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Do I learn through dark providences, or simply seem relieved when they are over?

Sinclair B. Ferguson

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The weakest faith gets the same strong Christ as does the strongest faith.
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The Son of God came to dwell in human flesh for us in order that He might come to dwell in us by His Spirit.
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Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven.
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Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make.
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