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Understanding Oswald, A daily meditation — 364 episodes

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September 16: Praying to God in Secret

2

September 15: What To Renounce

3

September 14: Arguments or Obedience

4

September 12: Going Through Spiritual Confusion

5

September 11: Missionary Weapons (2)

6

September 10: Missionary Weapons (1)

7

September 9: Do It Yourself (2)

8

September 8: Do It Yourself (1)

9

September 7: Fountains of Blessings

10

September 5: Watching With Jesus

11

September 4: His!

12

September 3: Pouring Out the Water of Satisfaction

13

September 2: A Life of Pure and Holy Sacrifice

14

September 1: Destined To Be Holy

15

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

16

August 30: Usefulness or Relationship?

17

August 29: The Unsurpassed Intimacy of Tested Faith

18

August 28: The Purpose of Prayer

19

August 27: Living Your Theology

20

August 26: Are You Ever Troubled?

21

August 25: Sacrifice and Friendship

22

August 24: The Spiritual Search

23

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

24

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

25

August 21: The Ministry of the Unnoticed

26

August 20: Christ-Awareness

27

August 19: Self-Awareness

28

August 18: Have You Ever Been Speechless with Sorrow?

29

August 17: Are You Discouraged or Devoted?

30

August 16: Does He Know Me?

31

August 15: The Evidence of the New Birth

32

August 14: The Discipline of the Lord

33

August 13: "Do Not Quench the Spirit"

34

August 12: The Theology of Resting in God

35

August 11: This Experience Must Come

36

August 10: The Holy Suffering of the Saint

37

August 9: Prayer in the Father's Hearing

38

August 8: Prayer in the Father's Honor

39

August 7: Prayer in the Father's House

40

August 6: The Cross in Prayer

41

August 4: The Brave Friendship of God

42

August 3: The Compelling Purpose of God

43

August 2: The Teaching of Adversity

44

August 1: Learning About His Ways

45

July 31: Becoming Entirely His

46

July 30: The Teaching of Disillusionment

47

July 29: Do You See Jesus in Your Clouds?

48

July 28: God's Purpose or Mine?

49

July 27: The Way to Knowledge

50

July 26: The Way to Purity

51

July 25: Am I Blessed Like This?

52

July 22: Sanctification (1)

53

July 21: The Doorway to the Kingdom

54

July 20: Dependent on God's Presence

55

July 19: The Submission of the Believer

56

July 18: The Mystery of Believing

57

July 17: The Miracle of Belief

58

July 16: The Concept of Divine Control

59

July 15: My Life's Spiritual Honor and Duty

60

July 14: Suffering Afflictions and Going the Second Mile

61

July 13: The Price of the Vision

62

July 12: The Spiritually Self-Seeking Church

63

July 11: The Spiritually Vigorous Saint

64

July 10: The Spiritually Lazy Saint

65

July 9: Will You Examine Yourself?

66

July 8: Will To Be Faithful

67

July 7: All Efforts of Worth and Excellence Are Difficult

68

July 6: Visions Becoming Reality

69

July 5: Don't Plan Without God

70

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

71

July 3: The Concentration of Personal Sin

72

July 2: The Conditions of Discipleship

73

July 1: The Inevitable Penalty

74

June 30: Do It Now!

75

June 29: The Strictest Discipline

76

June 28: Held by the Grip of God

77

June 27: The Overshadowing of God's Personal Deliverance

78

June 26: Drawing on the Grace of God - Now

79

June 25: Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

80

June 24: Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin

81

June 23: "Acquainted With Grief"

82

June 22: The Unchanging Law of Judgment

83

June 21: The Ministry of the Inner Life

84

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

85

June 19: The Service of Passionate Devotion

86

June 18: Keep Recognizing Jesus

87

June 17: Beware of Criticizing Others

88

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

89

June 15: Get Moving! (2)

90

June 2: Are You Obesessed by Something?

91

June 1: The Staggering Question

92

May 31: Put God First

93

May 30: Yes -- But...!

94

May 29: Untroubled Relationship

95

May 28: Unquestioned Revelation

96

May 27: The Life To Know Him

97

May 26: Thinking of Prayer as Jesus Taught

98

May 25: The Good of The Best?

99

May 24: The Delight of Despair

100

May 23: Our Careful Unbelief

101

May 22: The Explanation For Our Difficulties

102

May 21: Having God's "Unreasonable" Faith

103

May 20: Taking Possession of Our Own Soul

104

May 19: Out of the Wreck I Rise

105

May 18: Careful Unreasonableness

106

May 17: His Ascension and Our Access

107

May 16: The Habit of Recognizing God's Provision

108

May 15: The Habit of Rising to the Occasion

109

May 14: The Habit of Enjoying Adversity

110

May 13: The Habit of Keeping a Clear Conscience

111

May 12: The Habit of Having No Habits

112

May 11: "Love One Another"

113

May 10: Take the Initiative

114

May 9: Reaching Beyond Our Grasp

115

May 8: The Faith to Persevere

116

June 7: The Greatest Source of Power

117

May 7: Building for Eternity

118

May 5: Judgment at the Love of God

119

May 3: Vital Intercession

120

May 2: The Patience to Wait for the Vision

121

May 1: Faith - Not Emotion

122

May 4: Vicarious Intercession

123

April 30: The Spontaneity Of Love

124

April 29: Gracious Uncertainty

125

April 28: What You Will Get

126

April 27: What Do You Want?

127

April 26: The Supreme Climb

128

April 25: "Ready in Season"

129

April 24: The Warning Against Wantoning

130

April 23: The Worship Of The Work

131

April 22: The Light That Never Fails

132

April 21: Don't Hurt the Lord

133

April 20: Can a Saint Falsely Accuse God?

134

April 19: Beware of the Least Likely Temptation

135

April 18: Readiness

136

April 17: All or Nothing?

137

April 16: Can You Come Down From the Mountain?

138

April 15: The Failure to Pay Close Attention

139

April 14: Inner Invincibility

140

April 13: What To Do When Your Burden Is Overwhelming

141

April 12: Complete and Effective Dominion

142

April 11: Complete and Effective Divinity

143

April 10: Complete and Effective Decision About Sin

144

April 9: Have You Seen Jesus?

145

April 8: His Resurrection Destiny

146

April 7: Why We Lack Understanding

147

April 6: The Collision of God and Sin

148

April 5: His Agony and Our Access

149

April 4: The Way to Permanent Faith

150

April 3: "If You Had Known!"

151

April 2: The Glory That's Unsurpassed

152

April 1: Helpful or Heartless Toward Others?

153

March 31: Heedfulness or Hypocrisy in Ourselves?

154

March 30: Holiness or Hardness Toward God?

155

March 29: Our Lord's Surprise Visits

156

March 28: Isn't There Some Misunderstanding?

157

March 27: Vision by Personal Character

158

March 26: Spiritual Vision Through Personal Purity

159

March 25: Maintaining the Proper Relationship

160

March 24: Decreasing for His Purpose

161

March 23: Am I Carnally Minded?

162

March 22: The Burning Heart

163

March 21: Interest of Identification?

164

March 20: Friendship with God

165

March 19: The Way of Abraham in Faith

166

March 17: The Worker's Ruling Passion

167

March 16: The Master Will Judge

168

March 15: The Discipline of Dismay

169

March 14: Yielding

170

March 13: God's Total Surrender to Us

171

March 12: Total Surrender

172

March 11: Obedience to the "Heavenly Vision"

173

March 10: Being an Example of His Message

174

March 9: Turning Back or Walking with Jesus?

175

March 8: The Surrendered Life

176

March 7: The Source of Abundant Joy

177

March 6: Taking the Next Step

178

March 5: Is He Really My Lord?

179

March 4: Is This True of Me?

180

March 3: His Commission to Us

181

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

182

March 1: The Piercing Question

183

February 28: "Do You Now Believe?"

184

February 27: The Impoverished Ministry of Jesus

185

February 26: Our Misgivings About Jesus

186

February 25: The Destitution of Service

187

February 24: The Delight of Sacrifice

188

February 23: The Determination to Serve

189

February 22: The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance

190

February 21: Do You Really Love Him?

191

February 20: Taking the Initiative Against Daydreaming

192

February 19: Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery

193

February 18: Taking the Initiative Against Despair

194

February 17: Taking the Initiative Against Depression

195

February 16: The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative

196

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

197

February 13: The Devotion of Hearing

198

February 12: Are You Listening to God?

199

February 11: Is Your Mind Stayed on God?

200

February 10: Is Your Ability to See God Blinded?

201

February 9: Are You Exhausted Spiritually?

202

February 8: The Cost of Sanctification

203

February 7: Spiritual Dejection

204

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

205

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

206

February 4: The Compelling Majesty of His Power

207

February 2: The Compelling Force of the Call

208

February 1: The Call of God

209

January 31: Do You See Your Calling?

210

January 30: The Dilemma of Obedience

211

January 27: Look Again and Think

212

January 26: Look Again and Consecrate

213

January 25: Leave Room for God

214

January 24: God's Overpowering Purpose

215

January 23: Transformed by Beholding

216

January 22: Am I Looking to God?

217

January 21: Recall What God Remembers

218

January 20: Are You Fresh for Everything?

219

January 19: Vision and Darkness

220

January 18: It Is the Lord!

221

January 17: The Call of the Natural Life

222

January 16: The Voice of the Nature of God

223

January 15: Do You Walk In White?

224

January 14: Called By God

225

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

226

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

227

January 11: What My Obedience to God Costs Other People

228

January 10: The Opened Sight

229

January 9: Prayerful Inner-Searching

230

January 8: Is My Sacrifice Living?

231

January 7: Intimate with Jesus

232

January 6: Worship

233

January 5: The Life of Power to Follow

234

January 4: Why Can I Not Follow You Now?

235

January 3: Clouds & Darkness

236

January 2: Will You Go Out Without Knowing?

237

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

238

December 31: Yesterday

239

December 30: "And Every Virtue We Possess"

240

December 29: Deserter or Disciple?

241

December 28: Continuous Conversion

242

December 27: Where the Battle is Won or Lost

243

December 26: "Walk in the Light"

244

December 25: His Birth and Our New Birth

245

December 24: The Hidden Life

246

December 23: Sharing in the Atonement

247

December 22: The Drawing of the Father

248

December 21: Experience or God's Revealed Truth?

249

December 20: The Right Kind of Help

250

December 19: The Focus Of Our Message

251

December 18: Test of Faithfulness

252

December 17: Redemption -- Creating the Need it Satisfies

253

December 16: Wrestling Before God

254

December 15: "Approved to God"

255

December 14: The Great Life

256

December 13: Intercessory Prayer

257

December 12: Personality

258

December 11: Individuality

259

December 10: The Offering of the Natural

260

December 9: The Opposition of the Natural

261

December 8: The Impartial Power of God

262

December 7: Repentance

263

December 6: "My Rainbow in the Cloud"

264

December 5: "The Temple of the Holy Spirit"

265

December 4: The Law of Opposition

266

December 3: "Not by Might nor by Power"

267

December 2: Christian Perfection

268

December 1: The Law and the Gospel

269

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

270

November 29: The Supremacy of Jesus Christ

271

November 28: The Riches of the Destitute

272

November 27: The Consecration of Spiritual Power

273

November 26: The Focal Point of Spiritual Power

274

November 25: The Secret of Spiritual Consistency

275

November 24: Direction of Focus

276

November 23: The Distraction of Contempt

277

November 22: Shallow and Profound

278

November 21: "It is Finished!"

279

November 20: The Forgiveness of God

280

November 19: "When He Has Come"

281

November 18: Winning into Freedom

282

November 17: The Eternal God

283

November 16: Still Human!

284

November 15: "What Is That to You?"

285

November 14: Discovering Divine Design

286

November 13: Faith or Experience?

287

November 12: The Changed Life

288

November 11: The Supreme Climb

289

November 10: Fellowship in the Gospel

290

November 9: Sacred Service

291

November 8: The Unrivaled Power of Prayer

292

November 7: The Undetected Sacredness of Circumstances

293

November 4: The Authority of Truth

294

November 2: Obedience or Independence?

295

November 6: Intimate Theology

296

November 5: Partakers of His Suffering

297

November 3: A Bondservant of Jesus

298

November 1: "You Are Not Your Own"

299

October 31: The Trial of Faith

300

October 30: Faith

301

October 29: Substitution

302

October 28: Justification by Faith

303

October 27: The Method of Missions

304

October 26: What is a Missionary?

305

October 25: Submitting to God's Purpose

306

October 23: Nothing of the Old Life!

307

October 22: The Witness of the Spirit

308

October 21: Impulsiveness or Discipleship?

309

October 20: Is God's Will My Will?

310

October 19: The Unheeded Secret

311

October 18: The Key to the Missionary's Devotion

312

October 17: The Key of the Greater Work

313

October 16: The Key to the Master's Orders

314

October 15: The Key to the Missionary's Message

315

October 14: The Key to the Missionary's Work

316

October 13: Individual Discouragement and Personal Growth

317

October 12: Getting into God's Stride

318

October 11: God's Silence - Then What?

319

October 10: How Will I Know?

320

October 9: Building on the Atonement

321

October 8: Coming to Jesus

322

October 7: The Nature of Reconciliation

323

October 6: The Nature of Regeneration

324

October 5: The Nature of Degeneration

325

October 4: The Vision and The Reality

326

October 3: The Place of Ministry

327

October 2: The Place of Humiliation

328

October 1: The Place of Exaltation

329

September 30: The Assigning of the Call

330

September 29: The Awareness of the Call

331

September 28: The "Go" of Unconditional Identification

332

September 27: The "Go" of Renunciation

333

September 26: The "Go" of Reconciliation

334

September 25: The "Go" of Relationship

335

September 24: The "Go" of Preparation

336

September 22: The Missionary's Master and Teacher

337

September 23: The Missionary's Goal

338

September 21: The Missionary's Predestined Purpose

339

September 20: The Divine Commandment of Life

340

September 19: Are You Going on With Jesus?

341

September 18: His Temptation and Ours

342

September 17: Is There Good in Temptation?

343

August 5: The Bewildering Call of God

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