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... desire to glorify God must , then , be the ruling principle of our conduct , the moving spring of our actions . But how is the glory of God pro- moted by our growth in grace ? 1. It is manifested to us by impressing his image upon our ...
... desire to glorify God must , then , be the ruling principle of our conduct , the moving spring of our actions . But how is the glory of God pro- moted by our growth in grace ? 1. It is manifested to us by impressing his image upon our ...
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... desire the sincere milk of the word . " 66 Except ye be converted , and become as little children , ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven . " A little child believes the words of his father . " My father says so , " is reason ...
... desire the sincere milk of the word . " 66 Except ye be converted , and become as little children , ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven . " A little child believes the words of his father . " My father says so , " is reason ...
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... desires the glory of God and the advancement of Christ's kingdom ; and this is his ruling motive . But the former , though he may do many things good in themselves , yet does them all with selfish motives . His ruling desire is to ...
... desires the glory of God and the advancement of Christ's kingdom ; and this is his ruling motive . But the former , though he may do many things good in themselves , yet does them all with selfish motives . His ruling desire is to ...
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... desire to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of his life , he tells us why he wished to be there : " To behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple . " The object of his love was " the beauty of the Lord ...
... desire to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of his life , he tells us why he wished to be there : " To behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple . " The object of his love was " the beauty of the Lord ...
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... desire . The apostle John , whose very breath is love , says , " This is the love of God , that we keep his com- mandments . " The child that loves his parents will delight in doing whatever pleases them . But the child that cares for ...
... desire . The apostle John , whose very breath is love , says , " This is the love of God , that we keep his com- mandments . " The child that loves his parents will delight in doing whatever pleases them . But the child that cares for ...
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Popular passages
Page 274 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Page 38 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 120 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Page 36 - Be not ye therefore partakers with them : for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light; (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Page 39 - Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Page 246 - Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Page 150 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 139 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Page 140 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
Page 106 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.