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October 22 The Witness Of The Spirit “The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit. . .” Romans 8:16 (R.V.) We are in danger of getting the barter spirit when we come to God, we want the witness before we have done what God tells us to do. “Why does not God reveal Himself […] Evening, October 22 Scripture: “He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.”(John 16:15) There are times when all the promises and doctrines of the Bible are of no avail, unless a gracious hand shall apply them to us. We are thirsty, but too faint to crawl to the water- brook. When a […] Morning “I will love them freely.” Hosea 14:4 This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fulness is a true master in Israel. It is a condensation of the glorious message of salvation which was delivered to us in […] Plead His Own Promise Thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. (2 Samuel 7:29) This is a promise pleaded, and so it yields double instruction to us. Anything which the Lord God has spoken we should receive as surely true and […] October 22 When God Says No “There hath not failed one word of all his good promise” (1 Kings 8:56). Some day we shall understand that God has a reason in every NO which He speaks through the slow movement of life. “Somehow God makes up to us.” How often, when His people are worrying […] |
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