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May 8 The Patience Of Faith “Because thou hast kept the word of My patience.” Revelation 3:10 Patience is more than endurance. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, and He stretches and […] Morning, May 8 “He that was healed wist not who it was.” John 5:13 Years are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while he lay at the […] Help Wanted Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. (Matthew 20:7) Yes, there is work in Christ’s vineyard for old bodies. It is the eleventh hour, and yet He will let us work. What grace is this! Surely every old man ought to jump at this invitation! […] Evening, May 8 Scripture: “Acquaint now thyself with him.”(Job 22:21) If we would rightly “acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace,” we must know him as he has revealed himself, not only in the unity of his essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of his persons. God said, “Let us make […] May 8 Heart’s Sacrifice “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” (Phil. 3:7). When they buried the blind preacher, George Matheson, they lined his grave with red roses in memory of his love-life of sacrifice. And it was this man, so beautifully and significantly honored, who wrote, “O Love […] |
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