Bruce McGee

It is SONday!

Let's go worsilhip the
SON-JESUS; for He is
LIFE, and from Him we
have LIGHT!
(John 1:1-4)

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Today's Devotion:
"MYSTERY REVEALED"

Boy: MOM! You can't keep me in
my room; that's kidnapping!
Mom: So call the police!
Boy: But you took my cell phone!
Mom: EXACTLY!.

SCRIPTURE
Col. 1:26-27
26 Even the mystery which
hath been hid from ages and
from generations, but now is
made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make
known what is the riches of
the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles; which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory:
KJV
THOUGHT

By His grace, and your surrender
to Him as Lord of your life,
Christ provides you to be "holy and
unblameable and
unreproveable in His sight!"

What a GRACIOUS, MARVELOUS
SAVIOR!!

We cannot negate Rom. 6:23,
which says, "For ALL HAVE
SINNED, and come short of the
glory of God!"

That verse is in the PRESENT
PERFECT tense, meaning we
are ALL sinners ALL the time!
THAT'S why we must CONFESS
our sin EVERY day, and beg
God's forgiveness through what
Christ ACCOMPLISHED for us!

THEN, God can KEEP ON
CLEANSING us!! (1John 1:9)

THIS was the "mystery" that was
"hid from the ages!"

HOWEVER, it is NOW "made
manifest to His saints!"

God wants to "make KNOWN"
all the "riches of the glory of
this mystery among the Gentiles!"

AND, that "mystery" is SHOWN
by "Christ in YOU!"
Christian,YOUR "hope of glory"
can be shared with others!

If you are truly a born-again
Christian, REMEMBER, that God
isWORKING IN you "MIGHTILY!"

REVEAL THE MYSTERY!!

Love ya
Bro Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"Plant The SEED"
Once I was visiting with a friend of mine who was an Economics Professor in the university I attended. We were in his office, and I noticed the final test key on his desk.
When I looked at it for a few moments, I said, "Hey! These are the same questions you asked us when I was in your class. Aren't you afraid someone will copy and sell the answers?"

He said, "No, not really. You see in Economics, the answers CHANGE!
___SCRIPTURE___
Mark 4:30-32
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed , which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
KJV
___THOUGHT___

In the Bible, the answers DO NOT change!

The example of the mustard seed is a tremendous example of the truth and power of God's Word.
If one plants a mustard seed, one ALWAYS gets a mustard plant!

There are several varieties of the mustard which begin with a tiny small seed and grow to be a "tree."

Jesus "liken(s)" the kingdom of God to this plant.

Jesus is THE "seed" which produced the kingdom of God's inception in the world.
Within 3and1/2 years from the time He began to preach, Jesus had grown a ministry of people which continued to grow, and has never died.
He is the "seed of truth," and He planted that seed of truth in His disciples.

God's truths never die!

The seed of truth Jesus planted is the "Word of God."
That seed is ALWAYS the same.
When you plant the truth of the WORD, it will always produce truth which endures.

Let's go plant some more seeds!
Let's go plant JESUS!

Love ya,
Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"BIGGER and BIGGER"

A friend of mine once wrote:
“As I was praying a couple of weeks
ago I thought, My prayer list keeps
getting longer but my God gets
bigger with each one.”

(Thanks Sandra, I needed that!)


___SCRIPTURE__<
Rom 5:1-2
1 Therefore being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access
by faith into this grace wherein
we stand, and rejoice in hope of
the glory of God.
KJV
___THOUGHT___

PRAISE GOD, it is not by my works
that I am justified!
For my works only show that I
deserve no grace from God.

PRAISE GOD, it is by grace I am
justified through faith in Jesus Christ!
His grace first called me, convicted
me, and compelled me to confess
Jesus as my Lord.
Were it not for His grace, I would
never have heard the call!

PRAISE GOD, by that same grace,
I am KEPT by the power of God!
It is in His grace that I “stand,”
and live!
Therefore, I can “rejoice in hope
of the glory of God!”

PRAISE GOD, by the grace of Christ,
I am continually accepted before
His mercy seat!

Too often, we Christians allow the
things of the world to distract us
from this wonderful grace.

PRAISE GOD, His grace expresses
His love.
And, when we are “in Christ,” we
can NEVER be separated from His
love (Rom. 8:38-39)!

Pray OFTEN!
PRAY More!
And, God keeps getting
BIGGER and BIGGER!

LOVE YA
Bro Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"The WONDER of CHANGE"

Some people are so BOUND by
earthly desires that they are of
no heavenly USE.

Some people are so BOUND by
heavenly desires that they are
of no earthly USE.

___SCRIPTURE___

2Cor. 3:18
But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same
image from glory to glory,
even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
KJV

___THOUGHT___

One blessed day, God will change
our bodies and make them like Christ.

For Jesus Himself said, "because I
live, ye shall live also." (John 14:19)

Then, the manner in which He lives
shall also be the manner in which we
live.

What a glorious day that will be!!

For the truly saved, the change is
even beginning today.

As we constantly look toward Christ
our Lord, He first changes our
DESIRES.
And when desires change, then
ACTIONS begin to change.

The WONDER of change in
personal thoughts, speech and
actions is:
"Christ IN YOU, the hope of
GLORY!" (Col. 1:27)

LET Christ WORK the WONDER
of change in YOU!
Then, you can be of HEAVENLY
use, AND be EARTHY used!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"LAUGHING at OLD Things"

Last Saturday I had the joy of
playing in a golf scramble
tournament with a lot of
Christian friends.

I remembered a small LESSON
a golfing friend had taught me:
"WATCH THE GHOST!"

So I shared the lesson with the
other men.

Putting requires lining up with
the contour of the ground and
allowing the putt to follow the
ground to the hole.

To be accurate, one must
CONTINUE to look where the
ball WAS - AFTER you have
putted it.
AND, you will "WATCH the
GHOST!"

That assures a straighter
trajectory to the hole, because
you don't FOLLOW the ball
with your head and shoulders.

___SCRIPTURE___

Ps. 30:4-5
4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye
saints of His, and give thanks
at the remembrance of His
holiness.
5. For his anger endureth but
a moment; in His favour is
life: weeping may endure for
a night, but JOY cometh in
the morning.
KJV

___THOUGHT___

After they TRIED the lesson,
the guys would LAUGH!
It was funny, because they
could actually SEE the "ghost"
of the ball on the ground
AFTER it left!

Life is not all JOY!
We encounter hurt, pain,
sadness, worry, sleepless
nights.

But AFTER the effects of
those things, we can
experience JOY!

God's FAVOR is LIFE!
And, LIFE can be JOY!

Have you ever felt sorrow
like the waves of the ocean
beating relentlessly upon the
beach?

BUT AFTER that sorrow, one
can experience JOY!

HEED the LESSON!

Look back at the OLD things,
and realize God causes the
JOY to come in the MORNING
after!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"FAILURE should MOTIVATE"

The deputy saw a car driving on
a one-way street the wrong way.

As he pulled the car over, he
noticed a sign on the back
window.
"My child made the honor roll."

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Rom. 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the
law there shall no flesh be
justified in his sight: for by the
law is the knowledge of sin.
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

The Old Testament law was
meant to be an educational
system with the primary focus
on motivation to SURRENDER
to God's GRACE!

That was a system that
POINTED sin OUT!

God's design was to
MOTIVATE
people to RELY upon HIM!

EVERY sacrifice pointed to
human FAILURE, yet also
pointed to God's wonderful
FORGIVENESS!

By pointing to the knowledge
of sin, God intended to build
a bridge from man's failure
to dependence upon HIM!

And that is why God came in
the Person of Jesus to DIE
as the ONLY perfect
sacrifice for our sins!
(Rom. 5:8)

The ONLY way to become
righteous in God's sight is to
surrender to Jesus Christ as
LORD of our lives!
HE is the FULFILLMENT of
the law for our sake!

The law is our EDUCATOR
and Jesus is our
GRADUATION!

Let the FAILURES of your
life MOTIVATE you to live
IN CHRIST and FOR Him!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"STRAY or STAY?"

In 1782, the United States Congress
voted this resolution: "The Congress
of the United States recommends and
approves the Holy Bible for use in all
schools."

William Holmes McGuffey is the author
of the McGuffey Reader, which was
used for over 100 years in our public
schools with over 125 million copies
sold until it was stopped in 1963.
President Lincoln called him the
"Schoolmaster of the Nation."

Listen to these words of Mr. McGuffey:
"The Christian religion is the religion of
our country. From it are derived our
notions on the character of God, on the
great moral Governor of the universe.
On its doctrines are founded the
peculiarities of our free institutions.
From no source has the author drawn
more conspicuously than from the
sacred Scriptures. From all these
extracts from the Bible I make no
apology."

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Gal. 3:1
O foolish Galatians, who hath
bewitched you, that ye should not
obey the truth, before whose eyes
Jesus Christ hath been evidently
set forth, crucified among you?
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

In 1978, I realized that God had been
pointing His finger directly at ME,
when He inspired Paul to write those
words in Gal. 3:1!!

My attendance to God's indelible,
and inerrant truth had been totally
INACTIVE for 15 years!

My focus had been on success by
worldly standards and not Biblical
truth!

Christian, WHAT has caused YOU
to stray from obedience to the
TRUTH of God's word?
Is it money, success, prestige,
science, industry, tradition?

Jesus died on the cross of Calvary
to produce salvation's offer to
EVERY person!

The TRUTH is in God's Holy Word!
We should:
*FOCUS our EYES upon it;
*TRAIN our BRAIN to LEARN it;
*USE our TONGUE to SPEAK it!

Let us not STRAY from the truth of
God's Word;
Let us STAY with it!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"STAY IN TRAINING"

"If you train hard, you'll not only
be hard, you'll be hard to beat.'
- Herschel Walker

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Rom. 12:2
2 And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that
ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

It's very interesting to note here
that the word for "world" in the
Greek is aion which means
age, or course.
It is NOT the Greek kosmos which
means the orderly arrangement of
the whole earth.

Thus, Christians are not to be
conformed to the AGE of
selfishishness and pride!
Instead, we are to be "transformed
by the renewing" of our minds.

The manner in which we renew our
attitudes is to pray daily and study
the Bible daily!
This is how we find what God wants
from us, and also how we learn to
apply ourselves accordingly.

Physical training, in an athlete, is
consciously using the mind to
train the body.

Spiritual training, in a Christian is
consciously using the mind to
train attitudes and direction.

Since God has saved us from what
we have done to ourselves,
It is proper that we yield ourselves
back to Him, and allow Him to
transform us into what He wants
from us.

STAY in training!
BE "transformed" by DAILY
"renewing your mind" with the
WORD of God!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

Just published :
Commentary on 1Tim.,
Chapter 6.

https://www.linktojesus.org/devotions/54_1_Timothy/CHAPTER_6.html

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Today's Devotion:
"JESUS Please UNKINK My Hose"

Water can do no good in your
body unless you DRINK it.
It must be IN you, then go
THROUGH you in order to truly
work the wonder of replenishing.

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Ps. 51:10-13
10 Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew a right spirit
within me.
11 Cast me not away from Thy
presence; and take not Thy Holy
Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of
Thy salvation; and uphold me
with Thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors
Thy ways; an sinners shall be
converted unto thee.
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

A "kinked" hose will not allow the
water to flow freely.

And, and unrepentant Christian
will not produce the "living water"
to others.

Revival must begin with ME!

SIN is the KINK in the Christian
hose!

REPENTANCE is the REPAIR!

The "joy" of God's salvation is
realizing I am UNholy, and He is
HOLY!
Yet, He will ACCEPT me and
CLEANSE me for His use, IF
I repent!!

The "living water" of Christ must
work IN me before it can work
THROUGH me!

Would you teach others of the
marvelous salvation of Christ?

First, plead with God to UNKINK
your hose!
THEN, His "presence" will flow
freely THROUGH you!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

Today's Devotion:
"LIVE a CONQUEST of FAITH"

My dad was one of the counselors
for our Royal Ambassador program
in our church for teen boys.

We hung a rope from a bridge.
I climbed the support for the bridge
and swung out over the river.
When I dropped, my body turned
and it hurt my side.

So, I didn't want to try it again.

Dad said, "Son, you need a
CONQUEST of FAITH!
GET BACK ON!"

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Rom 6:5
For if we have been planted
together in the likeness of His
death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection:
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

On the "swing" of life, we all
become hurt.
Continuing in faith through Christ
is CONQUEST.

When we are born again, we are
given "new creature" which is filled
with the faith of Christ and the
power of His "resurrection!"
Our "new creature" is filled with the
Spirit of the Living God!
He is the power by which Jesus
was raised from the dead!

Through His power, we are able to
face life, and death, with certainty.

The experiences of this life which
give us pain become DIM with the
realization of eternal life with Christ!

ALL of us fail and bring pain to
ourselves because of sin.
ALL of us suffer from the pain
brought by others' sin.

But, praise God, He gives us FAITH!

When the "swing"of life brings you sadness and pain,
get back ON!

LIVE in the CONQUEST of FAITH!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"WARNING"

I'm not bragging, but I can trip
over a leaf.

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Prov. 24:15-16
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man,
against the dwelling of the
righteous; spoil not his resting
place:
16 For a just man falleth seven
times, and riseth up again: but
the wicked shall fall into mischief.
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

Last year I had my annual
check-up with my doctor.
He asked, "Have you had any
falls lately?"
I laughed, and said, "YES!"

He asked about it.

I said, "Well, I was on my
riding mower, and there was
a stick on the ground. So,
like always, I held the steering
wheel and leaned over to pick
up the stick. But the mower
struck a bump, and I fell off it."

We had a good laugh.
And, I remembered the verses
above.

When God calls a person
"righteous," or "just," it means
that the person has surrendered
to Jesus, and God has PUT ON
that person His own
righteousness!

AND, God has JUSTIFIED that
person by HIS mercy and grace.

It does NOT mean that person is
perfect; rather that God LOOKS
at that person through the
righteousness of CHRIST in
Whom the person is ACCEPTED
of God!

God acts as the ultimate judge Who
brings justice in his own time, often
in response to trials, injustice, or
accusations.

WARNING:
"For the Lord will vindicate His
people and have compassion on His servants." (Ps 135:14 ESV)

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"CHALLENGING JOURNEYS"

The spiritual walk of the Christian
is to meet each day as a
challenging journey toward
sharing the Gospel of Jesus
WHEREVER we go!

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Acts 8:40
But Philip was found at Azotus:
and passing through, he preached
in all the cities, till he came to
Caesarea.
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

The story of Philip in Acts 8:25-40,
is the story of a man intent on
sharing the Gospel of Christ
wherever he went!

When he was in Samaria, there
was a great revival happening.

Then, he went down to Gaza,
the desert to preach to ONE man!

After baptizing that Ethiopian
Eunuch, Philip was in Azotus
(Ashdod) preaching the Gospel.

Continuing his journey, he was in
the area of Caesarea; again,
preaching the Gospel of Jesus!

ANTICIPATE, each day to meet
a challenge in your spiritual
journey to SHARE the Gospel
of Jesus with others!

"But sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts: and be ready always to
give an answer to every man that
asketh you a reason of the hope
that is in you with meekness and
fear...." (1Pet. 3:15)

I pray you have a CHALLENGING
JOURNEY today, and EVERY day!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce

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Today's Devotion:
"REVEALING GOD"

As Christians, we are ashamed
of our many thoughts, speech,
and actions which do NOT
REVEAL the Lord God.

But we must NEVER be
"ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ"!

_______SCRIPTURE_______

Rom. 1:16-17
16 For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ: for it is
the power of God unto
salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the
righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by
faith.
KJV

_______THOUGHT_________

"The Gospel of Christ" IS the
revelation of God!

Preaching, teaching, sharing the
Gospel of Jesus is ALWAYS
accompanied by the witness of
God's Holy Spirit to mens hearts!

AS we share that wonderful news,
God's Holy Spirit moves on the
hearts of others to CALL the
hearers to BELIEVE.

It is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
that "the righteousness of God"
is "revealed from faith to faith!"

*God is righteous to PROVIDE
man with atonement and
propitiation for sins through the
death of Christ upon the cross.

*God is righteous to CALL us into
His holy forgiveness and salvation.

*God is righteous to JUSTIFY us
upon our surrender to Christ as
Lord.

*And, God is quite willing to place
UPON us HIS OWN righteousness
when we surrender ourselves to
Christ as LORD of our thoughts,
speech and actions!

What a GREAT and WONDERFUL
God!
What a tremendous POWER, this
accompaniment of His Holy Spirit
upon a simple preaching of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Christian, YOU can REVEAL GOD
by the SHARING of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ!

Love ya!
Bro. Bruce