: Sanctification (2)

289

July 22: Sanctification (1)

290

July 21: The Doorway to the Kingdom

291

July 20: Dependent on God's Presence

292

July 19: The Submission of the Believer

293

July 18: The Mystery of Believing

294

July 17: The Miracle of Belief

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July 16: The Concept of Divine Control

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July 15: My Life's Spiritual Honor and Duty

297

July 14: Suffering Afflictions and Going the Second Mile

298

July 13: The Price of the Vision

299

July 12: The Spiritually Self-Seeking Church

300

July 11: The Spiritually Vigorous Saint

301

July 10: The Spiritually Lazy Saint

302

July 9: Will You Examine Yourself?

303

July 8: Will To Be Faithful

304

July 7: All Efforts of Worth and Excellence Are Difficult

305

July 6: Visions Becoming Reality

306

July 5: Don't Plan Without God

307

July 4: One of God's Great "Don'ts"

308

July 3: The Concentration of Personal Sin

309

July 2: The Conditions of Discipleship

310

July 1: The Inevitable Penalty

311

June 30: Do It Now!

312

June 29: The Strictest Discipline

313

June 28: Held by the Grip of God

314

June 27: The Overshadowing of God's Personal Deliverance

315

June 26: Drawing on the Grace of God - Now

316

June 25: Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

317

June 24: Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin

318

June 23: "Acquainted With Grief"

319

June 22: The Unchanging Law of Judgment

320

June 21: The Ministry of the Inner Life

321

June 20: Have You Come to "When" Yet?

322

June 19: The Service of Passionate Devotion

323

June 18: Keep Recognizing Jesus

324

June 17: Beware of Criticizing Others

325

June 16: "Will You Lay Down Your Life?"

326

June 15: Get Moving! (2)

327

June 14: Get Moving! (1)

328

June 13: Getting There (3)

329

June 12: Getting There (2)

330

June 11: Getting There (1)

331

June 10: And After That What's Next To Do?

332

June 9: Then What's Next To Do?

333

June 8: What's Next To Do?

334

June 6: "Work Out" What God "Works in" You

335

June 5: God's Assurance

336

June 4: The Never-forsaking God

337

June 3: "The Secret of the Lord"

338

June 2: Are You Obesessed by Something?

339

June 1: The Staggering Question

340

May 31: Put God First

341

May 30: Yes -- But...!

342

May 29: Untroubled Relationship

343

May 28: Unquestioned Revelation

344

May 27: The Life To Know Him

345

May 26: Thinking of Prayer as Jesus Taught

346

May 25: The Good of The Best?

347

May 24: The Delight of Despair

348

May 23: Our Careful Unbelief

349

May 22: The Explanation For Our Difficulties

350

May 21: Having God's "Unreasonable" Faith

351

May 20: Taking Possession of Our Own Soul

352

May 19: Out of the Wreck I Rise

353

May 18: Careful Unreasonableness

354

May 17: His Ascension and Our Access

355

May 16: The Habit of Recognizing God's Provision

356

May 15: The Habit of Rising to the Occasion

357

May 6: Liberty and the Standards of Jesus

358

March 18: Shall I Rouse Myself Up To This?

359

February 14: The Discipline of Hearing

360

February 3: Becoming the "Filth of the World"

361

January 29: How Could Someone Be So Ignorant?

362

January 28: How Could Someone So Persecute Jesus?

363

October 24: The Proper Perspective

364

September 6: The Far-Reaching Rivers of Life