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A.W. Tozer

Let us not be shocked by the suggestion that there are disadvantages to the life in Christ. There most certainly are. Abel was murdered. Joseph was sold into slavery, Daniel was thrown into the den of lions, Stephen was stoned to death, Paul was beheaded, and a noble army of martyrs was put to death by various painful methods down the long centuries. And where the hostility did not lead to such violence (and mostly it did not and does not) the sons of this world nevertheless managed to make...

Bible Verses: 2 Corinthians 4:17

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A.W. Tozer

So strong, so beautiful is hope that it is scarcely possible to overpraise it. It is the divine alchemy that transmutes the base metal of adversity into gold. In the midst of death Paul could be bold and buoyant because he had firm confidence in the final outcome. "For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake," he said, but his heart remained cheerful knowing that "our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all"...

Bible Verses: 2 Corinthians 4:112 Corinthians 4:17Romans 15:132 Thessalonians 2:161 Peter 1:3

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Having spent the past days identifying the nature of the problem which almost caused the psalmist to give up, we pause today to focus on another great value of the book of Psalms - the fact that it presents its teaching in the form of a recital of experiences. We have exactly the same kind of teaching in the...

Bible Verses: 1 Corinthians 10:1-132 Peter 1:15-21Ephesians 1:17-192 Corinthians 4:6

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:
     2 Corinthians 4:7-12

Today we stay with the thought that half our spiritual perplexities would never arise if we started out by being prepared not to understand immediately the things that God does or allows. We must accept that one of the fundamental principles of the Christian life is the truth that there will be many times when...

Bible Verses: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12Joshua 1:1-6Isaiah 54:10Hebrews 13:5

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     2 Peter 1:1-11

It is one thing to accept the faithfulness of God as a clear biblical truth; it is quite another to act upon it. God has given us many great and precious promises, as our text for today puts it, but do we actually count on them being fulfilled? We have to be careful that we do not hold God to promises He has not given....

Bible Verses: 2 Peter 1:1-11Acts 16:31Hebrews 13:5Hebrews 1:1-12Hebrews 13:82 Corinthians 4:18

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Isaiah 40:21-31

T he man-centered focus that is creeping into today's Church must be resisted at all costs. Such matters as disciplining children, marital problems and establishing proper priorities should be addressed also, but we must be careful that "market forces" do not mold our theology. People may want to know about these...

Bible Verses: Isaiah 40:21-312 Corinthians 4:13-18Hebrews 3:1Hebrews 12:2Psalms 141:8

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     1 Peter 4:7-19

We continue focusing on the fact that many Christians are persecuted, not because of identifying with Christ, but because of their tactlessness and folly. This eighth Beatitude - "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" - does not apply to such people. Let us...

Bible Verses: 1 Peter 4:7-19Proverbs 11:30Acts 9:1-291 Corinthians 4:122 Corinthians 4:9

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     James 1:1-12

We are meditating on the second of Christ's Beatitudes: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Yesterday we saw that the meaning of this statement is that when we are willing to experience sorrow and grief, then God is able to use these encounters to sensitise our spirits and make our ministry to...

Bible Verses: James 1:1-12Job 23:101 Peter 1:1-9Isaiah 48:102 Corinthians 4:17

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

We continue meditating on the importance of looking at life "steadily and whole". I venture to suggest that people who are not Christians are unable to see life as a whole. How can they, when their thinking takes place only on the level of the natural? Natural thinking is notoriously partial and incomplete....

Bible Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-282 Corinthians 4:1-16Proverbs 20:27Ecclesiastes 12:7

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Charles Spurgeon

In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal. Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring of our love, the future must, after all, be the grand object of the eye of faith. Looking into the future we see sin cast out, the body of sin and death destroyed, the soul made perfect, and fit to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light. Looking further yet, the believer's...

Bible Verses: 2 Corinthians 4:18

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