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(J.R. Miller)
There is a large difference between worrying about possible future trials--and being prepared for them if they should come. The former we should never do--the latter we should always seek to do. If we do, we are always prepared . . .
for emergencies,
for the hard knocks,
for the steep climbing,
for the sore struggle--
and we get through life victoriously.
In moral and spiritual things, it is the same. It is our preparation which preserves us in all the final tests--the strength which lies behind what we need in ordinary encounters. Those who daily commune with God, breathing His life into their souls--become strong with that hidden strength that preserves them from falling in the day of trial. They have a "vessel" from which to refill the lamp when its little cup of oil is exhausted.
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Matthew 6:34
"Prepared unto every good work." 2 Timothy 2:21
"Be instant in season, out of season" 2 Timothy 4:2
"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind." 1 Peter 1:13
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(J.R. Miller)
There is a large difference between worrying about possible future trials--and being prepared for them if they should come. The former we should never do--the latter we should always seek to do. If we do, we are always prepared . . .
for emergencies,
for the hard knocks,
for the steep climbing,
for the sore struggle--
and we get through life victoriously.
In moral and spiritual things, it is the same. It is our preparation which preserves us in all the final tests--the strength which lies behind what we need in ordinary encounters. Those who daily commune with God, breathing His life into their souls--become strong with that hidden strength that preserves them from falling in the day of trial. They have a "vessel" from which to refill the lamp when its little cup of oil is exhausted.
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Matthew 6:34
"Prepared unto every good work." 2 Timothy 2:21
"Be instant in season, out of season" 2 Timothy 4:2
"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind." 1 Peter 1:13
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