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August 18 The Just Shall Live by Faith “The just shall live by faith.” (Heb. 10:38). Seemings and feelings are often substituted for faith. Pleasurable emotions and deep satisfying experiences are part of the Christian life, but they are not all of it. Trials, conflicts, battles and testings lie along the way, and are not […] August 17 Cast Your Burdens Upon God “Look from the top” (Song of Solomon 4:8). Crushing weights give the Christian wings. It seems like a contradiction in terms, but it is a blessed truth. David out of some bitter experience cried: “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and […] August 16 Be Sure of His Promises “Do as thou hast said, that thy name may be magnified forever” (1 Chron. 17:23-24). This is a most blessed phase of true prayer. Many a time we ask for things which are not absolutely promised. We are not sure therefore until we have persevered for some time […] August 15 Our Dependency on Christ “We are troubled on every side” (2 Cor. 7:5). Why should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pressure and […] August 14 Hold on Until the End “We are made partaker of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end” (Heb. 3:14). It is the last step that wins; and there is no place in the pilgrim’s progress where so many dangers lurk as the region that lies hard by […] |
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