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August 29 Sublime Intimacy Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” John 11:40 Every time you venture out in the life of faith, you will find something in your common-sense circumstances that flatly contradicts your faith. Common sense is not faith, and faith is […] Evening, August 29 Scripture: “All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.”(Numbers 6:4) Nazarites had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate the obligation, they were […] Morning “Have mercy upon me, O God.” Psalm 51:1 When Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the text for your funeral sermon?” He replied, “Oh, I feel that such a poor sinful creature is unworthy to have […] Plentiful Refreshment Their soul shall be as a watered garden. (Jeremiah 31:12) Oh, to have one’s soul under heavenly cultivation; no longer a wilderness but a garden of the Lord! Enclosed from the waste, walled around by grace, planted by instruction, visited by love, weeded by heavenly discipline, and guarded by divine power, […] August 29 According to Our Faith “According to your faith be it unto you” (Matt. 9:29). “Praying through” might be defined as praying one’s way into full faith, emerging while yet praying into the assurance that one has been accepted and heard, so that one becomes actually aware of receiving, by firmest anticipation and in […] |
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