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Heavenly Alchemy Your sorrow shall be turned into joy. (John 16:20) Their particular sorrow was the death and absence of their Lord, and it was turned into joy when He rose from the dead and showed Himself in their midst. All the sorrows of saints shall be thus transmuted, even the worst of them, which […] Mountains Turned to Plains Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. (Zechariah 4:7) At this hour a mountain of difficulty, distress, or necessity may be in our way, and natural reason sees no path […] Pardon and Forgiveness He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. (Psalm 103:9) He will chide sometimes, or He would not be a wise Father for such poor, erring children as we are. His chiding is very painful to those who are true, because they feel how sadly they deserve […] Acquiring Perseverance The Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little. (Deuteronomy 7:22) We are not to expect to win victories for the Lord Jesus by a single blow. Evil principles and practices die hard. In some places it takes years of labor to drive out even one of […] No Condemnation In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. (Jeremiah 50:20) A glorious word indeed! What a perfect pardon is […] |
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