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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,
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Where are you from?
anonymous poll

Africa – 455
??????? 45%

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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