week. How do we spend our time? Can you account for yours in a way that would bring glory to the Lord? The question is: What are you do ing with what you have? We may not be able to hold much, but we can overflow a great deal. We must also be able to give an account of our thoughts to the Lord. Our minds should be so ordered that we can stand before Him at any time without embarrassment. We must give an account of our selves to God for our whole lives. So many squander their time in riotous living, sin and debauchery. Others live a wasted life, although seeking to live morally. If we know not the Lord as personal Saviour, there is nothing eternally profitable. Your life should be invested that it may yield fruit throughout all eternity. How is your life being lived? Let us pray that our lives will be invested for Jesus’ sake, and that we will be using our thoughts, our hours, our abilities and all that we have to His glory, and for His sake.
THE JOYFUL CHR IST IAN
by Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland
T here is a wonderfully recurring word in Scripture that should be the possession of every believer. It’s the word, “joy.” John quotes our Lord as saying, “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:11). The world knows absolutely noth ing about joy. People without Christ may experience happiness, but this all depends on external conditions. A person may be joyful and not happy, and vice versa. Joy is dis tinctly a Christian word. While hap piness comes from w ithou t, joy springs from within; it's not depen dent upon outward circumstances. All the happiness in the world ean never bring or breed joy. Hardly a day passes that the papers aren’t crowded with tragedy stalking the face of the globe. This is why people turn to suicide, alcohol, drugs, and other outward things to find satis faction. Joy, you see, is a condition of the heart. It reveals the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. One of the wonders of the world is that in Christianity we can have
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