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"NONE OF SELF AND ALL OF THEE"
(by R.J. Evans)
There is a song that has always impressed me every time we sing it. It starts in the first stanza expressing an attitude of selfishness---"All of self and none of thee." With each stanza there is improvement; the second stanza speaks of "Some of self and some of Thee." The third improves even more by talking of "Less of self and more of Thee." But the forth leads up to the unselfish attitude we should all have toward God by…
Paul was just such an example: "And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear" (Phil. 1:14). These brethren, formerly timid and reticent, were drawing strength from the courage of Paul.
Other examples abound. Stephen's plea, 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge," surely had for its source of strength the forgiving spirit of the Lord (Acts 7:60). The Thessalonian church found…
LIVE WITHOUT SIN
Can a man go several days without sinning? What about a month? Could he make it one year? Why even discuss it? In all of the history of man, only one man has lived without sin. He is our Savior Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 2:22). But as for the rest of us, the Bible says that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"…
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A gentle caress, the whisper in your ear, a feeling - to awaken refreshed… To know that you are ready to face any trouble… To know there is no cost too great for your immediate accounting to be compromised… Is it only physical? Is that what serenity feels like? Is it just our senses that give us the feeling of ease? Or, is it that to many, this is only a “first world blessing” anyway, and unobtainable? Have our lack of challenges and loss of struggle made us lose touch? Because of our blessings, have we become desensitized…