To be near unto God - pagina 175
moves him along, so he goes, and so turns the rudder in his inner purpose, and the tiller, and the hand that is upon it, i. e., his will. He This is altogether difis a man without a will. ferent when there is direction in the ship. Then the man at the helm directs the course. He knows where he wa ...
To be near unto God - pagina 11
He who has not learned this secret may say with his lips: It is good for me to hold me fast by God (Ps. 73:27 Prayer-Book version), but he can not grasp it. So he passes it by as though it meant in general a pious frame of mind apart from feeling the burning within of the spark of true personal l ...
To be near unto God - pagina 20
the two kinds of riches in contrast with each other; riches in money and riches in God. Not that one excludes the other. If we are rich in God, it is nothing against us to be rich in worldly goods. For then we will be well aware of the fact that we are but stewards of the Almighty, and money will ...
To be near unto God - pagina 171
moves him along, so he goes, and so turns the rudder in his inner purpose, and the tiller, and the hand that is upon it, i. e., his will. He This is altogether difis a man without a will. ferent when there is direction in the ship. Then He the man at the helm directs the course. lifeknows ...
To be near unto God - pagina 122
Heis a God who is our Heavenl}- Father, who speaks to us, who hears our prayers, in whose breast throbs a heart full of Divine compassion. He IS a personal God, who companies with us as a friend, who turns in with us for the night, and who allows us to dwell in his holy tabernacle. The wor ...
To be near unto God - pagina 352
with you, as shepherd of my people," but far better: **I will walk in the midst of you" (Dutch version). The Lord going forth with his people, and at every step of the way the people being conscious of his nearness and of their fellowship with God. This can be fellowship from both sides, a walkin ...
To be near unto God - pagina 15
and times bear witness that there vibrates another string in mother love than that of selfishness, the sound of which can only be understood child.ownwhenit isThe motherisrecalled that she bore the conscious of a part of herThe two do not life in t ...
To be near unto God - pagina 37
sion of the heart and the sweet joy of being God's child transports us into holy ecstacy. But we can not deal with this now. We have in mind the man who believes, but who through sin and trial has lost in part the sense of being a child of God, and finds himself distant from God. Such spiritual c ...
To be near unto God - pagina 356
with you, as shepherd of my people," but far better: "I will walk in the midst of you" (Dutch version). The Lord going forth with his people, and at every step of the way the people being conscious of his nearness and of their fellowship with God. This can be fellowship from both sides, a walking ...
To be near unto God - pagina 98
that he >moved it now this way, then that, and held it out against the attack. "The Lord is my shield" does not say therefore that God protects us from a distance and that he covers us without effort on our part. ''The Lord is my shield," is the language of faith. It springs from the conscious ...