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Let Us Come Boldly to the Throne of Grace, April 24
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
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Jesus knows the needs of His children, and He loves to listen to their
prayers. Let the children shut out the world and everything that would
attract the thoughts from God, and let them feel that they are alone with
God, that His eye looks into the inmost heart, and reads the desire of the
soul, and that they may talk with God. In humble faith you may claim His
promises, and feel that although you have nothing in yourself whereby
you may claim the favor of God, because of the merits and righteousness
of Christ, you may come boldly to the throne of grace, and find help in
time of need. There is nothing that can make the soul so strong to resist
the temptations of Satan in the great conflict of life, as to seek God in
humility, laying before Him your soul in all its helplessness, expecting
that He will be your helper and your defender
With the trusting faith of a little child, we are to come to our heavenly
Father, telling Him of all our needs. He is always ready to pardon and help.
The supply of divine wisdom is inexhaustible, and the Lord encourages
us to draw largely from it. The longing that we should have for spiritual
blessings is described in the words, “As the hart panteth after the water
brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.” We need a deeper soul-
hunger for the rich gifts that heaven has to bestow.
We are to hunger and thirst after righteousness.
O that we might have a consuming desire to know God by an experi-
mental knowledge, to come into the audience chamber of the Most High,
reaching up the hand of faith, and casting our helpless souls upon the One
mighty to save. His loving kindness is better than life
He desires to bestow on the children of men the riches of an eternal
inheritance. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom
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The Youth’s Instructor, July 7, 1892
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The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 3:1147
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The Review and Herald, December 26, 1907
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