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If you want to be warm, you
must go near to the fire! Many Christians wonder why they cannot seem to get the blessing that so many have had - the assurance and the experience of the closeness of the Lord and the fire of the indwelling Holy Spirit. I have had many seasons in my life when I have felt that I needed to have my coals stoked, and have aggressively gone after things I knew would make me tender toward the things of the Lord. I have found myself in deep need of help in times of discouragement and in times when other believers have been actively out to cause hurt. These are times when I have reached for the stories of and by the "dead guys". I call them that because they are the saints who have left behind any possibility of having a "normal" life and have advanced with abandon into His service. I find that as I read, the cracks in my heart are filled in. I am reminded of the many who have gone before and found God to be more than faithful. I am reminded tat my little inconvenience is nothing compared to the suffering that has been eagerly endured by so many. Oh Lord, please do whatever it takes to make me a soldier of the Cross. I beg you to take this life and use it to reveal that you are a Rewarder of those who seek you. |
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