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To be near unto God - pagina 177
struggle against it. In this way only the victory is gained of the child-like Abba Father. When God is spoken of in a way which shows that there has been no fear of God, nor love to cast it out; that there has been no struggle and consequently no triumph, there is no child-like Abba, dear Father, ...
To be near unto God - pagina 178
moments in his life when he had to confess: "What I would, that do I not; but what I hate, (Rom. 7:15). This is an honest conwhich age upon age has been shamefully abused, that under the cloak of piety one might continue in sin and keep the conscience quiet. An abuse which shall be judged of God. ...
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whenof intentions and cherish holiest purposes, at the time of trial we are bound to fail?Andthisbestmood must beresisted.Thisisdebase-mentIt not only unfits one for the of self. battle of life, but severs the vital nerv ...
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34"NOT ASIWILL."In the "Our Father," and in Gethsemane, it is each time the same prayer: "Thy will be done." But though the emphasis and the words are alike both times, the meaning is different. In the "Our Father" "Thy will be done" means: "Thy will, O God, be done by ...
To be near unto God - pagina 181
angelsfulfil itin heaven/'itstimulates our energy,and when we overcome sin the heart overflows with the feeling of supreme joy. But when "Thy will be done" means "Let things occur not as I desire, but in keeping with thy plan," there is need of submission and re ...
To be near unto God - pagina 182
could a loving God cruelly cast her down from the heights of her great happiness into the depths In perplexity of grief of bereavement and woe? her language becomes that of despair and of"Speak no more of God to me. There is no God." Cruelty can not be love. And so the break of happiness i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 184
does not concern himself with, lis; that he does not apportion or regulate the course of things according to our desire; that there are different motives in his plan, which have nothing to do with our wishes; that if necessary his Might crushes us on the spot; and that in the working of the plan ...
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heart?Not only has he not saved me my dyinghusband and child, and left me praying without coming to my aid, but he has brought these sorrows upon me. He sent illness into my home, and 0, it is almost too cruel for words, he has torn my husband from my heart and has killed my darling ...
To be near unto God - pagina 186
maidenfor the elect of her heart, that we feel is a mysterious, inexplicable power at play. This is not always so with those who are betrothed. Eccentric tension of the mystery ofthat thereloveis rather the exception. Neither should this doting, intoxicating love be as ...
To be near unto God - pagina 188
Thusever the God-given love between huswife, which in vivid imagery is the standing expression of the love that binds the soul to God. In the New Testament this is applied to Christ. He, the son of God's good pleasure, is called the Bridegroom of his Church, and his church is the Bride, wh ...
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