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Will the Key to Success
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that they may become elevated and ennobled? Why do they degrade
themselves by the indulgence of perverted appetite? Why do they
not rise in the strength of Jesus, and be victorious in His name? The
very feeblest prayer that we can offer, Jesus will hear. He pities
the weakness of every soul. Help for everyone has been laid upon
Him who is mighty to save. I point you to Jesus Christ, the sinner’s
Saviour, who alone can give you power to overcome on every point.
Crowns for All Who Overcome
—Heaven is worth everything
to us. We must not run any risk in this matter. We must take no
venture here. We must know that our steps are ordered by the Lord.
May God help us in the great work of overcoming. He has crowns
for those that overcome. He has white robes for the righteous. He
has an eternal world of glory for those who seek for glory, honor,
and immortality. Everyone who enters the city of God will enter it
as a conqueror. He will not enter it as a condemned criminal, but
as a son of God. And the welcome given to everyone who enters
there will be, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 25:34
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Gladly would I speak words that would aid such trembling souls
to fasten their grasp by faith upon the mighty Helper, that they might
develop a character upon which God will be pleased to look. Heaven
may invite them, and present its choicest blessings, and they may
have every facility to develop a perfect character; but all will be in
vain unless they are willing to help themselves. They must put forth
their own God-given powers, or they will sink lower and lower, and
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be of no account for good, either in time or in eternity.—
Christian
Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 147-149
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