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May 11 You Won’t Reach It On Tiptoe “Add to your brotherliness . . . love.” 2 Peter 1:7 Love is indefinite to most of us, we do not know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the sovereign preference of one person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that that preference […] Morning, May 11 “I am with you alway.” Matthew 28:20 It is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever with us. It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the sea of life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon rusting, moth-eaten, decaying treasures, […] Wait for the Finals Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. (Genesis 49:19) Some of us have been like the tribe of Gad. Our adversaries for a while were too many for us; they came upon us like a troop. Yes, and for the moment they overcame […] Evening, May 11 Scripture: “Only be thou strong and very courageous.”(Joshua 1:7) Our God’s tender love for his servants makes him concerned for the state of their inward feelings. He desires them to be of good courage. Some esteem it a small thing for a believer to be vexed with doubts and fears, but […] May 11 Faith Triumphs “Under hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed” (Rom. 4:18). (Weymouth) Abraham’s faith seemed to be in a thorough correspondence with the power and constant faithfulness of Jehovah. In the outward circumstances in which he was placed, he had not the greatest cause to expect the fulfillment of the promise. Yet he believed […] |
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