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February 16 The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative Arise from the dead . . . —Ephesians 5:14 Not all initiative, the willingness to take the first step, is inspired by God. Someone may say to you, “Get up and get going! Take your reluctance by the throat and throw it overboard— just do what needs to […] Morning, February 16 Scripture: “I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.”(Philippians 4:11) These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles […] You Deal with God Scripture: “I will not execute the fierceness of Mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man”(Hosea 11:9). The LORD thus makes known His sparing mercies. It may be that the reader is now under heavy displeasure, and everything threatens his speedy […] Evening, February 16 Scripture: “Thy good Spirit.”(Nehemiah 9:20) Common, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and ingratitude. He deserves well at our hands, for he is good, supremely good. As God, he is good essentially. He shares in the threefold ascription of Holy, holy, holy, which […] February 16 Ordering the Stops “In waiting, I waited, for the Lord” (Ps. 40:1, margin). Waiting is much more difficult than walking. Waiting requires patience, and patience is a rare virtue. It is fine to know that God builds hedges around His people–when the hedge is looked at from the viewpoint of […] |
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