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Evening, August 8 Scripture: “All things are possible to him that believeth.”(Mark 9:23) Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for “all things are possible to him that believeth”; and it is possible for us to mount into […] Evening, August 7 Scripture: “Satan hindered us.”(1 Thessalonians 2:18) Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us. From all points of the compass, all along the line of battle, in the vanguard and in the rear, at […] Evening, August 6 Scripture: “Let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.”(Psalm 72:19) This is a large petition. To intercede for a whole city needs a stretch of faith, and there are times when a prayer for one man is enough to stagger us. But how far-reaching was the psalmist’s dying […] Evening, August 5 Scripture: “Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?”(Numbers 32:6) Kindred has its obligations. The Reubenites and Gadites would have been unbrotherly if they had claimed the land which had been conquered, and had left the rest of the people to fight for their portions alone. We have received […] Evening, August 4 Scripture: “I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands.”(Haggai 2:17) How destructive is the hail to the standing crops, beating out the precious grain upon the ground! How grateful ought we to be when the corn is spared so terrible a ruin! […] |
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