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February 25 The Destitution Of Service “Though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.” 2 Corinthians 12:15 Natural love expects some return, but Paul says – I do not care whether you love me or not, I am willing to destitute myself completely, not merely for your sakes, but that I […] Morning, February 25 Scripture: “The wrath to come.”(Matthew 3:7) It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the position […] Set Apart Scripture: “Ye shall be named the priests of the LORD”(Isaiah 61:6). This literal promise to Israel belongs spiritually to the seed after the Spirit, namely, to all believers. If we live up to our privileges, we shall live unto God so clearly and distinctly that men shall see that we are […] Evening, February 25 Scripture: “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa.”(Jonah 1:3) Instead of going to Nineveh to preach the Word, as God bade him, Jonah disliked the work, and went down to Joppa to escape from it. There are occasions […] February 25 Shut Up To Faith “But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.” (Gal. 3:23). God, in olden time suffered man to be kept in ward by the law that he might learn the more excellent way of faith. […] |
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