A distinctive view of the lovely face of Jesus is...

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A distinctive view of the lovely face of Jesus is not to be gained in a passing glance. Time is required. In the work of photographing Christ in the heart there needs be a “time exposure.” You have seen those pictures where a number of faces were more than half hidden among the branches of a leafless tree. You would have to hold the picture in a certain position and look a long time to see all the faces. You will need a certain attitude of heart, and look a long time if you would get a clear view of the light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus. It takes a practiced eye to see all the beauty of the landscape or of the sunset. The trained eye of the landscape painter can see beauties that the untrained eye cannot see. To many, there is “no beauty in Jesus that they may admire Him.” Is He the fairest of ten thousand to your soul and the one altogether lovely? How often do you get such a delightful view of the beautiful life of Christ in the secret place of prayer that you feel like staying there all the days of your life to behold the wondrous beauty? When we see the time that is spent, and the money that is expended, the far distant journeys men are taking to see the works of art and the wonders of nature, merely to excite the emotions of their sensuous life, do we not feel ashamed we are spending so little time and effort to behold the wonders of the spiritual life which excite, into the highest state of ecstasy, the emotions of the soul. To see God and the wonders of His grace there needs to be the open eye. “Open thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” (Psa. 119:18). The open eye is what is needed. We do not need to pray the Lord to give us eyes, but to open the ones He has given us.⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional #morningdevotional #inspiration #bible #christian #motivationalquote #inspirationalquote #devo https://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/wp-content/uploads/Heavenly-Life-for-Earthly-Living.pdf

“I am dwelling on the mountain,⁠
Where the...

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“I am dwelling on the mountain,⁠ Where the golden sunlight gleams ⁠ O’er a land whose wondrous beauty ⁠ Far exceeds my fondest dreams.”⁠ Come with us into this mount where the “golden sunlight gleams” and there let Jesus reveal to you the wondrous beauty of His character and you too will find it “good to be here.” You will feel like tabernacling there forever. Alas, how few of mankind find the great and satisfying joy of being apart with Jesus in the mount of prayer. Too many find greater pleasure in beholding pictures on the screen than they do in beholding “wondrous things out of His law.” It is to be feared that many of Christ’s own “little flock” do not repair to the mountain retreat as often as they should, and many times when there, do not tarry long enough to get a distinctive view of the heavenly life. They get one little glimpse of the beauty of the Lord and then run away to their earthly concerns, and Jesus is left to grieve over the disappointment of not having time to unfold to them some of the loveliness of heavenly things. Eye hath not seen the things God has to show those who live in the Spirit. It takes not only an unveiling of the face, but it also takes long looking to behold the glory of the Lord, and get it imaged in the soul.⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional #morningdevotional #inspiration #bible #christian #motivationalquote #inspirationalquote #devo https://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/wp-content/uploads/Heavenly-Life-for-Earthly-Living.pdf

It is only from some heavenly height alone with...

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It is only from some heavenly height alone with Jesus that we can get His view-point of life. We were asked by a certain one if it was wrong to go to a certain amusement. We replied, “If you will go apart with Jesus into the mount and get a vision of Him transfigured in his holiness you will not need to ask me such a question.” There are those who have dwelt in the spiritual heights and seen glories and beauties of the Christian life, but have come down to the plane of earthliness and have lost their vision. The people perish where there is no vision. See Proverbs 29:13. There is no sadder sight than that of seeing those who have had joyous contemplations of heavenly beauties, and seen Jesus in His loveliness, now trying to satisfy their hearts with the works of art and human inventions.⁠ Dear child of God, Jesus will take you often into some higher mountain apart and there will reveal himself to you if He can only get you to leave the busy cares of life long enough. It may be that many of us would see more of the beauty of the Lord and be fashioned more into His likeness if we would go with Him oftener and tarry with Him longer in the mount of prayer. ⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional #morningdevotional #inspiration #bible #christian #motivationalquote #inspirationalquote #devo https://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/wp-content/uploads/Heavenly-Life-for-Earthly-Living.pdf

In different parts of the country there are...

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In different parts of the country there are buildings called observatories which are fitted up for astronomical research. In these observatories men study the movement of the heavenly bodies. It may not have been your privilege to have visited one of these. Some parts of the country are very unfit for such observations of the heavens because of so much fog. In some places there is not more than one-half dozen nights in the year without fog. It is for these reasons that observatories are usually on an elevation.⁠ There are spiritual elevations from which it is our privilege to have a vision of heavenly things. This is necessary to living a heavenly life. Man will not live any higher than his vision of life. The more we see of heavenly things, the more heavenly we can live. Oh, let us live in a heavenly place! Let us live above the fogs of worldliness and human passion.⁠ Not only are observatories on an elevation, but they stand apart by themselves. Jesus took Peter, James and John into a high mountain apart. This is very significant. They are not only on an elevation, but they were also apart from a world of unbelief and sin. Elevation and separateness are the two things necessary for spiritual vision. It is interesting to study the instances recorded in the Bible where God took men into a mountain apart to give them a view of ⁠ the realities of the unseen world. Seeing the unseen is our privilege, but we must get up above and apart from earthly things. It was when Moses was brought to the “mountain of God,” in the backside of the desert that he saw the “burning bush,” and felt that he was treading on holy ground. If you would feel the hallowedness of God’s presence you must get into spiritual heights alone with him. Peter, James and John in a high mountain apart saw the transfiguration of Jesus. It is only in such a spiritual elevation, and apartness, that we can have visions of Christ in his beauty. God took Moses apart from the others of Israel into a mountain to talk with him and give him the law for the ruling of Israel. ⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional ⁠ ⁠ Link for book in bio.

Every soul we can help get saved will be a...

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Every soul we can help get saved will be a treasure laid up in heaven. We will not only have the joy of seeing a soul brought home to heaven through our effort, but the helping of a soul also lifts us up into a higher life. Every word of praise and thanksgiving to God, every loving thought of Him is laying up treasure in heaven. Every act of sacrifice or self-denial out of love to Christ is adding to our treasure store in the glory world. Oh, how busy we ought to be laying up treasures in heaven! Every act of true worship to God is a treasure in heaven. Whatever thought, or word, or deed, or song, or sermon, or prayer, or sacrifice, or self-denial, that makes us a little more like Jesus, and makes our life on earth a little more heavenly is a treasure laid up in heaven. Look and see how busy men are laying up treasures on earth. Let us, as citizens in the kingdom of God, be many times busier laying up treasures in heaven. Let us follow in the footsteps of Jesus who “went about doing good.” The laying of a flower on the casket of some departed one may gain for us a slight reward in the great judgment day, but the giving of a helping hand while living will gain for us a far greater reward.⁠ ⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional #morningdevotional #inspiration #bible #christian #motivationalquote #inspirationalquote #devo https://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/wp-content/uploads/Heavenly-Life-for-Earthly-Living.pdf

Some may want to know a little better how we can...

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Some may want to know a little better how we can lay up treasures in heaven. There are many, many ways. Every dime or dollar you give out of love to God is a treasure laid up in heaven. Just the extent of this treasure we do not know, but of this we are assured, every penny you give out of sincere love to God ennobles your soul and gives you a greater capacity for enjoying heaven. There is never a word spoken, nor a deed done that is lost. We are never the same after speaking a word or doing a deed. The words we speak and the deeds we do make us more or less like Christ, and fit or unfit us more for heaven. Listen to the words of Jesus, “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.” (Matt. 10:42). We repeat, we do not know the full extent of the reward, but it is true that the small acts of giving a cup of water in love is not lost upon the giver. It builds him up into manhood. You may say that the giving of a cup of water is a very trifling act. Do you remember the words of the famous painter? “Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.” Again Jesus says, “But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” (Matt. 12:36). We are not the same after speaking an idle word, nor are we the same after giving a cup of cold water. The one makes us a little more like Christ, the other a little less like Him, and this much at least will be our gain or loss in the day of judgment.⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional #morningdevotional #inspiration #bible #christian #motivationalquote #inspirationalquote #devo https://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/wp-content/uploads/Heavenly-Life-for-Earthly-Living.pdf

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the...

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“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth.” It is only by the aid of the Holy Spirit that we can grasp the full meaning of these words. Let us first of all, say a few words about what they do not mean. They do not mean that we should not be the legal owner of a single thing on earth. Such being the case a man could never have anything to give. Neither does it mean that a man cannot have legal ownership of a considerable portion of this world’s goods, but it does mean that whatever a man may possess in a legal way he has to hold such, not as his own, but in trust for the Lord, so that if the Lord calls for the last penny he will not “go away sorrowful.” We hear people talking about dwelling deep in God and living close to Him. He who holds all his earthly possessions in such a manner that he can hear the faintest call of God for any part or all of it, and give it up to God with a willing and glad heart, dwells very near to the Lord. This is one of the best tests of nearness to God. When we dwell deep in God, whatever earthly store we hold in possession, we hold it not for its own sake, but because we are fully assured we can glorify God more by possessing it than by not possessing it. ⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional #morningdevotional #inspiration #bible #christian #motivationalquote #inspirationalquote #devo https://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/wp-content/uploads/Heavenly-Life-for-Earthly-Living.pdf

Having the heart in heaven is the secret of living...

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Having the heart in heaven is the secret of living heavenly. “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” (Matt. 12:34). “Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.”—Proverbs 4:23. Man lives out what is in the heart. To live heavenly you must have heaven in your heart and your heart in heaven. We doubt if any other thing that God’s people are coming short of doing the whole will of God so much as in that of giving of their means to further His cause.⁠ Did you ever study 2 Kings 12:4? Note the last clause of the verse. “The money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord.” This money was for the reconstruction of the temple. The tribute money the Israelite was obliged to give, but the money here spoken of was the money that he had in his heart to give. It was this money given out of the heart that was precious to God. Does it not come into your heart to bring some money into the house of God? It does if you have your heart in heaven. Do you always do as has been suggested to your heart? Does the suggestion come to give, but you allow the flesh to reason you out of what your heart wishes to do? Beware of refusing these generous impulses that come from heaven to your heart. To allow the flesh to reason you out of doing what the higher life of your soul suggested to you unfits you for heaven and for heavenly living.⁠ Heavenly Life for Earthly Living by C. E. Orr⁠ ⁠ #devotional #dailydevotional #christiandevotional #morningdevotional #inspiration #bible #christian #motivationalquote #inspirationalquote #devo https://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com/wp-content/uploads/Heavenly-Life-for-Earthly-Living.pdf