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Evening, October 8 Scripture: “Praying in the Holy Ghost.”(Jude 20) Mark the grand characteristic of true prayer－“In the Holy Ghost.” The seed of acceptable devotion must come from heaven’s storehouse. Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. We must shoot the Lord’s arrows back to him. That desire which he writes […] October 8 The Exclusiveness Of Christ “Come unto Me.” Matthew 11:28 Is it not humiliating to be told that we must come to Jesus! Think of the things we will not come to Jesus Christ about. If you want to know how real you are, test yourself by these words – “Come unto Me.” […] Morning “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” Luke 5:4 We learn from this narrative, the necessity of human agency. The draught of fishes was miraculous, yet neither the fisherman nor his boat, nor his fishing tackle were ignored; but all were used to take the fishes. So in […] Never Alone Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken. (Isaiah 62:4) “Forsaken” is a dreary word. It sounds like a knell. It is the record of sharpest sorrows and the prophecy of direst ills. An abyss of misery yawns in that word forsaken. Forsaken by one who pledges his honor! Forsaken by a friend so […] October 8 The Summer Will Come “Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you” (Isa. 30:18). Where showers fall most, there the grass is greenest. I suppose the fogs and mists of Ireland make it “the Emerald Isle”; and whenever you find great fogs of trouble, and mists of sorrow, you […] |
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