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Understanding Oswald, A daily meditation — 364 episodes

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July 27: The Way to Knowledge

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July 26: The Way to Purity

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July 25: Am I Blessed Like This?

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July 22: Sanctification (1)

5

July 21: The Doorway to the Kingdom

6

July 20: Dependent on God's Presence

7

July 19: The Submission of the Believer

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July 18: The Mystery of Believing

9

July 17: The Miracle of Belief

10

July 16: The Concept of Divine Control

11

July 15: My Life's Spiritual Honor and Duty

12

July 14: Suffering Afflictions and Going the Second Mile

13

July 13: The Price of the Vision

14

July 12: The Spiritually Self-Seeking Church

15

July 11: The Spiritually Vigorous Saint

16

July 10: The Spiritually Lazy Saint

17

July 9: Will You Examine Yourself?

18

July 8: Will To Be Faithful

19

July 7: All Efforts of Worth and Excellence Are Difficult

20

July 6: Visions Becoming Reality

21

July 5: Don't Plan Without God

22

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

23

July 3: The Concentration of Personal Sin

24

July 2: The Conditions of Discipleship

25

July 1: The Inevitable Penalty

26

June 30: Do It Now!

27

June 29: The Strictest Discipline

28

June 28: Held by the Grip of God

29

June 27: The Overshadowing of God's Personal Deliverance

30

June 26: Drawing on the Grace of God - Now

31

June 25: Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

32

June 24: Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin

33

June 23: "Acquainted With Grief"

34

June 22: The Unchanging Law of Judgment

35

June 21: The Ministry of the Inner Life

36

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

37

June 19: The Service of Passionate Devotion

38

June 18: Keep Recognizing Jesus

39

June 17: Beware of Criticizing Others

40

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

41

June 15: Get Moving! (2)

42

June 2: Are You Obesessed by Something?

43

June 1: The Staggering Question

44

May 31: Put God First

45

May 30: Yes -- But...!

46

May 29: Untroubled Relationship

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May 28: Unquestioned Revelation

48

May 27: The Life To Know Him

49

May 26: Thinking of Prayer as Jesus Taught

50

May 25: The Good of The Best?

51

May 24: The Delight of Despair

52

May 23: Our Careful Unbelief

53

May 22: The Explanation For Our Difficulties

54

May 21: Having God's "Unreasonable" Faith

55

May 20: Taking Possession of Our Own Soul

56

May 19: Out of the Wreck I Rise

57

May 18: Careful Unreasonableness

58

May 17: His Ascension and Our Access

59

May 16: The Habit of Recognizing God's Provision

60

May 15: The Habit of Rising to the Occasion

61

May 14: The Habit of Enjoying Adversity

62

May 13: The Habit of Keeping a Clear Conscience

63

May 12: The Habit of Having No Habits

64

May 11: "Love One Another"

65

May 10: Take the Initiative

66

May 9: Reaching Beyond Our Grasp

67

May 8: The Faith to Persevere

68

June 7: The Greatest Source of Power

69

May 7: Building for Eternity

70

May 5: Judgment at the Love of God

71

May 3: Vital Intercession

72

May 2: The Patience to Wait for the Vision

73

May 1: Faith - Not Emotion

74

May 4: Vicarious Intercession

75

April 30: The Spontaneity Of Love

76

April 29: Gracious Uncertainty

77

April 28: What You Will Get

78

April 27: What Do You Want?

79

April 26: The Supreme Climb

80

April 25: "Ready in Season"

81

April 24: The Warning Against Wantoning

82

April 23: The Worship Of The Work

83

April 22: The Light That Never Fails

84

April 21: Don't Hurt the Lord

85

April 20: Can a Saint Falsely Accuse God?

86

April 19: Beware of the Least Likely Temptation

87

April 18: Readiness

88

April 17: All or Nothing?

89

April 16: Can You Come Down From the Mountain?

90

April 15: The Failure to Pay Close Attention

91

April 14: Inner Invincibility

92

April 13: What To Do When Your Burden Is Overwhelming

93

April 12: Complete and Effective Dominion

94

April 11: Complete and Effective Divinity

95

April 10: Complete and Effective Decision About Sin

96

April 9: Have You Seen Jesus?

97

April 8: His Resurrection Destiny

98

April 7: Why We Lack Understanding

99

April 6: The Collision of God and Sin

100

April 5: His Agony and Our Access

101

April 4: The Way to Permanent Faith

102

April 3: "If You Had Known!"

103

April 2: The Glory That's Unsurpassed

104

April 1: Helpful or Heartless Toward Others?

105

March 31: Heedfulness or Hypocrisy in Ourselves?

106

March 30: Holiness or Hardness Toward God?

107

March 29: Our Lord's Surprise Visits

108

March 28: Isn't There Some Misunderstanding?

109

March 27: Vision by Personal Character

110

March 26: Spiritual Vision Through Personal Purity

111

March 25: Maintaining the Proper Relationship

112

March 24: Decreasing for His Purpose

113

March 23: Am I Carnally Minded?

114

March 22: The Burning Heart

115

March 21: Interest of Identification?

116

March 20: Friendship with God

117

March 19: The Way of Abraham in Faith

118

March 17: The Worker's Ruling Passion

119

March 16: The Master Will Judge

120

March 15: The Discipline of Dismay

121

March 14: Yielding

122

March 13: God's Total Surrender to Us

123

March 12: Total Surrender

124

March 11: Obedience to the "Heavenly Vision"

125

March 10: Being an Example of His Message

126

March 9: Turning Back or Walking with Jesus?

127

March 8: The Surrendered Life

128

March 7: The Source of Abundant Joy

129

March 6: Taking the Next Step

130

March 5: Is He Really My Lord?

131

March 4: Is This True of Me?

132

March 3: His Commission to Us

133

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

134

March 1: The Piercing Question

135

February 28: "Do You Now Believe?"

136

February 27: The Impoverished Ministry of Jesus

137

February 26: Our Misgivings About Jesus

138

February 25: The Destitution of Service

139

February 24: The Delight of Sacrifice

140

February 23: The Determination to Serve

141

February 22: The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance

142

February 21: Do You Really Love Him?

143

February 20: Taking the Initiative Against Daydreaming

144

February 19: Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery

145

February 18: Taking the Initiative Against Despair

146

February 17: Taking the Initiative Against Depression

147

February 16: The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative

148

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

149

February 13: The Devotion of Hearing

150

February 12: Are You Listening to God?

151

February 11: Is Your Mind Stayed on God?

152

February 10: Is Your Ability to See God Blinded?

153

February 9: Are You Exhausted Spiritually?

154

February 8: The Cost of Sanctification

155

February 7: Spiritual Dejection

156

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

157

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

158

February 4: The Compelling Majesty of His Power

159

February 2: The Compelling Force of the Call

160

February 1: The Call of God

161

January 31: Do You See Your Calling?

162

January 30: The Dilemma of Obedience

163

January 27: Look Again and Think

164

January 26: Look Again and Consecrate

165

January 25: Leave Room for God

166

January 24: God's Overpowering Purpose

167

January 23: Transformed by Beholding

168

January 22: Am I Looking to God?

169

January 21: Recall What God Remembers

170

January 20: Are You Fresh for Everything?

171

January 19: Vision and Darkness

172

January 18: It Is the Lord!

173

January 17: The Call of the Natural Life

174

January 16: The Voice of the Nature of God

175

January 15: Do You Walk In White?

176

January 14: Called By God

177

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

178

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

179

January 11: What My Obedience to God Costs Other People

180

January 10: The Opened Sight

181

January 9: Prayerful Inner-Searching

182

January 8: Is My Sacrifice Living?

183

January 7: Intimate with Jesus

184

January 6: Worship

185

January 5: The Life of Power to Follow

186

January 4: Why Can I Not Follow You Now?

187

January 3: Clouds & Darkness

188

January 2: Will You Go Out Without Knowing?

189

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

190

December 31: Yesterday

191

December 30: "And Every Virtue We Possess"

192

December 29: Deserter or Disciple?

193

December 28: Continuous Conversion

194

December 27: Where the Battle is Won or Lost

195

December 26: "Walk in the Light"

196

December 25: His Birth and Our New Birth

197

December 24: The Hidden Life

198

December 23: Sharing in the Atonement

199

December 22: The Drawing of the Father

200

December 21: Experience or God's Revealed Truth?

201

December 20: The Right Kind of Help

202

December 19: The Focus Of Our Message

203

December 18: Test of Faithfulness

204

December 17: Redemption -- Creating the Need it Satisfies

205

December 16: Wrestling Before God

206

December 15: "Approved to God"

207

December 14: The Great Life

208

December 13: Intercessory Prayer

209

December 12: Personality

210

December 11: Individuality

211

December 10: The Offering of the Natural

212

December 9: The Opposition of the Natural

213

December 8: The Impartial Power of God

214

December 7: Repentance

215

December 6: "My Rainbow in the Cloud"

216

December 5: "The Temple of the Holy Spirit"

217

December 4: The Law of Opposition

218

December 3: "Not by Might nor by Power"

219

December 2: Christian Perfection

220

December 1: The Law and the Gospel

221

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

222

November 29: The Supremacy of Jesus Christ

223

November 28: The Riches of the Destitute

224

November 27: The Consecration of Spiritual Power

225

November 26: The Focal Point of Spiritual Power

226

November 25: The Secret of Spiritual Consistency

227

November 24: Direction of Focus

228

November 23: The Distraction of Contempt

229

November 22: Shallow and Profound

230

November 21: "It is Finished!"

231

November 20: The Forgiveness of God

232

November 19: "When He Has Come"

233

November 18: Winning into Freedom

234

November 17: The Eternal God

235

November 16: Still Human!

236

November 15: "What Is That to You?"

237

November 14: Discovering Divine Design

238

November 13: Faith or Experience?

239

November 12: The Changed Life

240

November 11: The Supreme Climb

241

November 10: Fellowship in the Gospel

242

November 9: Sacred Service

243

November 8: The Unrivaled Power of Prayer

244

November 7: The Undetected Sacredness of Circumstances

245

November 4: The Authority of Truth

246

November 2: Obedience or Independence?

247

November 6: Intimate Theology

248

November 5: Partakers of His Suffering

249

November 3: A Bondservant of Jesus

250

November 1: "You Are Not Your Own"

251

October 31: The Trial of Faith

252

October 30: Faith

253

October 29: Substitution

254

October 28: Justification by Faith

255

October 27: The Method of Missions

256

October 26: What is a Missionary?

257

October 25: Submitting to God's Purpose

258

October 23: Nothing of the Old Life!

259

October 22: The Witness of the Spirit

260

October 21: Impulsiveness or Discipleship?

261

October 20: Is God's Will My Will?

262

October 19: The Unheeded Secret

263

October 18: The Key to the Missionary's Devotion

264

October 17: The Key of the Greater Work

265

October 16: The Key to the Master's Orders

266

October 15: The Key to the Missionary's Message

267

October 14: The Key to the Missionary's Work

268

October 13: Individual Discouragement and Personal Growth

269

October 12: Getting into God's Stride

270

October 11: God's Silence - Then What?

271

October 10: How Will I Know?

272

October 9: Building on the Atonement

273

October 8: Coming to Jesus

274

October 7: The Nature of Reconciliation

275

October 6: The Nature of Regeneration

276

October 5: The Nature of Degeneration

277

October 4: The Vision and The Reality

278

October 3: The Place of Ministry

279

October 2: The Place of Humiliation

280

October 1: The Place of Exaltation

281

September 30: The Assigning of the Call

282

September 29: The Awareness of the Call

283

September 28: The "Go" of Unconditional Identification

284

September 27: The "Go" of Renunciation

285

September 26: The "Go" of Reconciliation

286

September 25: The "Go" of Relationship

287

September 24: The "Go" of Preparation

288

September 22: The Missionary's Master and Teacher

289

September 23: The Missionary's Goal

290

September 21: The Missionary's Predestined Purpose

291

September 20: The Divine Commandment of Life

292

September 19: Are You Going on With Jesus?

293

September 18: His Temptation and Ours

294

September 17: Is There Good in Temptation?

295

September 16: Praying to God in Secret

296

September 15: What To Renounce

297

September 14: Arguments or Obedience

298

September 12: Going Through Spiritual Confusion

299

September 11: Missionary Weapons (2)

300

September 10: Missionary Weapons (1)

301

September 9: Do It Yourself (2)

302

September 8: Do It Yourself (1)

303

September 7: Fountains of Blessings

304

September 5: Watching With Jesus

305

September 4: His!

306

September 3: Pouring Out the Water of Satisfaction

307

September 2: A Life of Pure and Holy Sacrifice

308

September 1: Destined To Be Holy

309

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

310

August 30: Usefulness or Relationship?

311

August 29: The Unsurpassed Intimacy of Tested Faith

312

August 28: The Purpose of Prayer

313

August 27: Living Your Theology

314

August 26: Are You Ever Troubled?

315

August 25: Sacrifice and Friendship

316

August 24: The Spiritual Search

317

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

318

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

319

August 21: The Ministry of the Unnoticed

320

August 20: Christ-Awareness

321

August 19: Self-Awareness

322

August 18: Have You Ever Been Speechless with Sorrow?

323

August 17: Are You Discouraged or Devoted?

324

August 16: Does He Know Me?

325

August 15: The Evidence of the New Birth

326

August 14: The Discipline of the Lord

327

August 13: "Do Not Quench the Spirit"

328

August 12: The Theology of Resting in God

329

August 11: This Experience Must Come

330

August 10: The Holy Suffering of the Saint

331

August 9: Prayer in the Father's Hearing

332

August 8: Prayer in the Father's Honor

333

August 7: Prayer in the Father's House

334

August 6: The Cross in Prayer

335

August 5: The Bewildering Call of God

336

August 4: The Brave Friendship of God

337

August 3: The Compelling Purpose of God

338

August 2: The Teaching of Adversity

339

August 1: Learning About His Ways

340

July 31: Becoming Entirely His

341

July 30: The Teaching of Disillusionment

342

July 29: Do You See Jesus in Your Clouds?

343

July 28: God's Purpose or Mine?

344

July 24: His Nature and Our Motives

345

July 23: Sanctification (2)

346

June 14: Get Moving! (1)

347

June 13: Getting There (3)

348

June 12: Getting There (2)

349

June 11: Getting There (1)

350

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

351

June 9: Then What's Next To Do?

352

June 8: What's Next To Do?

353

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

354

June 5: God's Assurance

355

June 4: The Never-forsaking God

356

June 3: "The Secret of the Lord"

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