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October 17 Delayed “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners a land that is not theirs; . . . they shall afflict them four hundred years; . . . and afterward they shall come out with great substance” (Gen. 15:12-14). An assured part of God’s pledged blessing to us is delay and […] October 16 He Refines Them “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world” (Gal. 6:14). They were living to themselves; self with its hopes, and promises and dreams, still had hold of them; but the […] October 15 Satan’s Tools “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and, let us run with patience the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1). There are weights which are not sins in themselves, but which become distractions and stumbling blocks in our Christian progress. One […] October 14 Broken Things “By reason of breakings they purify themselves” (Job 41:25). God uses most for His glory those people and things which are most perfectly broken. The sacrifices He accepts are broken and contrite hearts. It was the breaking down of Jacob’s natural strength at Peniel that got him where God could clothe […] October 13 Desperate Situations “The angel of the Lord came upon him (Peter) and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off” (Acts 12:7). “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God. . […] |
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