Daily Devotionals by Ardith Keef

     In Romans, Paul teaches us that faith allows no room for escape.
     Has the Lord saved you?  Yes.
     Has He revealed His personality to you?  Yes.
     Has He sent the Comforter?  Yes.
     What is the problem, then?
     Stop comparing your past to your ideal. Allow the Lover of your 
Soul to take over and restore the years the locusts have eaten.
     Tens of thousand of Christians have endured staggering difficulties  Their children
have been tortured and raped.  Many have been persecuted in ways we cannot imagine.
     They have been disfigured beyond recognition.
     But they knew God was faithful and they knew His Word was to be believed.
     Remember, they wore animal skins and lived in the mountains.
     Their faith has been immortalized.
     As the writer to the Hebrews says, you have yet to shed your blood, so what is
 the issue?
     Soldier of the Cross, there is absolutely no excuse for anything other than your
determination to be a living sacrifice.
     Period!