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February 22 The Discipline Of Spiritual Tenacity “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too […] Morning, February 22 Scripture: “His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.”(Genesis 49:24) That strength which God gives to his Josephs is real strength; it is not a boasted valour, a fiction, a thing of which men talk, but […] Past Deliverance Begets Faith Scripture: “David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine”(1 Samuel 17:37). This is not a promise if we consider only the words, but […] Evening, February 22 Scripture: “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power.”(Nahum 1:3) Jehovah “is slow to anger.” When mercy cometh into the world she driveth winged steeds; the axles of her chariot-wheels are red hot with speed; but when wrath goeth forth, it toileth on with tardy footsteps, for God […] February 22 No Miracles “And the rest, some on boards, some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land” (Acts 27:44). The marvelous story of Paul’s voyage to Rome, with its trials and triumphs, is a fine pattern of the lights […] |
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