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July 24 Christ’s Business is Supreme “His disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray . . . and he said unto them, When ye pray, say. . . Thy kingdom come” (Luke 11:1, 2). When they said, “Teach us to pray,” the Master lifted His eyes and swept the far horizon of God. […] July 23 Fight the Good Fight “The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come. I have fought in the good fight; I have kept the faith” (2 Tim. 4:6, 7). As soldiers show their scars and talk of battles when they come at last to spend their old age […] July 22 Worship in the Night “Ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion” (Ps. 134:1, 3). Strange time for adoration, you say, to stand in God’s house by night, to worship in the depth of […] July 21 Learning From Suffering “If I am in distress, it is in the interests of your comfort, which is effective as it nerves you to endure the same sufferings as I suffered myself. Hence my hope for you is well-founded, since I know that as you share the sufferings you share the comfort also” […] July 20 Achieving the Victory “For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a weight of glory” (2 Cor. 4:17). (Weymouth) “Is achieving for us,” mark. The question is repeatedly asked–Why is the life of man drenched with so much blood, and blistered with so many tears? The answer is […] |
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