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May 26 Think As Jesus Taught “Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we think rightly. The blood flows ceaselessly, and […] Morning, May 26 “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.” Psalm 55:22 Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried to excess, has in it the nature of sin. The precept to avoid anxious care is earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again and again; it is reiterated by the apostles; […] Commonest Things Blessed Ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water. (Exodus 23:25) What a promise is this! To serve God is in itself a high delight. But what an added privilege to have the blessing of the Lord resting upon us in all things! […] Evening, May 26 Scripture: “Continue in the faith.”(Acts 14:22) Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts. It is with a Christian as it was with the great Napoleon: he […] May 26 God’s Best “Take the arrows. . . . Smite upon the ground. And he smote twice and stayed. And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times” (2 Kings 13:18, 19). How striking and eloquent the message of these words! Jehoash thought he […] |
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