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Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.

A. B. Simpson

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There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace.
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Have you ever learned the beautiful art of letting God take care of you and giving all your thought and strength to pray for others and for the kingdom of God? It will relieve you of a thousand cares.
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One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
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The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.
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Prayer is the link that connects us with God.
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You will have no test of faith that will not fit you to be a blessing if you are obedient to the Lord. I never had a trial but when I got out of the deep river I found some poor pilgrim on the bank that I was able to help by that very experience.
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The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.
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Christ rises above all things.
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We must never forget that Christ did not suffer just during His three years of public ministry or the last few days of His life when He was crucified. No, He suffered throughout His life on earth. He who was without sin lived daily with the corruption and sinfulness of lost humanity.
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I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.
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If God's Word is not absolutely and completely true, it is too weak a cable to fix our anchorage and guarantee our eternal peace.
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As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
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Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.
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One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness.
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Warning: we may become so enamored with God's good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.
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All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.
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Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.
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