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Dear followers of Christ The Way,

You certainly noticed our absence, and we had reasons not to write here. For the past two weeks, we have been rethinking the purpose of this channel. The decision of changing the quality of a content followed by the brainstorming of new opportunities for the channel. The thought came to our mind, that our channel would not be any different from other ones, if we will continue copying devotional thoughts from the Internet. This is not right.

The new policy of our channel is: the devotional thoughts will be written by the administration of Christ The Way. They will be exclusively made for our followers, and will not be posted anywhere else. You will be the first people to read the devotionals by our authorship. This way we want to connect deeper with God, and you, the people, who continually support us.

There will be no schedule of posting the new devotional thoughts. We will aim for the quality, not the quantity. We really hope you will enjoy the new content, and, as always, we are open for your feedback.

Blessings,
administration of @christ_the_way

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anonymous poll

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Asia – 342
????? 34%

Europe – 97
? 10%

North America – 65
? 6%

South America – 31
▫️ 3%

Australia – 29
▫️ 3%

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? Today's #Devotional Thought - Jan 3, 2018 (WED)

CLOUDS AND DARKNESS

? Scripture (ESV)

Psalm 97:2
²Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

? Reflection

A person who has not been born again by the Spirit of God will tell you that the teachings of Jesus are simple. But when he is baptized by the Holy Spirit, he finds that “clouds and darkness surround Him….” When we come into close contact with the teachings of Jesus Christ we have our first realization of this. The only possible way to have full understanding of the teachings of Jesus is through the light of the Spirit of God shining inside us. If we have never had the experience of taking our casual, religious shoes off our casual, religious feet— getting rid of all the excessive informality with which we approach God— it is questionable whether we have ever stood in His presence. The people who are flippant and disrespectful in their approach to God are those who have never been introduced to Jesus Christ. Only after the amazing delight and liberty of realizing what Jesus Christ does, comes the impenetrable “darkness” of realizing who He is.

Jesus said, “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). Once, the Bible was just so many words to us — “clouds and darkness”— then, suddenly, the words become spirit and life because Jesus re-speaks them to us when our circumstances make the words new. That is the way God speaks to us; not by visions and dreams, but by words. When a man gets to God, it is by the most simple way— words.

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📅 Today's #Devotional Thought - Dec 29, 2017 (FRI)

DESERTER OR DISCIPLE?

📙 Scripture (ESV)

John 6:66
⁶⁶After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

📝 Reflection

When God, by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision of His will, you must “walk in the light” of that vision (1 John 1:7). Even though your mind and soul may be thrilled by it, if you don’t “walk in the light” of it you will sink to a level of bondage never envisioned by our Lord. Mentally disobeying the “heavenly vision” (Acts 26:19) will make you a slave to ideas and views that are completely foreign to Jesus Christ. Don’t look at someone else and say, “Well, if he can have those views and prosper, why can’t I?” You have to “walk in the light” of the vision that has been given to you. Don’t compare yourself with others or judge them— that is between God and them. When you find that one of your favorite and strongly held views clashes with the “heavenly vision,” do not begin to debate it. If you do, a sense of property and personal right will emerge in you— things on which Jesus placed no value. He was against these things as being the root of everything foreign to Himself— “…for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses” (Luke 12:15). If we don’t see and understand this, it is because we are ignoring the underlying principles of our Lord’s teaching.

Our tendency is to lie back and bask in the memory of the wonderful experience we had when God revealed His will to us. But if a New Testament standard is revealed to us by the light of God, and we don’t try to measure up, or even feel inclined to do so, then we begin to backslide. It means your conscience does not respond to the truth. You can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That moment marks you as one who either continues on with even more devotion as a disciple of Jesus Christ, or as one who turns to go back as a deserter.