Gems worth pondering
April 14
"We are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of God the Father, even so we should walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:4)
The sign in the dry cleaning shop read "We dye to live, and live to dye; the more we dye, the more we live; and the more we live, the more we dye." For the child of God, it is also true that the more he dies to the temptations of a sinful world, the more he lives in the exciting joy of a Christ-filled life. Today, may we die to the world and live for the Lord Jesus Christ. (Arnot P. McIntee)
N.J. Hiebert # 3674
April 15
"Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress (hemmed in); have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer."
(Psalm 4:1)
It is a little thing to trust God as far as we can see Him, as far as the way lies open before us; but to trust Him when we are hedged in on every side and can see no way to escape, this is good and acceptable with God. This is the faith of Abraham.
"Who against hope believed in hope." (Romans 4:18)
Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, once said: "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day."
The greatest men, without God, are nothing but dismal failures.
The devil may wall you 'round but he cannot roof you in;
He may fetter your feet and tie your hands and strive to hamper your soul with bands
As his way has ever been; but he cannot hide the face of God
And the Lord shall be your light, And your eyes and your thoughts can rise to the sky,
Where His clouds and His winds and His birds go by, and His stars shine out at night.
(Annie Johnson Flint)
N.J. Hiebert # 3675
