The same supplication that draws God’s blessings down draws the soul up. What is worldliness? It is simply pursuing the activities of the present life without thought of God. Many Christians need to be con verted from lying in bed in the-morn ing. The effort to express more than we feel eventually destroys what feelings we have. If you would not eat forbidden fruit, keep away from the forbidden tree. It is our business to do right and God’s business to see that we come out right. Three mountain trips: Go to Sinai and see your sins; go to Calvary and behold your Saviour; go to Zion and view your home. The. greatest of all faults is to he conscious of none. The Bible should be read as a priv ilege and not as a task or act of pen ance. Good had it been for some saints if they had never known prosperity. Faith never yet outstripped the bounty of the Lord. A grateful mind is a great mind. Abom ination!-------------------------- DEUTERONOMY 22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s gar ment: for all that do so are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
The fellow who has an abundance of push will get along without any pull. The prayers of God’s people are the best walls round my house. Fritter away the early morning in other pursuits than seeking God, and you will make poor headway seeking Him all the rest of the day. Empty buckets are fittest for the well of grace. Better that Saul had continued in obscurity tending his father’s asses, than to be enthroned and so soon de throned. Whatever our circumstances, it can not be necessary to disobey God. Some men who will not respond to the snap of any man’s finger will re spond to the snap of a pocketbook. If you are too big to obey, you are too little to be obeyed. Christ sends none away empty but those who are full of themselves. One of the curses of the ministry is utter smoothness. When a file gets smooth it is of no account. Some men are known by the company they cannot get into. Never make a plan without seeking God’s guidance. Never achieve a suc cess without giving God the praise. Let great men beware of flatterers. Remember nature has given us two ears that we may hear both sides. Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. A gash in the conscience may dis figure the soul forever. Be steadfast, unmovable: never un buckle your armor until you put on your shroud. The lazier a man is the more he intends to do tomorrow.
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