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How to Grow in Grace, April 9
Growing in Grace
God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the
poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.)
2 Corinthians 9:8, 9
Many are longing to grow in grace; they pray over the matter, and
are surprised that their prayers are not answered. The Master has given
them a work to do whereby they shall grow. Of what value is it to pray
when there is need of work? The question is, Are they seeking to save
souls for whom Christ died? Spiritual growth depends upon giving to
others the light that God has given to you. You are to put forth your best
thoughts in active labor to do good, and only good, in your family, in
your church, and in your neighborhood.
In place of growing anxious with the thought that you are not growing
in grace, just do every duty that presents itself, carry the burden of souls
on your heart, and by every conceivable means seek to save the lost. Be
kind, be courteous, be pitiful; speak in humility of the blessed hope;
talk of the love of Jesus; tell of His goodness, His mercy, and His
righteousness; and cease to worry as to whether or not you are growing.
Plants do not grow through any conscious effort.... The plant is not in
continual worriment about its growth; it just grows under the supervision
of God.
The only way to grow in grace is to be interestedly doing the very
work Christ has enjoined upon us to do—interestedly engaged to the
very extent of our ability to be helping and blessing those who need
the help we can give them.... Christians who are constantly growing in
earnestness, in zeal, in fervor, in love—such Christians never backslide....
Their wisdom is increasing, [and] their ability [in] how to work. They
seem to comprehend the largest plans. They are ready to engage in the
most stirring enterprises, and they have no room for slothfulness; they
cannot find a place for stagnation.
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The treasures of grace are absolutely unlimited.
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