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THE LIGHT THAT FAILS “We all with open face beholding...the glory of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18 A servant of God must stand so much alone that he never knows he is alone. In the first phases of Christian life disheartments come, people who used to be lights flicker out, and those who used to stand with us pass away. We have to get so used to it that we never know we stand..

NOW DON'T HURT THE LORD! “Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip?" John 14:9 Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us—astounded at how un-simple we are. It is opinions of our own which make us stupid; when we are simple we are never stupid, we discern all the time. Philip expected the revelation of a tremendous mystery, but not in ..

CAN A SAINT SLANDER GOD? “For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen." 2 Corinthians 1:20 Jesus told the parable of the talents recorded in Matthew 25 as a warning that it is possible for us to misjudge our capacity. This parable has not to do with natural gifts, but with the Pentecostal gift of the Holy Ghost. We must not measure our spiritual by education ..

READINESS “God called unto him...and he said, Here am I." Exodus 3:4 When God speaks, many of us are like men in a fog, we give no answer. Moses' reply revealed that he was somewhere. Readiness means a right relationship to God and a knowledge of where we are at present. We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. The man or woman who is ready for God and His work ..

IS IT NOT IN THE LEAST LIKELY? “For Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom." 1 Kings 2:28 Joab stood the big test, he remained absolutely loyal and true to David and did not turn after the fascinating and ambitious Absalom, but yet towards the end of his life he turned after the craven Adonijah. Always remain alert to the fact that where one man h..

NECK OR NOTHING “Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him...and did cast himself into the sea“ John 21:7 Have you ever had a crisis in which you deliberately and emphatically and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of will. You may come up to it many times externally, but it amounts to nothing. The real deep crisis of ..

HIS RESURRECTION DESTINY “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?“ Luke 24:26 Our Lord’s Cross is the gateway into His life: His Resurrection means that He has power now to convey His life to me. When I am born again from above, I receive from the Risen Lord His very life. Our Lord’s Resurrection destiny is to bring “many sons unt..

WHY ARE WE NOT TOLD PLAINLY? “He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.“ Mark 9:9 Say nothing until the Son of man is risen in you—until the life of the risen Christ so dominates you that you understand what the historic Christ taught. When you get to the right state on the inside, the word w..

CAN YOU COME DOWN? "While you have light, believe in the light." John 12:36 We all have moments when we feel better than our best, and we say—"I feel fit for anything if only I could be like this always!" We are not meant to be. Those moments are moments of insight which we have to live up to when we do not feel like it. Many of us are no good for this workaday world whe..

THE RELAPSE OF CONCENTRATION "But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days." 2 Chronicles 15:17 Asa was incomplete in his external obedience, he was right in the main but not entirely right. Beware of the thing of which you say— "Oh, that does not matter much." The fact that it does not matter much to you m..