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We need greater faith. We should have a fuller sense of God’s
relationship to those whom He has purchased with the blood of His
only-begotten Son. We should exercise faith in the onward progress of
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the work of the kingdom of God.
Let us waste no time in deploring the scantiness of our visible
resources, but let us make the best use of what we have. Though the
outward appearance may be unpromising, energy and trust in God will
develop resources. Let us send in our offerings with thanksgiving and
with prayer that the Lord will bless the gifts and multiply them as He
did the food given to the five thousand. If we use the very best facilities
we have, the power of God will enable us to reach the multitudes that
are starving for the bread of life.
In this work of helping our brethren in Denmark and Norway, let us
lift zealously and nobly, leaving the result with God. Let us have faith
to believe that He will enlarge our offerings until they are sufficient to
place His institutions on vantage ground.
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Faith is the spiritual hand that touches infinity.
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The simple prayers indited by the Holy Spirit will ascend through
the gates ajar, the open door which Christ has declared: I have opened,
and no man can shut. These prayers, mingled with the incense of
the perfection of Christ, will ascend as fragrance to the Father, and
answers will come.
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Workers for Christ are never to think, much less to speak, of failure
in their work. The Lord Jesus is our efficiency in all things; His Spirit
is to be our inspiration; and as we place ourselves in His hands, to be
channels of light, our means of doing good will never be exhausted.
We may draw upon His fullness and receive of that grace which has
no limit.
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