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The Ministry of Healing
these desponding, struggling ones look up. The Saviour is bending
over the purchase of His blood, saying with inexpressible tenderness
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and pity, “Wilt thou be made whole?” He bids you arise in health
and peace. Do not wait to feel that you are made whole. Believe
the Saviour’s word. Put your will on the side of Christ. Will to
serve Him, and in acting upon His word you will receive strength.
Whatever may be the evil practice, the master passion which through
long indulgence binds both soul and body, Christ is able and longs
to deliver. He will impart life to the soul that is “dead in trespasses.”
Ephesians 2:1
. He will set free the captive that is held by weakness
and misfortune and the chains of sin.
The sense of sin has poisoned the springs of life. But Christ says,
“I will take your sins; I will give you peace. I have bought you with
My blood. You are Mine. My grace shall strengthen your weakened
will; your remorse for sin I will remove.” When temptations assail
you, when care and perplexity surround you, when, depressed and
discouraged, you are ready to yield to despair, look to Jesus, and
the darkness that encompasses you will be dispelled by the bright
shining of His presence. When sin struggles for the mastery in
your soul, and burdens the conscience, look to the Saviour. His
grace is sufficient to subdue sin. Let your grateful heart, trembling
with uncertainty, turn to Him. Lay hold on the hope set before you.
Christ waits to adopt you into His family. His strength will help
your weakness; He will lead you step by step. Place your hand in
His, and let Him guide you.
Never feel that Christ is far away. He is always near. His loving
presence surrounds you. Seek Him as One who desires to be found
of you. He desires you not only to touch His garments, but to walk
with Him in constant communion.
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“Go, and Sin No More”
The Feast of Tabernacles had just ended. The priests and rabbis
at Jerusalem had been defeated in their plottings against Jesus, and,
as evening fell, “every man went unto his own house. Jesus went
unto the Mount of Olives.”
John 7:53
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8:1
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From the excitement and confusion of the city, from the eager
crowds and the treacherous rabbis, Jesus turned away to the quiet