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To be near unto God - pagina 315
we crave personal presence. Human nature consists of soul and body, and is only fully satisfied when fellowship of soul with soul is accompanied by physical presence. In the realm of glory, communion with God's saints will only be made perfect by the sight of one another in the glorified body. Fe ...
To be near unto God - pagina 316
are never separated from God. We ran not be an5rwhere and God not be near. He besets us behind and before. Whither shall we go from his Spirit, whither shall we flee from his presence. We can not escape the presence of God. *'If I make my bed in hell," sings David, Ps. 139. "behold Thou art there ...
To be near unto God - pagina 317
He is sovereign to grant liia to the soul or to withhold it. I^t him who received it, therefore, take thought, granted a that thereby he was privilege above all other privileges, a royal, heavenly and Divine grace of highest worth. And that we take this blessedness at this high worth will be evid ...
To be near unto God - pagina 318
ship with the Divine Being, For though, provided applied with utmost care, such losing of oneself in spiritual vision of the Infinite, as result of private prayer, can have a value of its own. It is not what continually being "near unto God" implies. It can not mean this because in holy, mystical ...
To be near unto God - pagina 319
into every interest of life, so we should allow the thought of God, the lifting up of the soul to God, the faith on, and the love for, God unceasingly to operate in and with everything. This prevents estrangement, and stra3dng away, and accustoms the soul to be continually "near unto God." This i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 321
.soul in truth the call of confidence goes forth: with thee." (Ps. 143:9 marg. "I hide me Loi reading) Hiding with God is not dwelling in his tent, or knowing the secret grace of the hidden walk. Hiding never indicates a fixed condition, but always something transient. seek shelter from a ...
To be near unto God - pagina 322
connected with the hour of terror; when the water has risen to the hps, when dark dread has suddenly overtaken the soul, when there is no way of escape, when dark night settles on the heart, when faith no longer trusts itself. Then there is an heroic taking hold of self, and as in the moment of d ...
To be near unto God - pagina 320
the waters in the flood of destruction that came upon the people began to rise; without waiting for an answer to their cry, they should have sought refuge with God. The people did not do this. They trusted in their own strength andAnd then instead underestimated the danger. of the people c ...
To be near unto God - pagina 323
God the battle is no longer one between the world, but between the world and God. He who hides with God commits his cause to God. He withdraws himself from it. All his support and hope is the righteousness of his And only when this has openly been Lord. shown, he comes out from his hiding again i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 325
69"THOU DOST NOT HEAR ME." True prayer calls for an answer from God. But not all prayer is genuine. There is a great difference between formal prayer of the lips and earnest outpouring of soul in supplication.Form-prayer however should not be underestimated. And It implies a ...
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