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February 24 The Delight Of Sacrifice “I will very gladly spend and be spent for you;” 2 Corinthians 12:15 When the Spirit of God has shed abroad the love of God in our hearts, we begin deliberately to identify ourselves with Jesus Christ’s interests in other people, and Jesus Christ is interested in every kind […] Morning, February 24 Scripture: “I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.”(Ezekiel 34:26) Here is sovereign mercy—“I will give them the shower in its season.” Is it not sovereign, divine mercy?—for who can say, “I will give them showers,” except God? There is only one […] Hear So as to Be Heard Scripture: “If ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you”(John 15:7). Note well that we must hear Jesus speak if we expect Him to hear us speak. If we have no ear […] Evening, February 24 Scripture: “O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy upon Jerusalem? … And the Lord answered the angel … with good words and comfortable words.”(Zechariah 1:12,13) What a sweet answer to an anxious enquiry! This night let us rejoice in it. O Zion, there are good things […] February 24 Grow in the Gloom “I have all, and abound” (Phil. 4:18). In one of my garden books there is a chapter with a very interesting heading, “Flowers that Grow in the Gloom.” It deals with those patches in a garden which never catch the sunlight. And my guide tells me […] |
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