“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5 KJV). “Blessed are the meek.” The difficulties we have to encounter may be very much lessened by that meekness which hides itself in Christ. If we possess the humility of our Master, we shall rise above the slights, the rebuffs, the annoyances, toContinue reading “Self-Control: Highest Evidence of Nobility”
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Hoarded Love
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you” (John 15:16 KJV). The choicest productions of art possess no beauty thatContinue reading “Hoarded Love”
Temperance: Key Fruit of the Spirit
Temperance is a fruit of the Spirit. If one has no self-control or does not surrender self-will to the will of God, one is working against the Holy Spirit. This is sin. This is not having Christ’s righteousness. It is self-indulgence, self-righteousness. God calls those who are His faithful ones to be temperate in allContinue reading “Temperance: Key Fruit of the Spirit”