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November 16 Instant Obedience “In the selfsame day, as God had said unto him” (Gen. 17:23). Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Every time God calls us to any duty, He is offering to make a covenant with us; doing the duty is our […] November 15 Can Thine Heart Endure? “We know not what we should pray for as we ought” (Rom. 8:26). Much that perplexes us in our Christian experience is but the answer to our prayers. We pray for patience, and our Father sends those who tax us to the utmost; for “tribulation worketh […] November 14 The Discipline of Faith “All things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:23). The “all things” do not always come simply for the asking, for the reason that God is ever seeking to teach us the way of faith, and in our training in the faith life there must […] November 13 Sailing Through the Tempest “We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place” (Ps. 66:12). Paradoxical though it be, only that man is at rest who attains it through conflict. This peace, born of conflict, is not like the deadly hush preceding the […] November 12 Lie Still and Trust “I had fainted unless…!(Ps. 27:13). “FAINT NOT!” How great is the temptation at this point! How the soul sinks, the heart grows sick, and the faith staggers under the keen trials and testings which come into our lives in times of special bereavement and suffering. […] |
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