Meditation Chip Brogden

September 1
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"I am the light of the world." -JOHN 8:12

Many people write to me and ask how to deal with this thing or
that, how to get the victory here or there. May I say that it does
not matter what your need is, or what your problem is, the Answer
is the same. Victory is a Man, not an experience. If you must fail
a hundred, a thousand, or a million times in order to learn that
lesson then it is worth it.

It does not matter whether you understand it, agree with it,
believe it, or see it yet. Indeed, everything else seems to say the
opposite. But you will see, just as I have seen, that Victory,
Grace, Strength, Peace, Love, Light, and Life are not "things,"
they are Christ, and having the Man, you have everything the Man is.

Source: "Lord of All" by Chip Brogden
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August 31
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"He who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy
of Me." -MATTHEW 10:38

It is unfortunate that after many years of service the Lord still
has to call us back to the Cross, yet this is precisely where we
should have begun. Although we ought to encourage people to come as
they are and trust the Lord for salvation, we must also teach them
that they must count the cost and take up the Cross: else they are
not worthy of Jesus! God cannot fill us until He empties us. The
Cross is where we are poured out that He may pour in.

Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
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August 30
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because
they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world." -JOHN
17:14

When we are called to put on the New Man we are challenged with
something radical, something which by reason of Who He is must
result in an upsetting of the natural, earthly order of things. It
is a major upheaval. Why? Because this New Man is Totally Other.
This New Man is of Heaven. This New Man is Spirit. This New Man is
foreign from this world.

And when we put on THIS New Man, we are going to be at once set
apart from the world and earmarked for something larger than we can
fathom with our mind, something apart from flesh and blood,
something we call "Spirit and Life."

Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
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August 29
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"When you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and Another
will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go."
JOHN 21:18 ESV

One characteristic of young disciples is their ability to dress and
lead themselves. They find it very easy to go out and to come in.
They are zealous and full of good works.

We are not suggesting that this is necessarily wrong, but we are
suggesting that this is only the beginning stage of spiritual
growth. The real question is not what need do I want to fill, or
where do I want to go, or what do I want to say, or what do I want
to do. The question is: what glorifies the Lord? Whenever "I" do
something I consider spiritual and good, it is, nevertheless, "me"
who does it.

Often we do what glorifies us - the Lord and His Need are seldom
considered. But when we ask what glorifies the Lord, we see (in
this passage at least) that the Lord is glorified when He is able
to dress us and lead us where HE wants us to go - with no
interference from Self.

Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
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August 28
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory
by Christ Jesus." -PHILIPPIANS 4:19

We need more than a touch from God; we must have God Himself. There
is an ocean of difference between receiving the blessing and
receiving the One Who blesses; between getting a touch and
receiving the One Who touches; between healing and the Healer;
between redemption and Redeemer; between salvation and Savior. The
former deals with what God has or can do, while the latter deals
with God Himself.

Source: "Lord of All" by Chip Brogden
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August 27
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"The message of the cross... to us who are being saved, it is the
power of God." -1 CORINTHIANS 1:18

It does not matter what your situation is; the Cross is sufficient.
If the Cross is the power of God for salvation, then the Cross is
also the power of God for your relationships, your spiritual growth
and development, your life's purpose, your encouragement and
strength, and your victory over everything which hinders and
distracts and comes against you. At one time in your life you
learned you could not save yourself - that was the work of the
Cross.

Now, accept the work of the Cross and learn that just as you could
not save yourself, neither can you love God, love your neighbor,
forgive those who have sinned against you, cast out devils, be a
bold witness for Christ, or fulfill your destiny in your own
strength. Just as you once relied upon Christ to save you, so now
you must rely upon Christ to live through you every day. Just as
you continually rely upon Christ for salvation, so you must
continually rely upon Christ for everything else.

Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
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August 26
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers
in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity."
-1 TIMOTHY 4:12

An older person is not necessarily a spiritual elder. We do not
look to the age of a person's physical body when determining their
spiritual maturity. Of course, we owe a certain amount of respect
to the aged by virtue of their seniority; but they may not
necessarily be our elder in the things of the Lord.

One can be older chronologically and be quite immature in spiritual
matters. Likewise, a relatively young man or woman can have a deep
relationship with the Lord and be light years ahead of those two or
three times their age. A young man or woman who knows God is more
elder than a senior citizen who does not know God. We cannot judge
by the flesh, or we will be misled.

Source: "The Church in the Wilderness" by Chip Brogden
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August 24
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"Do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with
her? For 'the two,' He says, 'shall become one flesh.' But he who
is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him." -1 CORINTHIANS
6:16,17

One theme that constantly appears in Scripture is the believer's
spiritual union with Christ. This joining together is perfectly
pictured in the illustration of the Ekklesia as the Bride of
Christ. When Paul wished to encourage the Corinthians to "flee
fornication," he made a similar analogy but from a very different
perspective.

The physical joining together of man and woman, whether in marriage
or outside of marriage, has the effect of making them one flesh.
Spiritually speaking, the Bride of Christ is joined to the Lord and
is now one spirit with Him. This is an admittedly difficult point
to get across - even Paul said this is a great mystery, and you do
not usually find him to be at a loss for words when it comes to
explaining something.

Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden
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August 24
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
LUKE 18:8

This is perhaps one of the most intriguing questions Jesus ever put
forth - from a human perspective it almost sounds as if He wonders
about it Himself. There is no doubt that He will perform what He
has promised to us; but will we perform what we have promised to
Him? Can we patiently wait for Him to fulfill His Word, no matter
how long it takes?

Rest assured that, "Now our salvation is nearer than when we first
believed" (Romans 13:11). Two thousand years after His promise we
are even closer to its fulfillment.


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August 23
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." -MATTHEW 11:30

The Law of Life is more powerful and active than anything generated
or maintained by self-effort. With self-effort I am always at the
mercy of how I feel. If I feel spiritual then I can pray for hours
at a time. But if I do not feel spiritual then I cannot even pray
for five minutes.

This is why so many believers live their lives like a
roller-coaster. They do not live according to principle, according
to the Law of Life. Thinking it is up to them to become
Christ-like, they turn an easy yoke and a light burden into a
difficult yoke and a heavy burden - difficult and heavy for
themselves, and for those who must live and work around them. The
one who rests in Christ will produce more fruit than the one who
strives with self-effort.

Source: "Lord of All" by Chip Brogden
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August 22
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. You anoint my head with
oil; my cup runs over." -PSALM 23:1,5

An anointed head and a cup that runs over - this is the hallmark of
the Christian. An anointed head exudes a heavenly fragrance that
sets us apart from the world, even though we walk about in it
daily. It is bearing the Testimony of Jesus that witnesses of a
heavenly reality that is quite distinct from the earthly fact. The
cup that runs over means we have an ample supply of the Life of the
Lord. If we can contain ourselves then we have yet to touch the
Lord. For once we have indeed touched the Lord we will overflow. We
will not be able to contain Him.

All who walk with the Shepherd should experience Infinite Supply: a
never-ending flow of the Life, Light, and Love of the Lord Jesus
Himself. This is the normal Christian life, and it is God's
provision for every disciple.

Source: "Lord of All" by Chip Brogden
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August 21
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
-GALATIANS 5:18,25

In the wilderness you don't follow your feelings. It says the
children of Israel were led by a column of smoke by day and a
pillar of fire by night. When the cloud moved then they moved. When
the cloud stayed still then they stayed still. I mean it's really
as simple as that.

Walk in the Spirit. If you begin to be led by your feelings then
you'll make the wrong decision every time. Most of the time, the
right decision doesn't feel good. Doing the right thing is usually
difficult. The easiest thing to do is to quit, to give up, to go
back to Egypt. But I'm telling you, get to the place where going
back is no longer an option - then going back is no longer a
temptation.

Source: "The Church in the Wilderness" by Chip Brogden
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August 20
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"Be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being
rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the
saints what is the width and length and depth and height."
-EPHESIANS 3:16-18

We have to come to know the breadth, length, depth, and height of
HIM, and may I say that we will never come to the end of Him. But
we do not search for anything as if we do not have it, nor do we
hope to gain some new thing, for what we call "new" is simply that
which has been seen for the first time. Thus, revelation is
critical, for it unveils what we already have. Having the Son, we
have All.

Source: "Lord of All" by Chip Brogden
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August 19
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which
works in me mightily." -COLOSSIANS 1:29

The one who rests in Christ will produce more fruit than the one
who strives with self-effort. This is demonstrated in Scripture and
in the real-life experience of countless saints.

There is no question that Paul worked, labored, and toiled. But the
difference with Paul is he knew that he was laboring according to
Christ working in him. Was Paul lazy? By contrast, he was more
fruitful than ever. The end result is his statement, "I labored
more abundantly than them all," quickly qualified with, "yet not I,
but the grace of God which was with me" (1 Corinthians 15:10). The
"I can do all things" must always be followed with "through Christ
Who strengthens me." If we trust in the Life we will be anything
but passive.

Source: "The Church in the Wilderness" by Chip Brogden
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August 18
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
-LUKE 18:27

Once God has determined to do something, is there anything, or
anyone, that can resist Him? Is man more powerful than God, or does
it only seem that way sometimes? It does appear that God, in His
infinite wisdom and loving-kindness and patience, chooses to delay
the fulfillment of His Will. Man can try to withstand it, the devil
can rebel against it, and by collaborating with man can even appear
to hinder and prevent it temporarily - but in the end, God will
have His Will.

Let no one mistake God's longsuffering for any inability to bring
about His desire and accomplish His Purpose. His plan is
unavoidable and irresistible.

Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden
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August 17
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"He must increase, but I must decrease." -JOHN 3:30

A disciple of the Lord Jesus is someone who enters the narrow gate
and walks the narrow path until they come to the end of the narrow
path and are left with nothing but Christ. As you can see, this is
a very, very narrow way, which is why few find it, and fewer still
remain on it once they find it. Nothing of self can be retained.
All of self must be lost in order to gain Christ.

As we walk the narrow way we are being changed from glory to glory.
Today we should reflect a little more of the glory of God than
yesterday; tomorrow we will reflect yet more than we did today.
This is growth. Growth is not more knowledge or increase of years:
it is simply more of Him and less of me. He increases as I
decrease. This is what it means to be a disciple.

Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
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August 16
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"We wanted to come to you--even I, Paul, time and again--but Satan
hindered us." -1 THESSALONIANS 2:18

If we will wait patiently before the Lord then He will make us know
His will. Almost any mistake can be rectified except presumption
and rashness. The flesh is always in a hurry, so we should begin to
equate "getting in a hurry" with "getting in the flesh." Out of one
thousand presumptuous acts, nine hundred and ninety-nine of them
are flesh.

We want instant relief, instant answers, and instant results, but
God wants us to slow down, remain calm, be still, and know that He
is God. He wants us to apprehend His Mind, wait for His Spirit, and
become acquainted with His ways.

Source: "The Church in the Wilderness" by Chip Brogden
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August 15
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his
master." - MATTHEW 10:24

Jesus said go into all the world and make disciples. It is not that
ministers and workers are unimportant; indeed they are. But what is
the priority? Can a man or a woman truly be a minister or worker on
behalf of the Kingdom if they are not a disciple first? Of course
not. They can minister and work themselves to death and still be in
the flesh, doing many mighty works in the name of Jesus and not
know Him at all.

Source: "The Church in the Wilderness" by Chip Brogden
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August 14
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Today's Message from Chip Brogden

"He will guide you into all truth." -JOHN 16:13

Since Jesus is the Truth, the Holy Spirit will lead us into all
truth by increasing Christ. The Scriptures that tell us about Jesus
are inspired by the Holy Spirit. The ability to understand those
Scriptures is given by the Holy Spirit. The fruit that comes from
abiding in Jesus is the result of the Holy Spirit.

If you learn anything concerning Jesus and His Irresistible Kingdom
by reading this book it will not be because of me. My ability to
write is a gift of the Holy Spirit so that Christ will be
increased; likewise, your ability to read and comprehend what is
written is a gift of the Holy Spirit. And when I stop writing, and
you stop reading, and we go forth to put into practice what we have
learned, we will do so by, through, and because of the Holy Spirit,
Whom the Father has given, to lead us and guide us deeper into
Christ.

Source: "The Irresistible Kingdom" by Chip Brogden
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