Daily Strength for Daily Living: Twenty Sermons on Old Testament Themes : with an Appendix on "Abraham's Mistake in the Offering of Isaac" |
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... blessing of any sort without God , than we have of progress without pains , or success without effort . For himself he was of God , and leant on God with his whole weight , drew from Him his gladdening hope , and stimulating forecast ...
... blessing of any sort without God , than we have of progress without pains , or success without effort . For himself he was of God , and leant on God with his whole weight , drew from Him his gladdening hope , and stimulating forecast ...
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... blessing on Asher must read , " Blessed " of GOD , " be Asher before the rest of the sons of Jacob - Israel . Let him be the favoured one among his brethren ; let him dip his foot in oil . May thy fortresses be iron and brass , and thy ...
... blessing on Asher must read , " Blessed " of GOD , " be Asher before the rest of the sons of Jacob - Israel . Let him be the favoured one among his brethren ; let him dip his foot in oil . May thy fortresses be iron and brass , and thy ...
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... blessings of His goodness , " pioneers you , and lays up a store of strength suited for each hour of the whole day , and so link your life with God's , and your days " each to each by natural piety . " In view of these principles let me ...
... blessings of His goodness , " pioneers you , and lays up a store of strength suited for each hour of the whole day , and so link your life with God's , and your days " each to each by natural piety . " In view of these principles let me ...
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... blessed use of the infinite resources of His grace . 2. Do not fetch your to - morrows into your to - days . Remember the familiar lines of Adelaide Anne Proctor- " One by one the sands are flowing , One by one the moments fall ; Some ...
... blessed use of the infinite resources of His grace . 2. Do not fetch your to - morrows into your to - days . Remember the familiar lines of Adelaide Anne Proctor- " One by one the sands are flowing , One by one the moments fall ; Some ...
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... bless us . We will cast all our cares on Him , trust in His grace moment by moment , assured that He is always in front of us , our Leader and Champion , Deliverer and Father ; and that His strength will be sufficient , through Christ ...
... bless us . We will cast all our cares on Him , trust in His grace moment by moment , assured that He is always in front of us , our Leader and Champion , Deliverer and Father ; and that His strength will be sufficient , through Christ ...
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Page 305 - The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Page 152 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of His understanding.
Page 315 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 293 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 253 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 240 - But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 295 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 248 - Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Page 123 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 318 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.