Maschil

07/12/2024

Im so sorry it took so long to notify you...
That my Daddy, Ed Corley has passed away. He is now experiencing what he has lived for most of his life. He's lived a beautiful life in which he leaves a wealth of written material you can find at maschil.com. He has dedicated his life to teaching the Word of God to people around the world. So many of us are heart broken to know that he has left us. But I take comfort in knowing that he is now experiencing Paradise with Jesus...

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10/17/2021

I would like to ask for you to keep my dad, Ed Corley in your prayers. He had a heart attack a week ago. He is recovering and gaining strength every day.

05/04/2020

A New Command by Ed Corley

Berean Ministries' MASCHIL ONLINE -- Understanding God's Word & Preparing the Christian Believer for the Return of Christ

04/11/2020

DAY 11—The Redemption means release from the stronghold of sin.

The word Redeemer in these passages from Isaiah, that we are seeing each day, comes from the Hebrew word ga’al. It basically has reference to one’s nearest relative. This could be the one who could pay the ransom for the deliverance of a slave, or of a prisoner of war. Or, it could be one who could take up the care of a woman left widowed. When used in reference to the Lord, we discover Him as our blessed “nearest Kinsman,” the One who gives Himself to redeem our soul from slavery to sin. To accomplish the redemption with a completion that sets us free from sin’s slavery, or the hopelessness of widowhood, or from the prison camp of the enemy, He took on the form of man, and gave His own life’s blood to redeem us.

Isaiah 60:15,16—Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Savior and thy REDEEMER, the mighty One of Jacob. NIrV—"You have been deserted and hated. No one even travels through you. But I will make you into something to be proud of forever. You will be a place of joy for all time to come. You will get everything you need from kings and nations. You will be like children who are nursing at their mother's breasts. Then you will know that I am the one who saves you. I am the Lord. I set you free. I am the Mighty One of Jacob.

Hebrews 9:12-14—Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His Own blood He entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? NIrV—He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. He paid the price to set us free from sin forever.

PRECIOUS REDEEMER, sometimes I have felt for­saken and hated. I’ve fell like a reproach to Your Name. But today, I am ready to turn from these feelings—these dead feelings. I open myself to the excellency of Your calling. Seal me as a child in Your household. And please do a new work in these I hold before Your Throne today. Let them know that You have an excellent purpose for them.

The Redeemed Brought to Excellency—Isaiah 60:14-18; Galatians 4:4-7

01/20/2020

DAY 20—The Wisdom that Can Be Persuaded

The wisdom that comes to us from the heart of God will listen to what others have to say. Many people have the need for someone to listen to them, without arguing with them. I sat and listened one night to a young man talk and talk, much of it making no sense at all. After some hours of listening, without ever trying to interrupt him to persuade him to think differently, he suddenly stopped and asked me to tell him how he could be saved. Listening was the wisest thing I could do.
There is also the matter of listening to someone who has an idea different from my own. It may be no more than trying to decide what to eat for supper, or where to plant a tree. As far as the Kingdom of God is concerned, most of the time the things we argue about just don’t matter that much at all.

James 3:17—But the wisdom that is from above is...easy to be entreated (it’s compliant, willing to yield)...

James 1:19—Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

LORD, help us add kindness to wisdom. Too often we are hard and unyielding toward others when what they need is love and compassion. Work it into us to become kinder toward those who oppose us. Let them see You working in us. Help the people of our fellowship be kind to strangers. Show us how to love people who are of a different belief without giving up our own values that we hold dear.

Becoming Fruitful in the Knowledge of the Lord—II Peter 1:5-8

01/18/2020

DAY 18—Discovering the Peace that Wisdom Brings

It’s marvelous when finally we settle into an embrace of the wisdom that is from above and it brings peace into our very own beings. Before we open ourselves to this wisdom, there is often turmoil, confusion, indecision and general unrest. But the wisdom God gives us is just the opposite. It is disposed toward peace—peace within ourselves, peace in whatever family we may have, peace with whomever we might associate outside our family, even peace with those who want to cause us trouble. Try it! You will see this is so.
James 3:17a—But the wisdom that is from above is...then peaceable...

Isaiah 9:6—For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor (Counselor of Wonders), The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

FATHER, heal the wounds in our spirits that cause us to hold on to old hurts. Release in us the wisdom that will enable us to live peaceably with others. Release Your peaceable wisdom into the lives of these others in our family. Heal their hurts so peace can come. Here are these that I name before You. I call Your peace into them, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Peace, the Fruit of Righteousness —James 3:18; Matthew 5:9; Romans 12:1

01/10/2020

"IT IS THE EVIL ONE'S INTENTION to gather back into His fold all who have aligned themselves with the Lord Jesus and who remain on earth till His return. This desire of his can only be confounded by the utter repentance of every one joined with the Lord. It will be a repentance that goes deep and that is brought on by the heaviest conviction of the Holy Spirit. It will deal not only with what we have done that is wrong, but with what we are that is wrong. And, amazingly, it is a repentance that is becoming vicarious as we repent for the wrong in our family, our church, our business, our school, our neighborhood, our nation." - Ed Corley

01/01/2020

Happy New Year to all. We pray God will richly bless you will drawn even closer into His bosom.

We are starting the new year with a renewed push to continue in the Discipline of Intercession.

The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation
in the Knowledge of Him

Ephesians 1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Paul prayed that the spirit of wisdom and revelation would find release in those he was holding in prayer and that this would come in the acknowledgment of Jesus Christ. There are several sources–some impure–from which wisdom and revelation might come. Each is like a fountainhead from which will flow the reasonings and ideas that make up the way a person responds to everyday life and situations. Much ungodly wisdom is reaching for people today. This calls for much praying. These are not prayers of control. They are, instead, prayers of supplication, holding others in the presence of the Lord that His wisdom might be formed in them, and that the revelation of God's grace and power might come over them.

HEAVENLY FATHER,
By Your Holy Spirit, set flowing in us a continual stream of wisdom and revelation to guide us in what is right. Help us not to be misled by demonic wisdom, or wrong words of wisdom from others. Stir within us a desire to seek the wisdom to be found in Your Word. And please let the wisdom released in us by Your Spirit lead us to the full knowledge of Christ.

AND FATHER,
Let us see ourselves, both as we are in our humanity and as we are in Christ. May what we see about our humanity draw us into a greater revelation of Christ in us. Open Your Word to us and make its revelationclear in us ...and through us to others.

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DAY 1—We ask the Lord for the Spirit of Wisdom
We take our discipline of intercession prayers for January from Ephesians 1:15-17.

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

See how Paul asked for the Spirit of wisdom. This is not like asking for a cup of wisdom. It is like asking for a river of wisdom. We ask for it to be set flowing. We ask it both for ourselves and for all we hold in our circle of supplication.

See how the above prayer could be interpreted from the Greek New Testament. "I am praying God will give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation so you can come to the full knowledge of Christ.” Or, it could read. "I am praying God will give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation that comes as you acknowledge Christ." Wisdom is of the utmost importance if we will function with Christ in His Kingdom.

It is the first Gift of the Spirit mentioned by Paul in I Corinthians 12:7,8—But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom…

DEAR FATHER, I come before You with great need for the wisdom that You give. The mistakes I have made sometimes cause me grief, even in thinking of them. But, I thank You for taking the foolish things I have done and for bringing something good out of them. Now—won’t you please give me the Spirit of supplications and grace that will enable me to become an intercessor on behalf of others.
How to Grow in Wisdom—Proverbs 2:1-6

12/27/2019

Day 27—Today we continue with the rejoicing that comes to the overcomer.

What we are seeing in the Psalms, particularly about rejoicing, can go on with us into eternity. The words of the Psalms, particularly those of David, seem to increase as we open ourselves to the never ending supply of grace that flows to us from God’s Throne. It is grace that meets us at every fault in the road of our life. It never ceases to be the answer to our deepest need and most heartfelt cry.

Now, let me present what has come upon my heart regarding the Psalms that follow that most powerful and revealing Word of Psalm 2. David, with the strong realization that the wicked one will do his best to wear down those who will inherit the Kingdom along with God’s beloved Son, has written this section of the Psalms to inform and strengthen those who will reign with Christ. See this prayer from Psalm 13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.

Just see those words, put there for us when the enemy has done all in his power to bring us down. What do we have in which to trust? What David called Thy mercy and Thy Salvation. I can say this, oh my dear friend, what I have discovered in the mercy and salvation of the Lord far out weighs any pleasure of possession or joy the world might offer. The truth is there is nothing in the world that can heal the wounded soul that has passed through the dark valley of failure, and through loss and despair, like the mercy and salvation that our Lord God. He offers it freely to whosoever will come to Him, looking to the Lamb that was slain to gain the propitiation for our sin. It’s just amazing! After we have tasted of that merciful salvation, it becomes our inclination to call God Father.

OUR FATHER in the heavens, let Your Name be sanctified and held as holy in our lives. Let Your Kingdom come into our lives. Let it be known in us and through us. Let Your will come into being in us, as it already is in heaven. Let it become the order of our lives. Give us the bread of Your presence, the food that satisfies and strengthens our souls, the provision that enables us to live our lives out to the fullest measure of Your pleasure. Forgive us the offenses, the faults, the sins that have been so heavy in our lives, as we also are forgiving those who have offended us. Keep us from trials that we have not the grace to bear. Rescue us from the evil one who has relentlessly pursued us.

12/20/2019

Day 20—All the prayers from Paul who was imprisoned for the Gospel wind up with rejoicing. See Colossians 1:11

The first person to rejoice at the presence of Jesus as He was becoming known in the earth was one who came later to be known as John the Baptist. This was, indeed, an early rejoicing, perhaps like none other. See this account of it in Luke 1:44—For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. These were the words of Elizabeth whose cousin Mary had come to visit her. Elizabeth, barren and old for giving birth, had conceived one who would be the forerunner of the Christ. Mary was bearing that one, conceived of the Holy Spirit at the Word of the Archangel Gabriel.

Let us hear that Word from Gabriel and take note of Mary’s response as it is recorded in Luke 1: 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David: 33 And He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of His Kingdom there shall be no end.

34 Then said Mary unto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also That Holy Thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

The conversation then continued. 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy Word. And the angel departed from her.

Now, we know the crucified, risen and ascended Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is alive in us! Therefore, we rejoice!

LOVING FATHER, I do rejoice this day because Your Spirit has come upon my life. You granted me repentance! Now, I know Jesus, Your Son! He is alive in my heart! My life is changed! I have a hope that was never there before! There is grace for my sin! There is light for my darkness! Oh, thank You for loving us so much! DEAR FATHER, let this new Life become known in these I now name before You.

12/18/2019

Day 18—Paul gives a closing admonition as we take our testimony to the world.

Nearly everyone of us has communication with people of the world, many of whom do not know the Lord Jesus as their Savior. For this, he gives some practical exhortation that will cause our testimony to be believable.

Let us see now what he told the people of Colosse. His words to them will serve us well also as we see them in Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

To walk in wisdom towards those who are without means being careful in all our conversation and business dealings with people of the world. Whatever involvement we might have with them should increase their desire to know the Lord. If they show prejudice or hostility against us, that is all the more reason for us to demonstrate toward them the grace and peace of the Lord. We should never enter into any communication with a person of the world that would give them reason to reject whatever testimony we might afterwards bear toward them.

It is also expedient that we live always as redeeming the time. This means taking every opportunity of doing good to others, whether they be of our faith or not. Paul gives a similar admonition in Ephesians 5:15 and 16 which we condense here: Walk circumspectly (live with care), redeeming the time, because the days are evil. It is important that we give careful heed to these words, most particularly as the perilous time of the end draws closer upon us. Days may soon become dangerous, with times of trouble and suffering. We should so walk and live among those who oppose us that it will not increase their opposition. Love is the greatest deterrent.

Paul tells us further: Let your speech be always with grace, suitable to our profession as believers. Matthew Henry said this about the speech of a believer: “Though it be not always of grace, it must be always with grace.” This gives us the answer as to how we ought to answer every man.

FATHER, it is my strong desire that my very life itself be a testimony to all who know me. If there are ways or habits in me that hinder my witness for You, then please work in me till I am free of the offense. Grant me the wisdom and the patience necessary for others to see Your grace and love through me. Work in our fellowship so that others who come among us might immediately sense your love.