Seventy Times Seven
The measure of true forgiveness The prayer which Christ taught His disciples falls into two parts. The first is Godward; the second is manward. The former has in view the glory of God; the latter deals with the needs of men. There...
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Ministering Sisters
Only heaven will reveal how much we owe them. All thinking men realize they depend on the ministry of women from cradle to grave. Therefore it is not surprising that He who was truly Man, although He came “not to be...
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God’s Sure Purpose
It is God’s will, and I delight in it even when it disappoints my hopes. “As for God, His way is perfect”; He has a purpose which He is steadily carrying out, and He is making all things work together...
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Encourage Your Sisters
Don’t leave widows out of your social plans. Often when a husband dies, his wife is no longer invited out to dinner since it’s “a couple thing.” Then invite a couple of widows! Make sure that those who don’t have a...
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The Desert Rest
“Come apart” or come apart. As in the days when He tabernacled among men, so today the Lord, though the center of the heavenly host and the theme of their song, longs for the companionship of His saints. He wants their...
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Help in Time of Need
“Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there.” Who can estimate fully God’s ways? Prosperity in earthly things, or even in the result of service for Christ, does not always go hand in hand with the soul’s advancement. Who does not...
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Disappointments
Are they really His appointments? We never travel very far on our pilgrimage until we are aware that God is intervening in our lives to effect His purposes of love. But often these interventions cause us much disappointment and are contrary...
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That Sinking Feeling
“Through the paths of the seas” (Ps. 8:8) When someone informs us that Brother Downanout is passing through deep waters, we know at once what is meant. There are few who have had any experience at all on the journey heavenward...
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A Lid for the Soul
Keeping out the defiling influences What is the significance of a statement like this today? “Every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean” (Num. 19:15). Surely the circumstances to which it refers no longer exist. Is not...
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