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Monday, May 14th, 2012
The habit of enjoying the disagreeable
That the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 2 Cor. 4:10. We have to form habits to express what God’s grace has done in us. It is not a question of being saved from hell, but of being saved in order to manifest the life of the Son of [...]
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
The habit of a good conscience
A conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. Acts 24:16. God’s commands are given to the life of His Son in us, consequently to the human nature in which His Son has been formed, His commands are difficult, but immediately we obey they become divinely easy. Conscience is that faculty in me which [...]
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Make a habit of having no habits
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:8. When we begin to form a habit we are conscious of it. There are times when we are conscious of becoming virtuous and patient [...]
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Friday, May 11th, 2012
You won’t reach it on tiptoe
Add to your brotherliness . . . love. 2 Peter 1:7. Love is indefinite to most of us, we do not know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the sovereign preference of one person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that that preference be for Himself (cf. Luke 14:26). When the [...]
