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July 28 After Obedience – What? And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . .” Mark 6:45-52 We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never […] Evening, July 28 Scripture: “Who went about doing good.”(Acts 10:38) Few words, but yet an exquisite miniature of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are not many touches, but they are the strokes of a master’s pencil. Of the Saviour and only of the Saviour is it true in the fullest, broadest, and most unqualified […] Morning “So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.” Psalm 73:22 Remember this is the confession of the man after God’s own heart; and in telling us his inner life, he writes, “So foolish was I, and ignorant.” The word “foolish,” here, means more than it signifies in ordinary language. […] Bow Down; Be Lifted Up Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. (1 Peter 5:6) This is tantamount to a promise: if we will bow down, the Lord will lift us up. Humility leads to honor; submission is the way to exaltation. That same […] July 28 The Path to Blessing “To him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon because he hath wholly followed the Lord” (Deut. 1:36). Every hard duty that lies in your path, that you would rather not do, that it will cost you pain and struggle or sore effort to do, has […] |
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