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"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked"
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Perfect Peace
15 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
In the secret of God’s tabernacle no enemy can find us, and no troubles can reach us. The pride of man and the strife of tongues find no entrance into the pavilion of God. The secret of his presence is a more secure refuge than a thousand Gibraltars. I do not mean that no trials come. They may come in abundance, but they cannot penetrate into the sanctuary of the soul, and we may dwell in perfect peace even in the midst of life fiercest storms. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith -
How Much We Enjoy
14 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon -
By the Grace of God
13 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am. ~ John Newton -
Focusing Our Heart
12 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
We cannot live with bitterness because it will first manifest itself in our spirit, then in our emotions, and finally in our bodies. ~ Tom Drout -
Genuine Fire
11 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools as to refuse good bank notes because there are false ones in circulation; and although we see here and there manifestations of what appears to us to be nothing more than mere earthly fire, we none the less prize and value, and seek for the genuine fire which comes from the altar of the Lord. ~ General William Booth -
False Expectations Destroyed
10 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
The only way you can be delivered from that sin is to have your false expectations destroyed, once and for all. And that is precisely what happened between Palm Sunday and Good Friday . Jesus drew the false, sinful expectations of the world unto himself, absorbed them, and bore them on the cross. His death was the death of all of our false expectations, and therefore his death was the death of sin itself. The false piety of Palm Sunday is crucified on Good Friday and buried that night, in order that true faith in God might be created on Easter through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. ~ Edwin Peterman -
Few Bearers
09 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but few desire His tribulation. He finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but He finds few hands who will be with Him in His abstinence and fasting…But those who love Jesus purely for Himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless Him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. And if He never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise Him. ~ Thomas a Kempis -
All That God Requires
08 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
When prayer is less sweet and easy; when love is less animated and tender; when the presence of God is less evident and less consoling; when even outward duties are fulfilled with less facility and enjoyment; then faithfulness is greater when maintained under these painful circumstances, and that is all that God requires. ~ Francois Fenelon -
Never Led Astray
07 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
The beautiful thing about this adventure called faith is that we can count on Him never to lead us astray. ~ Chuck Swindoll -
We Fail. God Never Fails.
06 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
Envied by some, despised by many, hated by others, often blamed for things I never heard of or had nothing to do with… often sick in body as well as perplexed in mind and embarrassed by circumstances-had not the Lord been specially gracious to me, had not my mind been sustained by the conviction that the work is His and that He is with me in what it is no empty figure to call “The think of the conflict,” I must have fainted or broken down. But the battles is the Lord’s, and He will conquer. We may fail-do fail continually-but He never fails. Still, I need your prayers more than ever. ~ James Hudson Taylor -
Comforter
05 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
In trouble we are prone to forget all that we have heard and read that makes for our comfort. Now what is the reason that a man comes to think of that which otherwise he should never have called to mind? The Holy Spirit brings it to his remembrance; He is a Comforter, bringing to mind useful things at such times when we have most need of them. ~ Richard Sibbes -
A Humble Rustic
04 Jul 2012 by Christopher Benek / No Comments
Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. ~ Thomas a Kempis
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