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Evening, November 13 Scripture: “Men ought always to pray.”(Luke 18:1) If men ought always to pray and not to faint, much more Christian men. Jesus has sent his church into the world on the same errand upon which he himself came, and this mission includes intercession. What if I say that the church is the […] November 13 Faith And Experience “The Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 We have to battle through our moods into absolute devotion to the Lord Jesus, to get out of the hole-and-corner business of our experience into abandoned devotion to Him. Think Who the New Testament says […] Morning “The branch cannot bear fruit of itself.” John 15:4 How did you begin to bear fruit? It was when you came to Jesus and cast yourselves on his great atonement, and rested on his finished righteousness. Ah! what fruit you had then! Do you remember those early days? Then indeed the vine flourished, the […] The Unfailing Watch Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121:4) Jehovah is “the Keeper of Israel.” No form of unconsciousness ever steals over Him, neither the deeper slumber nor the slighter sleep. He never fails to watch the house and the heart of His people. This is a sufficient reason […] November 13 Sailing Through the Tempest “We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place” (Ps. 66:12). Paradoxical though it be, only that man is at rest who attains it through conflict. This peace, born of conflict, is not like the deadly hush preceding the […] |
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