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July 29 What Do You See In Your Clouds? “Behold, He cometh with clouds.” Revelation 1:7 In the Bible clouds are always connected with God. Clouds are those sorrows or sufferings or providences, within or without our personal lives, which seem to dispute the rule of God. It is by those very clouds that […] July 28 After Obedience – What? And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . .” Mark 6:45-52 We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never […] July 27 The Way To Know “If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine . . .” John 7:17 The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus […] July 26 The Account With Purity “Out of the heart proceed . . .” Matthew 15:18-20 We begin by trusting our ignorance and calling it innocence, by trusting our innocence and calling it purity; and when we hear these rugged statements of Our Lord’s, we shrink and say – But I never felt any […] July 25 Am I Blessed Like This? Blessed are . . .” Matthew 5:3-10 When we first read the statements of Jesus they seem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unobserved into our unconscious minds. For instance, the Beatitudes seem merely mild and beautiful precepts for all unworldly and useless people, but of […] |
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