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April 30 The Spontaneity Of Love “Love suffereth long, and is kind . . .” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is not premeditated, it is spontaneous, i.e., it bursts up in extraordinary ways. There is nothing of mathematical certainty in Paul’s category of love. We cannot say – “Now I am going to think no evil; […] Morning, April 30 Scripture: “And all the children of Israel murmured.”(Numbers 14:2) There are murmurers amongst Christians now, as there were in the camp of Israel of old. There are those who, when the rod falls, cry out against the afflictive dispensation. They ask, “Why am I thus afflicted? What have I done to […] The Overcomer’s Reward To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. (Revelation 2:17) My heart, be thou stirred up to persevere in the holy […] Evening, April 30 Scripture: “How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God.”(Psalm 139:17) Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside his mind from us, has us always before his eyes; and […] April 30 Run With Patience “Let us run with patience” (Heb. 12:1). O run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards […] |
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