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May 20 The Realm Of The Real “In your patience possess ye your souls.” Luke 21:19 When a man is born again, there is not the same robustness in his thinking or reasoning for a time as formerly. We have to make an expression of the new life, to form the mind of Christ. “Acquire […] Morning, May 20 “Marvellous lovingkindness.” Psalm 17:7 When we give our hearts with our alms, we give well, but we must often plead to a failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favours are always performed with the love of his heart. He does not send to us the cold […] We Dare Not Doubt I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron. (Isaiah 45:2) This was for Cyrus; but it is evermore the heritage of all the Lord’s own spiritual servants. Only let us go […] Evening, May 20 Scripture: “I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love.”(Hosea 11:4) Our heavenly Father often draws us with the cords of love; but ah! how backward we are to run towards him! How slowly do we respond to his gentle impulses! He draws us to exercise a more […] May 20 Quicken Us “Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, wilt quicken us again” (Ps. 71:20, RV). God shows us the troubles. Sometimes, as this part of our education is being carried forward, we have to descend into “the lower parts of the earth,” pass through subterranean passages, lie buried amongst the […] |
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