Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

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OTHERS!

Romans 12:9-21

What flows in must get an outlet or stagnate. God gives; it is his very life. Jesus served; it was the God instinct in him. The real God-spirit within must serve others. Not for return, nor for advantage of any sort; not for appreciation, nor thanks, but in the absence of these, even when misunderstood and criticized, it must serve, with exquisite tact, for their sake only. This is the characteristic of God and of true service.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

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A TRAINED EAR

Genesis 18:23-33

Prayer is Spirit-suggested. It needs a strongly bended will. Through that comes the open or trained ear. So we learn God’s plans. We catch the prayer he needs to have prayed. His promise turns into a prayer on our lips, and so it is a prophecy of what he will do. Thus prayer is restrained as well as inspired. Its whole purpose is to get God’s love-wili done through the needed human channels. Prayer’s touchstone is a trained ear,

Philippians 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;  

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A STUDY IN MATHEMATICS

Genesis 18:16-23

Co-operation increases efficiency in amazing proportion. Two working together in perfect agreement have fivefold the efficiency of the same two working separately. The old Book says that where one can handle a thousand, two can dispose of ten thousand. This is as true in prayer as in action. A united Church would be an unconquerable Church. But the moment co-operation sacrifices an essential, real power is at the disappearing point. First true though alone; then co-operation.

Psalms 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

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BAD BARGAINING

Genesis 13:12-18

Bargaining is selfish, even bargaining with God. Jacob bargained with God. Jacob’s kinsfolk seem quite numerous. The real Christ-spirit yields all to the Father because it’s his, and trusts him to be a Father, without bargaining. The real Jesus-spirit in a man helps another because he’s needy. Then there comes an unbargained-for double reward: we are like God, and we open the way for him to be God in full to us and through us.

1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 

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THE HURTING POINT

Genesis 13:5-11;  Genesis 14:14-16

The heart that responds to God always responds to another’s need to the hurting point, if need be. There’s a helping others that has little, if any, of the God-spirit in it. It’s the thing to do; others do it; it’s popular. The touchstone of the real thing is the willingness to do when it costs or hurts. It cost Abraham to help Lot. It cost Jesus to be our Saviour. It will cost to be a real Jesus-helper to others.