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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 […] February 15 Am I My Brother’s Keeper? “None of us liveth to himself.” Romans 14:7. Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible for other souls spiritually before God? For instance, if I allow any private deflection from God in my life, everyone about me suffers. We “sit together in heavenly places.” “Whether […] |
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