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heart as his own idol. There is no reference here to the unconverted. He who here prays knows that he has become God's servant, that he has entered into the service of the Almighty; that he has been with God, and that he has strayed away from him. This is clearly expressed in the image of the she ...
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Thus the hght of God's countenance ought to frighten us, and yet it does not. And it can not do this, because it lays bare to us the fulness of grace which is alive in the Father-heart of God. When anyone does not believe in the entire forgiveness of sm, God hides his face from him. Only when fai ...
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from wandering to wandering away. And then everything became uncertain, restless and comfortless. Influences from beneath repressed holy influences from above. God seemed far removed from him. The tie of faith in Christ which was once so firmly strung, was weak. It was dark for the soul and in th ...
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its source. 5i)reads itself over an everwidening surface across the connriy below, and at once every object in the track of that light comes out in clear sight. Nothing remains hidden. And so the heart- and soul-searching light from the Allseeing Eye above shines forth into the deepestpoin ...
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themselves, to feel his lov^e; that He regenerated them, but that conscious faith did not reach the fuller knowledge of his name. This led to the unusual condition that God worked inwardly with his power, but that in spite of it doubt filled the heart and mind. We have all known certain people wh ...
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means of hard and perilous times, which try us to the utmost; by contact with different people who are met by the way; by impressions of angels that hover about us at his command, and by his secret workings in the heart. It is an embroidering which God works upon the soul in all sorts of colors a ...
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oi little elevation of character degrades us. Daily intercourse with people of nobler disposition, of more seriousness of thought, and of holier aims in life, spin- us on to better things ourselves. good man is like a good genius to us. Pure environments hold us back from things that pull us down ...
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fore to seek fresh air and a healthy atmosphere. In hot and sultry summer days we pant for the And they who are relief which evening brings. in easy reach of the shore revel in the cool invigorating air of the sea. And since we are two-sided, that is to say, since we consist of body and soul, the ...
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maypartake of the inspiration that goes forthfrom a finely-strung nature among our fellow men. But the highest of all, the influence of which for real strengthening of heart far exceeds all others, Paul prays for the is the secret walk with God.Ephesians (3:16) that they migh ...
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To be near unto God - pagina 118
near unto him, continual consciousness of his holy, encouraging and inspiring presence, personal realization of God's nearness on every side, with all of life immersed, as it were, in the glory that shines out from the Divine Being, and feeling in the heart the throbbings of the Father-heart of G ...