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February 24 The Delight Of Sacrifice “I will very gladly spend and be spent for you;” 2 Corinthians 12:15 When the Spirit of God has shed abroad the love of God in our hearts, we begin deliberately to identify ourselves with Jesus Christ’s interests in other people, and Jesus Christ is interested in every kind […] February 23 The Determination To Serve “The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” Matthew 20:28 Paul’s idea of service is the same as Our Lord’s: “I am among you as He that serveth;” “ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.” We have the idea that a man called to the […] February 22 The Discipline Of Spiritual Tenacity “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too […] February 21 Have You Ever Been Carried Away For Him? “She hath wrought a good work on Me.” Mark 14:6 If human love does not carry a man beyond himself, it is not love. If love is always discreet, always wise, always sensible and calculating, never carried beyond itself, it is not love at all. […] February 20 The Initiative Against Dreaming “Arise, let us go hence.” John 14:31 Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong. After Our Lord had said those wonderful things to His disciples, we might have expected that He would […] |
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