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impatient, and wished she would speak of something else, -or whether you listened and tried to know what she meant. But whether you listened or not, I am sure Jesus was speaking'to you then, just as really as if you could have seen Him at your side. If you heard Him call you by your name you would be sure to listen. But He knows your name, and where you live, and the school to which you go, and what games you play. He thinks about you every moment. He loves you more than-the tenderest father or the gentlest mother ever loved their child. Watch for His voice, then; listen for His messages. II. Bring flowers to the Lord Jesus—I mean do things for His sake. When a little child gathers flowers and offers a bunch to grown-up people, they do not “ I do not see any harm in it!”— Ten Tests. Why not ? Let us look into your eyes! (Matthew 13:16.) Is the dust of worldliness there, can you see clearly? (Isaiah 6:9.) Is there insincerity there, can you sefe singly? (Matthew 6:22.) Are you willing to see any harm in it? (John 7 :17.) Are you blind, so that you won’t see it? (John 9:30.) Will you see any harm in it on a dying bed? (1 Kings 22;25.) Would you like the Lord to come and see you at it? (Luke 12:37,) Can you have communion with Christ in it? (1 John 1 :7.j Can you ask His blessing on it? (Romans 14:23.) Is it profitable, and is it to His glory? (1 Corinthians 10:33.) If not, you had better quit.
always care to have it. Perhaps the stalks are very short, or the. blossoms have drooped in the hot little hand. But the Lord Jesus will never despise anything you do for His sake. Every difficult lesson you take pains to learn, every unselfish act when you are playing, your friendliness at school to some one who is dull, or strange, or shy—all these are flowers He will wel come from you. If you think of Him, how He looks every day to see \vhat you will do for Him, I think you will often be braver and more diligent. You may come to know what a holy man said: “Oh, how sweet to work all day for God, and then to lie down at night beneath His smile.” III. Most of all, the Lord Jesus wants you to trust Him. But there is so much to say about trusting Him that you must hear .it another time. II. Fatherly care (Matthew 10:31). HI. His high destiny for the individual . (Luke 5:10). IV. His high destiny for the community ' (Luke 12:32). V. His presence (Matthew 14:27). , VI. His going on before (Matthew 28:10). VII. His grace (Luke 8:50). Nine Reasons for Bible Study. It is a mirror in which to see myself (James 1:23, 24). It is a hammer to break (Jeremiah 23:29). ‘ It is a fire to purify (Jeremiah 23:29). It is a two-edged sword to pierce (He brews 4:12). It is food to nourish (Jeremiah 15:16). It is a lamp and light to guide (Psalm 119:105). It is good seed to produce a harvest (Matthew 13:37). It is a discerner or corrective (Hebrews 4:12). It is a sword to enable to fight (Ephesians 6:17).
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