I always try my hardest every morning to start my day by spending time with the Lord. It is very important to grow in my relationship with him and to spend time in prayer. My partner in crime since I graduated high school has been the daily devotional "My Utmost for his Highest" by Oswald Chambers. It is a devotional that gives an insightful look at scripture for everyday. I don't know what I would do with out this timeless treasure. It is amazing how Christ speaks to me everyday through it. I am able to flip to the verse it is referencing and usually read the rest of the chapter and those around it. Today the reading was about Hebrew 10:19 which says "Having therefore, brethren boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus". He was talking about how spiritual stubbornness is extremely detrimental to our relationship with the Lord. This is because it is based on sympathy for ourselves and others, and not they way he sees them. The true form of intercession comes when our natural sympathies become those of Christ.
This one took me a couple times to understand what "ossy" was talking about. I had to read it a couple times, and was able to understand, slightly, what he means. When we become one with Christ and start to understand his love for his children, his interests for them will be replaced with our natural sympathies. We will start to see others the way Christ does.
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