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April 4 Those Borders Of Distrust “Behold, the hour cometh . . . that ye shall be scattered.” John 16:32 Jesus is not rebuking the disciples, their faith was real, but it was disturbed; it was not at work in actual things. The disciples were scattered to their own interests, alive to interests that […] Morning, April 4 Scripture: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”(2 Corinthians 5:21) Mourning Christian! why weepest thou? Art thou mourning over thine own corruptions? Look to thy perfect Lord, and remember, thou art complete in […] God’s Hornets Scripture: “And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee”(Exodus 23:28). What the hornets were we need not consider. They were God’s own army which He sent before His people to sting their enemies and render Israel’s conquest easy. […] Evening, April 4 Scripture: “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord.”(Isaiah 2:3) It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to mount above this present evil world to something nobler and better. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches are apt to choke everything good within […] April 4 Alone In The Desert “And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place” (Luke 9:10). In order to grow in grace, we must be much alone. It is not in society that the soul grows most vigorously. In one single quiet hour of prayer it will often […] |
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