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I’m writing this on Wednesday morning. The election results have just been announced. It seems wise to reflect on how we as Christians ought to respond in this moment. Three main thoughts come to mind:
First, if the candidate you voted for won, this is a good time to remember what Psalm 146:3 says, “Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.” No matter how enthusiastic our support for a candidate, as followers of Jesus, our deepest and final trust is reserved for God alone. Idolatry is sneaky. We must keep …
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Do not disbelieve, but believe. John 20:27
D.L. MOODYPeople say, “If I could only get rid of these doubts and fears, I think I would be ready to work.” Go to work and these doubts will disappear. There is work to be done. Life is short at the longest, so let us be about our Master’s business. While you are engaged in His work, these doubts will not assail you so much. I believe any Christian would have doubts in less than six months if he did nothing.
ERWIN LUTZERWhen fears and doubts assail us, we are tempted …
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Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Matthew 3:5–6
D.L. MOODYThink of the whole population going out into the wilderness to hear this wonderful open-air preacher, to be “baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins!” John was a preacher of repentance. Perhaps no one ever rang out the word “Repent!” like John the Baptist. Day after day, as he came out of the desert and stood on the banks of that famous river, you …
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Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers. Luke 22:31–32
D.L. MOODYThere is no one beyond the reach of the tempter. Keep that in mind. Life may run smoothly for a while, but the testing time is coming.
ERWIN LUTZERYes, testing is coming. Even Christ was tempted of the devil. In fact, we read that Jesus was “led up by the Spirit” into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1). You might say, …
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Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him. Psalm 91:14
D.L. MOODYWe all have some weak point in our character. When we would go forward, it drags us back, and when we would rise up into higher spheres of usefulness and the atmosphere of heaven, something drags us down. Now, I have no sympathy with the idea that God puts us behind the blood and saves us, and then leaves us in Egypt to be under the old taskmaster. I believe God brings us out of Egypt into the Promised Land, and that it is …
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What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? Romans 3:3
D.L. MOODYI am so tired of the Christianity that is made up of negations: what people don’t believe. I met a man some time ago, and he said, “I don’t believe this.” I talked with him a little and made another statement; he didn’t believe that. Finally, I said, “Man, will you tell me what you do believe?” and I found he didn’t believe anything except that he didn’t believe.
ERWIN LUTZERThe man of whom Moody spoke was certainly not a believer. It …
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13
D.L. MOODYWherever I have found a worker in God’s vineyard who has lost hope, I have found a man or woman not very useful. It is very important to have hope in the church; and it is the work of the Holy Ghost to impart hope. Let Him come into some of the churches where there have not been any conversions for a few years, and let Him convert …
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The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. Romans 7:10–11
D.L. MOODYA friend in England was telling me that an acquaintance of his, a minister, was once called upon to officiate at a funeral in the place of a chaplain of one of Her Majesty’s prisons who was absent. He noticed that only one solitary man followed the body of the criminal to the grave. When the grave had been covered, this man told the minister that he was an …
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Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?" Acts 5:3
D.L. MOODY“Mr. Moody,” you say, “How can I check myself? How can I overcome the habit of lying and gossip?” A lady once said to me that she had got so into the habit of exaggerating, her friends said they could never trust her. The cure is simple, but not very pleasant. Treat it as a sin and confess it to God and the person whom you have wronged. …
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The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. Revelation 21:7
D.L. MOODYAfter the Chicago fire, I met a man who said, “Moody, I hear you lost everything in the Chicago fire.” “Well,” I said, “you understood it wrong; I didn’t.” He said, “How much do you have left?” “I can’t tell you; I have got a good deal more left than I lost.” “You can’t tell how much you have?” “No.” “I didn’t know that you were ever that rich. What do you mean?” “I mean just …
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