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Decreasing Into His Purpose “He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30 If you become a necessity to a soul, you are out of God’s order. As a worker, your great responsibility is to be a friend of the Bridegroom. When once you see a soul in sight of the claims of Jesus Christ, […] Morning, March 24 Scripture: “He was heard in that he feared.”(Hebrews 5:7) Did this fear arise from the infernal suggestion that he was utterly forsaken. There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken? “See,” said Satan, “thou hast a friend nowhere! Thy Father […] Established and Kept Scripture: “But the LORD is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil”(2 Thessalonians 3:3). Men are often as devoid of reason as of faith. There are with us still “unreasonable and wicked men.” There is no use in arguing with them or trying to be at peace […] Evening, March 24 Scripture: “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit.”(Luke 10:21) The Saviour was “a man of sorrows,” but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that down deep in his innermost soul he carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. Of all the human race, there was never a man […] March 24 Counting the Cost “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord” (Phil. 3:8). This is the happy season of ripening cornfields, of the merry song of the reapers, of the secured and garnered grain. But let me hearken to the sermon […] |
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