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Post by Cindy on Jan 25, 2022 10:35:46 GMT -5
Beware, in your prayer, above everything, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, above all that we ask or think. Each time you intercede, be quiet first and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, of how He delights to hear Christ, of your place in Christ; and expect great things.
Thoughts for the quiet hour.
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Post by anna on Jun 15, 2024 16:48:16 GMT -5
This is a poem written by Francis Quarles a few decades before the time of John Bunyan, 17th century.
But like a block beneath whose burden lies.
That undiscovered worm that never dies,
I have no will to rouse, I have no power to rise.
For can the water-buried axe implore
A hand to raise it, or itself restore,
And from her sandy deeps approach the dry-foot shore?
So hard's the task for sinful flesh and blood,
To lend the smallest help to what is good:
My God, I cannot move the least degree.
Ah! if but only those who active be,
None should thy glory see, thy glory none should see.
Lord, as I am, I have no power at all
To hear thy voice, or echo to thy call.
Give me the power to will, the will to do:
O raise me up, and I will strive to go
Draw me, O draw me with thy treble-twist:
That have no power, but merely to resist:
O lend me strength to do, and then command thy list.
God tells us that His power is available to us. He says that His strength is made perfect in our weakness. John 6:44 John 15:16
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Post by Cindy on Jun 19, 2024 10:38:27 GMT -5
That's beautiful! Thank you Marlene!
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