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To be near unto God - pagina 121
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, the secret walk with God. Paul prays for theisEphesians (3:16) that the ...
To be near unto God - pagina 122
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 ...
To be near unto God - pagina 123
And when the "Cultivate the the atmosphere except as Godmatter is pressed, and it is said, secret walk with God and drink in of the life above," no one responds, draws him. And if we are privilthis secret fellowship, it but showseged to know what excellent grace has been bestowed up ...
To be near unto God - pagina 124
of this all-dominating thought too closely, the fact that God is Spirit lifts human life above the whole visible world and exalts the* spirit within us to the high spheres of the invisible world where God For if God is dwells in light unapproachable. Spirit, he is altogether independent of this v ...
To be near unto God - pagina 125
be confessed that he, too, is a spirit and that his are spirits. This does not make sin purely spiritual, neither does it exclude sin from the world of matter. But it means that all sin, including voluptuousness and drunkenness, originates in the spirit, and that the Psalmist was correct when he ...
To be near unto God - pagina 126
Heis a God who is our Heavenly 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 work ...
To be near unto God - pagina 127
up our arm to protect achild or towardoffanassailant.When whom isthe prophet Isaiah asks (53:1): To the arm of the Lord revealed? and the question in turn is put to you Is the arm of the Lord revealed to you? it does not mean in a vague general way ...
To be near unto God - pagina 128
strength" which tion. It sufficientisalltheir assuranceand salva-can not be insisted upon therefore with urgency that Bible reading be made amore serious business; that we wean ourselves from the false tendency to take everything in Scripture metaphorical ...
To be near unto God - pagina 129
the prayers of our Savior had been prewriting, it would have been an inexhaustible treasure. First, the child-hke prayers of his early life, which already at the age of twelve showed such Divine traits that even in its still undeveloped form it breathed perfection and apprehended it. Then the per ...
To be near unto God - pagina 130
entrance of the Holy One into our life, not merely to live forever, but to have a life which in its own nature is eternal. When something stirs in a secret place and something proceeds therefrom, there is life. The pregnant mother feels life when she is aware of motion within, and then knows that ...
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