God Calling (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Devotional Diary

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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   In this classic devotional, Two Listeners prayerfully listen for God’s Word.  Day by day, the women receive wisdom, encouragement, and healing from a Creator who loves them.  The treasure trove of inspiration they hear has been preserved in God Calling so that all may also find comfort and guidance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 13, 2012
• ISBN: 9781411468160

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GOD CALLING

A Devotional Diary

ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELL

EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELL

This 2012 edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.

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CONTENTS

THE TWO LISTENERS

If Two Agree

THE VOICE DIVINE

JANUARY

JANUARY 1 BETWEEN THE YEARS

JANUARY 2 ARM OF LOVE

JANUARY 3 THE WAY WILL OPEN

JANUARY 4 DO NOT PLAN

JANUARY 5 HOARD NOTHING

JANUARY 6 SHARP AND READY

JANUARY 7 THE SECRET PEARL

JANUARY 8 LOVE BANGS THE DOOR

JANUARY 9 NO STRAIN

JANUARY 10 INFLUENCE

JANUARY 11 THE ACHE OF LOVE

JANUARY 12 THANKS FOR TRIALS

JANUARY 13 FRIENDS UNSEEN

JANUARY 14 MIGHTY AND MARVELOUS

JANUARY 15 RELAX

JANUARY 16 FRIEND IN DRUDGERY

JANUARY 17 GOD’S RUSH TO GIVE

JANUARY 18 FAITH—WORKS

JANUARY 19 LOVE ANTICIPATES

JANUARY 20 AT ONE WITH GOD

JANUARY 21 A CROWDED DAY

JANUARY 22 GREY DAYS

JANUARY 23 HOW POWER COMES

JANUARY 24 YOUR GREAT REWARD

JANUARY 25 WAY OF HAPPINESS

JANUARY 26 KEEP CALM

JANUARY 27 HEIGHT OF THE STORM

JANUARY 28 LOW AMBITIONS

JANUARY 29 I CLEAR THE PATH

JANUARY 30 THE SOUL AT WAR

JANUARY 31 SUFFERING REDEEMS

FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY 1 ANOTHER START

FEBRUARY 2 PRACTICE LOVE

FEBRUARY 3 IF MEN OPPOSE

FEBRUARY 4 DROP YOUR CRUTCH

FEBRUARY 5 YOU SHALL KNOW

FEBRUARY 6 GOD’S LONGING

FEBRUARY 7 LIGHT AHEAD

FEBRUARY 8 ON ME ALONE

FEBRUARY 9 THE VOICE DIVINE

FEBRUARY 10 THE LIFE LINE

FEBRUARY 11 THE DIFFICULT PATH

FEBRUARY 12 MEET ME EVERYWHERE

FEBRUARY 13 NEAR THE GOAL

FEBRUARY 14 IN MY PRESENCE

FEBRUARY 15 INSPIRATION—NOT ASPIRATION

FEBRUARY 16 NEVER RUFFLED

FEBRUARY 17 PSYCHIC POWERS

FEBRUARY 18 LET ME DO IT

FEBRUARY 19 ENDURE

FEBRUARY 20 CLAIM YOUR RIGHTS

FEBRUARY 21 NOTHING CAN HURT

FEBRUARY 22 YOU MUST TRUST

FEBRUARY 23 SECRET OF HEALING

FEBRUARY 24 SHARE EVERYTHING

FEBRUARY 25 HOW TO CONQUER

FEBRUARY 26 SWIFT HELP

FEBRUARY 27 SPIRIT SOUNDS

FEBRUARY 28 PERFECT WORK

FEBRUARY 29 - DRAW NEAR

MARCH

MARCH 1 SHOWER LOVE

MARCH 2 SPIRIT WORDS

MARCH 3 GROW LIKE ME

MARCH 4 KEY TO HOLINESS

MARCH 5 FEAR IS EVIL

MARCH 6 LOVE AND LAUGH

MARCH 7 SURPRISES

MARCH 8 HEAVEN-LIFE

MARCH 9 NOTHING IS SMALL

MARCH 10 FRUIT OF JOY

MARCH 11 SEEK BEAUTY

MARCH 12 SIMPLICITY

MARCH 13 SPIRITUALISM

MARCH 14 GOD’S TOUCH

MARCH 15 YOUR CROSS IS YOU

MARCH 16 REFLECT ME

MARCH 17 NO GREATER JOY

MARCH 18 CLAIM BIG THINGS

MARCH 19 COURAGE

MARCH 20 HELP FROM EVERYWHERE

MARCH 21 ALL IS WELL

MARCH 22 A BUD OPENED

MARCH 23 UNTIL YOUR HEART SINGS

MARCH 24 KNOW ME

MARCH 25 WONDERS WILL UNFOLD

MARCH 26 FOLLOW YOUR GUIDE

MARCH 27 GO FORWARD

MARCH 28 EVIL MOUNTAINS

MARCH 29 A LIFE APART

MARCH 30 DELIVERANCE

MARCH 31 LOVE’S OFFERING

APRIL

APRIL 1 SHUT OUT FROM GOD

APRIL 2 THE PRICELESS BLESSING

APRIL 3 GREATNESS IS SERVICE

APRIL 4 DIVINE EFFICIENCY

APRIL 5 HEART’S INTERPRETER

APRIL 6 EASTER JOY

APRIL 7 CALVARY

APRIL 8 MARKS OF THE KINGDOM

APRIL 9 RISEN LIFE

APRIL 10 PRIDE BARS THE WAY

APRIL 11 HOLD YOUR FORT

APRIL 12 GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

APRIL 13 GENTLE WITH ALL

APRIL 14 EQUALLY YOKED

APRIL 15 NEVER FEEL INADEQUATE

APRIL 16 LOVE YOUR SERVANTS

APRIL 17 THE TWO JOYS

APRIL 18 NO DARK DAYS

APRIL 19 LIFE IS A LOVE STORY

APRIL 20 HEART’S AGONY

APRIL 21 YOU WILL CONQUER

APRIL 22 COMPLAIN NOT—LAUGH

APRIL 23 TOO MUCH TALK

APRIL 24 I GO BEFORE

APRIL 25 BLESS YOUR ENEMIES

APRIL 26 I MAKE THE OPPORTUNITIES

APRIL 27 SEEING CHRIST

APRIL 28 THE ROUNDABOUT WAY

APRIL 29 DISHARMONY

APRIL 30 SPRINGTIME

MAY

MAY 1 DELAY IS NOT DENIAL

MAY 2 SOULS THAT SMILE

MAY 3 KILL SELF NOW

MAY 4 SHARE WITH ME

MAY 5 LET ME CHOOSE

MAY 6 SUBLIME AUDACITY

MAY 7 AGAINST THE TIDE

MAY 8 THE REST OF GOD

MAY 9 HARMONY WITHIN

MAY 10 CALM—NOT SPEED

MAY 11 THE DIVINE THIRD

MAY 12 THRILL OF PROTECTION

MAY 13 NEVER JUDGE

MAY 14 THE LOVE OF A LOVER

MAY 15 FIRST THE SPIRITUAL

MAY 16 PRAY AND PRAISE

MAY 17 SORROW TO JOY

MAY 18 NEW AND VITAL POWER

MAY 19 RESCUED AND GUIDED

MAY 20 WIN ME—WIN ALL

MAY 21 FLING IT AT MY FEET

MAY 22 COMMAND YOUR LORD

MAY 23 LITTLE FRETS

MAY 24 ABUNDANCE

MAY 25 ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING

MAY 26 CLAIM MORE

MAY 27 ROOTS AND FRUITS

MAY 28 TEST YOUR LOVE

MAY 29 FORGET

MAY 30 THE DEVIL’S DEATH KNELL

MAY 31 PRAYER WITHOUT WORDS

JUNE

COMPANIONSHIP JUNE 1

MY IMAGE JUNE 2

JUNE 3 EJECT SIN WITH LOVE

JUNE 4 DIVINE PATIENCE

JUNE 5 THAT TENDER VOICE

JUNE 6 HOW MEN SEE ME

JUNE 7 TRUE BEAUTY

JUNE 8 THE ONLY WAY

JUNE 9 AN OBSTACLE RACE

JUNE 10 THE DAY OF TROUBLE

JUNE 11 MY MARK!

JUNE 12 HOUSE ON A ROCK

JUNE 13 GOD-INSPIRED

JUNE 14 FACE TODAY WITH ME

JUNE 15 GLORY, GLORY DAWNETH

JUNE 16 SEEK ME EARLY

JUNE 17 DEAR NAME

JUNE 18 WAIT

JUNE 19 THE SUCCESS YOU COVET

JUNE 20 MIRACLES AGAIN

JUNE 21 SEE AS I SEE

JUNE 22 YOUR RED SEA

JUNE 23

JUNE 24 WHEN GUIDANCE TARRIES

JUNE 25 GOD’S FRIENDSHIP

JUNE 26 DO NOT RUSH

JUNE 27 NO SELF-REPROACH

JUNE 28 TABLE OF DELIGHTS

JUNE 29 MY WILL—YOUR JOY

JUNE 30 UNDERSTAND THEM

JULY

ATTACK FEAR JULY 1

JULY 2 THE CHILD-SPIRIT

JULY 3 SPIRITUAL FULLNESS

JULY 4 FRIEND OF MINE

JULY 5 YOU ARE INVINCIBLE

JULY 6 RICHES

JULY 7 PAINFUL PREPARATION

JULY 8 MY SECRET

JULY 9 WHY DOUBT?

JULY 10 EXPECT MANY MIRACLES

JULY 11 GUARDIAN ANGELS

JULY 12 SAVIOR AND SAVIOR

JULY 13 EXPECT THE GOOD

JULY 14 TRUE SUCCESS

JULY 15 SONGS ON THE WAY

JULY 16 REFUGE

JULY 17 PEACE BE STILL

JULY 18 WALK HUMBLY

JULY 19 - MARVELOUS HAPPENINGS

JULY 20 MY STANDARD

JULY 21 THE WAY OF PRAISE

JULY 22 MIRACLE OF THE AGES

JULY 23 STOP ALL WORK UNTIL—

JULY 24 KEEP CLOSE

JULY 25 WONDERFUL LIFE

JULY 26 FORGET—FORGIVE

JULY 27 MY CONSOLATION

JULY 28 MISTAKES

JULY 29 SUNLIT GLADES

JULY 30 FAITH REWARDED

JULY 31 GRATITUDE

AUGUST

AUGUST 1 BLESSED BOND

AUGUST 2 HARVEST

AUGUST 3 GIVE EVERY MOMENT

AUGUST 4 ETERNAL LIFE

AUGUST 5 HOUR OF NEED

AUGUST 6 DWELL APART

AUGUST 7 ALL IS WELL

AUGUST 8 EMPTY YOURSELF

AUGUST 9 EFFORT AND REST

AUGUST 10 STRAY SHEEP

AUGUST 11 YOU ARE MINE

AUGUST 12 RULE THE WORLD

AUGUST 13 PERFECTION

AUGUST 14 MY RICHEST GIFT

AUGUST 15 NOT PUNISHMENT

AUGUST 16 NO TIRED WORK

AUGUST 17 NATURE LAUGHS

AUGUST 18 STONES OF THE WAY

AUGUST 19 A HUMAN TEMPLE

AUGUST 20 SHAME AND REMORSE

AUGUST 21 BROKEN VOICES

AUGUST 22 GLEAMS OF SUNLIGHT

AUGUST 23 THE SUMMIT

AUGUST 24 SUBLIME HEIGHTS

AUGUST 25 EXHAUSTION

AUGUST 26 ACCEPT TRIALS

AUGUST 27 TANGLED SKEINS

AUGUST 28 CONTINUOUS SERVICE

AUGUST 29 BREATHE MY NAME

AUGUST 30 GIVE, GIVE, GIVE

AUGUST 31 PRAY AND DENY

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 1 HOW RICH YOU ARE

SEPTEMBER 2 I MUST PROVIDE

SEPTEMBER 3 LIVE IN THE UNSEEN

SEPTEMBER 4 DROP THOSE BURDENS

SEPTEMBER 5 PROGRESS

SEPTEMBER 6 YOUR LOVED ONES

SEPTEMBER 7 EVERLASTING ARMS

SEPTEMBER 8 WALK IN MY LOVE

SEPTEMBER 9 CULTIVATE—YOURSELF

SEPTEMBER 10 GOD OR MAMMON?

SEPTEMBER 11 A GENEROUS GIVER

SEPTEMBER 12 MONEY VALUES

SEPTEMBER 13 NO OTHER NAME

SEPTEMBER 14 WHEN FAITH FAILS

SEPTEMBER 15 QUIET STRENGTH

SEPTEMBER 16 ASSURANCE

SEPTEMBER 17 FALTERING STEPS

SEPTEMBER 18 DWELL THERE

SEPTEMBER 19 FULL JOY

SEPTEMBER 20 TASTE AND TRUST

SEPTEMBER 21 SEE THE FATHER

SEPTEMBER 22 JOY-TRIBUTE

SEPTEMBER 23 TURN AGAIN

SEPTEMBER 24 LEARN OF ME

SEPTEMBER 25 COME AND STAY

SEPTEMBER 26 SERVE ALL

SEPTEMBER 27 DIVINE RESTRAINT

SEPTEMBER 28 THE SECRET PATH

SEPTEMBER 29 I TOUCH YOUR ARM

SEPTEMBER 30 WISDOM

OCTOBER

OCTOBER 1 SECRET OF PROSPERITY

OCTOBER 2 TRUE MEEKNESS

OCTOBER 3 BLESSED ASSURANCE

OCTOBER 4 ALL YOU DESIRE

OCTOBER 5 NO CHANCE MEETINGS

OCTOBER 6 A CHILD’S HAND

OCTOBER 7 REJOICE AT WEAKNESS

OCTOBER 8 THE DARK PLACES

OCTOBER 9 LOVE ME MORE

OCTOBER 10 EXTRA WORK

OCTOBER 11 SHAME AND DISTRESS

OCTOBER 12 YOU ARE MY JOY

OCTOBER 13 THE SCULPTOR’S SKILL

OCTOBER 14 THE SACRIFICE

OCTOBER 15 FEEL PLENTY

OCTOBER 16 THE IMPRISONED GOD

OCTOBER 17 FAITH-VISION

OCTOBER 18 LONELINESS

OCTOBER 19 HEAR MY ANSWER

OCTOBER 20 NO BURDEN IRKS

OCTOBER 21 A LOVE FEAST

OCTOBER 22 HOME-BUILDING

OCTOBER 23 HILL OF SACRIFICE

OCTOBER 24 SALT OF EARTH

OCTOBER 25 NO UNEMPLOYMENT

OCTOBER 26 DESERTERS

OCTOBER 27 DAYS OF CONQUEST

OCTOBER 28 GLAD SURPRISES

OCTOBER 29 DISCOUNT MONEY

OCTOBER 30 THE HARDEST LESSON

OCTOBER 31 THE VOICE AGAIN

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER 1 PRAYER OF JOY

NOVEMBER 2 SPEND

NOVEMBER 3 NO LIMIT

NOVEMBER 4 I AM BESIDE YOU

NOVEMBER 5 SECOND ADVENT

NOVEMBER 6 GOD IN ACTION

NOVEMBER 7 SELF KILLS POWER

NOVEMBER 8 WIPE THE SLATE

NOVEMBER 9 WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP

NOVEMBER 10 NEW FORCES

NOVEMBER 11 HEAVEN’S COLORS

NOVEMBER 12 THE VOICELESS CRY

NOVEMBER 13 EVERY PROBLEM SOLVED

NOVEMBER 14 DEVIOUS WAYS

NOVEMBER 15 BY MY SPIRIT

NOVEMBER 16 UNION IS POWER

NOVEMBER 17 QUIET LIVES

NOVEMBER 18 DAZZLING GLORY

NOVEMBER 19 HILLS OF THE LORD

NOVEMBER 20 MYSTERIES

NOVEMBER 21 RADIATE JOY

NOVEMBER 22 ONLY LOVE LASTS

NOVEMBER 23 EARTH’S FURIES

NOVEMBER 24 SUFFER TO SAVE

NOVEMBER 25 THE HEAVENLY BEGGAR

NOVEMBER 26 MY BEAUTY

NOVEMBER 27 NOT THWARTED

NOVEMBER 28 THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT

NOVEMBER 29 WHEN TWO AGREE

NOVEMBER 30 FROM SELF TO GOD

DECEMBER

DECEMBER 1 RESPONSIBILITY

DECEMBER 2 THE IDEAL MAN

DECEMBER 3 A JOURNEY WITH ME

DECEMBER 4 MAN OF SORROWS

DECEMBER 5 LAW OF SUPPLY

DECEMBER 6 EXPECT TEMPTATION

DECEMBER 7 FOOD OF LIFE

DECEMBER 8 MY KINGDOM

DECEMBER 9 YOUR SEARCH REWARDED

DECEMBER 10 THE QUIET TIME

DECEMBER 11 A SUNRISE GIFT

DECEMBER 12 CARE-FREE

DECEMBER 13 PERPETUAL GUIDANCE

DECEMBER 14 STORMS

DECEMBER 15 MY SHADOW

DECEMBER 16 WHAT JOY IS Lord, give us Thy joy, that joy that no man, no ...

DECEMBER 17 CONDITIONS OF BLESSING

DECEMBER 18 SEE WONDERS

DECEMBER 19 PERFECT LOVE

DECEMBER 20 DEPRESSION

DECEMBER 21 SMILE INDULGENTLY

DECEMBER 22 PRACTICE PROTECTION

DECEMBER 23 THE WORLD’S SONG

DECEMBER 24 HE IS COMING

DECEMBER 25 BABE OF BETHLEHEM

DECEMBER 26 HEALTH AND WEALTH

DECEMBER 27 GLORIOUS WORK

DECEMBER 28 SIGNS AND FEELINGS

DECEMBER 29 WORK AND PRAYER

DECEMBER 30 FISHERS OF MEN

DECEMBER 31 JESUS THE CONQUEROR

HOLY LAUGHTER OF GOD CALLING

THE TWO LISTENERS

I DID NOT WRITE THIS BOOK. I WISH I HAD DONE SO.

Had I written it I should have been immeasurably proud. Too proud for spiritual health.

My simple task has been to prepare it for publication and to present it to the public. But that has not really been a task—only a privilege; an undeserved honor.

There is a legend that the praise for building the Cathedral of St. Sofia was not given to the Emperor Constantine but to Euphrasia, a poor widow who drew from her mattress a wisp of straw and gave it to the oxen that drew the marble from the ships. That was all; she did nothing more.

Not one woman but two have written this book; and they seek no praise. They elected to remain anonymous and to be called Two Listeners. But the claim which they make is an astonishing one, that their message has been given to them, today, here in England, by the living Christ himself.

Having read their book, I believed them.

I do not, of course, believe that he whispered to them all that he intends to say to this generation. But I am confident that he opened their eyes to many things which they and this generation greatly need to know.

I do not believe in the verbal inspiration of this or any book. But I do believe that these two women have been led and that much of what is written is very clear leading indeed.

I have found these messages a spiritual stimulus. But that statement is as inadequate as to say that I like England. None could have written this book unless he or she was a Christian and in touch with the Living Founder of Christianity.

We hear much of the decline of the drama. Think of this piece of real drama, of our own times. Again, as so often before, He was in the world and the world knew Him not.

Two poor, brave women were courageously fighting against sickness and penury. They were facing a hopeless future and one of them even longed to be quit of this hard world for good. And then he spoke. And spoke again!

Day after day he comes and cheers them. And though they still have their sorrows they have joy and a new courage. For he inspires them with his promises for their future when his loving purpose shall be revealed; and he gently rallies them on their unbelief, as he did their forlorn predecessors during that walk to Emmaus.

Open this book at any page and taste its beauty. Dwell lovingly on its tender phrases. Let its wonderful quality sink deep into your spirit.

Have you lost faith? Meditate on any one of these tiny sections and it will come again to you as that of a little child. You may not see him standing by your side with his ready smile of confident encouragement; but you will know that he is there, as he always is, and that he still expects great things of you, and is ever ready to help you to achieve them.

If winter comes—are you afraid of poverty? Turn again to these pages and you will find the law of supply—Give and it shall be given you. Give your love, your time, your sympathy, yourself; give all that you have under his direct guidance to all who are needy; give both to the deserving and the undeserving.

Has health gone? Are you no better though you have prayed long and often? Here again you will find the incense of healing; you will understand why he will not remove the gold from the crucible until all the dross has gone, and you are taking the glorious shape of your true self, which his eye alone has foreseen.

You cannot eat honey all the day. Nor can you read this book through at a sitting. But you can read it every day, and several times a day.

It can be turned to in the heat of a sudden crisis, and when you put it down you will find yourself calm and at peace within.

You can open its pages when the birds are singing in the sunshine; and as you read, the song of the birds will be echoed in your spirit, for you too will be carolling your love to our creator-redeemer.

Put this book of Daily Power in your pocket, in your handbag, on the table by your bedside. Give a copy of it to your friends.

Inhale its spirit continually and live your life in its intimacy with the master.

Through this message, which came to two lonely women, you will find that you are no longer one and alone, but two and united with the great companion and guide, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

A. J. RUSSELL

If Two Agree

If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them.

THE VOICE DIVINE

By

One of the Two Listeners

IN THE AUTUMN OF 1932, I WAS SITTING IN THE LOUNGE OF AN HOTEL when a visitor, quite unknown, crossed over and, handing me a copy of For Sinners Only, asked if I had read it. I answered No, and she left it with me.

On returning home, I bought a copy for myself.

I was curiously affected by the book and felt that I wanted all my friends to read it immediately, and actually made out a list of over a hundred people to whom I should have liked to have sent it. Not being rich, this desire had to be content with two copies, which I lent to various people, on whom it seemed to make little effect.

A few months later

Reviews for God Calling (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

[jeaneva · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The book claims to be a written record of what two women heard directly from God.Hm-m-m.

[john5918 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I find this rather trite, part of a genre of books offering one-size-fits-all advice for all seasons.