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BY THE GRACE OF GOD I AM WHAT I AM
My Utmost For His Highest His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. 1 Cor. 15:10. The way we continually talk about our own inability is an insult to the Creator. The deploring of our own incompetence is a slander against God for having overlooked us. Get into the habit of examining…
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THE ABSOLUTENESS OF JESUS CHRIST
My Utmost For His Highest He shall glorify Me. John 16:14. The pietistic movements of to-day have none of the rugged reality of the New Testament about them; there is nothing about them that needs the death of Jesus Christ, all that is required is a pious atmosphere, and prayer and devotion. This type of…
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THE BOUNTY OF THE DESTITUTE
My Utmost For His Highest Being justified freely by His grace … Romans 3:24. The Gospel of the grace of God awakens an intense longing in human souls and an equally intense resentment, because the revelation which it brings is not palatable. There is a certain pride in man that will give and give, but…
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THE CONSECRATION OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY
My Utmost For His Highest by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Gal. 6:14. If I brood on the Cross of Christ, I do not become a subjective pietist, interested in my own whiteness; I become dominantly concentrated on Jesus Christ’s interests. Our Lord was not a recluse nor…
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THE CONCENTRATION OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY
My Utmost For His Highest … save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. 6:14. If you want to know the energy of God (i.e., the resurrection life of Jesus) in your mortal flesh, you must brood on the tragedy of God. Cut yourself off from prying personal interest in your own spiritual…
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The Secret of Spiritual Coherence
But God forbid that I should glory, … Gal. 6:14. When a man is first born again, he becomes incoherent, there is an amount of unrelated emotion about him, unrelated phases of external things. In the apostle Paul there was a strong steady coherence underneath, consequently he could let his external life change as it…