My Inbox of Daily Inspirations: January 2009

Today's Verse : 1 John 4:7

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February 1, 2009

VERSE:
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.
Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

-- 1 John 4:7
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THOUGHT:
The old song says, "Where oh where is love?" Love is with God.
Love comes from God. Love is defined by God. Love has its origin in
God. You want to be more loving? If we want to be more loving -- to
find greater intensity in our love and want to know how to love
others who are hard to love -- look to God. But, where do we see
God most clearly? Jesus! Let's look at how God has demonstrated his
love through Jesus and do likewise!

PRAYER:
Holy God, I want to show that you are my Father by loving others
more perfectly. Please bless me as I seek to follow Jesus' example
in treating others with love. In the name of the Lord Jesus I pray.
Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : 1 John 4:7

February 1, 2009

VERSE:
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every
one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

-- 1 John 4:7
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Daily Wisdom NIV : Proverbs 14:15

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A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought
to his steps.

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Daily Wisdom KJV : Proverbs 14:15

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh
well to his going.

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Daily Heartlight -- January 31, 2009

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Can't Keep Your Mouth Shut?, by Alan Smith

"The Arizona Republic" reported this story (so I'm assuming this story
really is true!):

As Terry Mikel was speeding toward Tucson, he passed a car, an
unmarked Arizona Highway Patrol car. The officer pulled Terry over.
When Terry explained that he was late for a class he was teaching
at the University of Arizona, the officer took pity on him and let
him off with a warning. Before he went back to his car he said,
"Slow down and drive safe."

Terry felt obligated to correct him. "Excuse me, Sir, but it should
be 'Slow down and drive safely.' You said, 'Drive safe.'"

The officer walked back to his car and wrote him a $72 speeding
ticket.

That's not an excuse!

We can't do it, can we? We just can't seem to keep our mouths shut!
Looking back, we know we shouldn't have said a word, but at the time we
felt so compelled to speak.

Maybe you didn't get a ticket as a result, but you've done something
just as foolish, haven't you? Maybe even this morning, before reading
this message. Maybe even before leaving your house! James was so right
when he wrote:

If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also
to bridle the whole body ... For every kind of beast and bird, of
reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by
mankind. But no man can tame the tongue (James 3:2-8 NKJV).

That's not an excuse, incidentally, to let our tongues run wild.
Rather, it's a challenge. As hard as it may be to control our tongues,
it is essential that we as Christians strive to do just that. We stand
to lose more than $72 if we fail to do so. As Solomon said:

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide
his lips shall have destruction (Proverbs 13:3).

Lord, we truly want to use our tongues to Your glory this day. As
difficult as it may be, help us to guard our mouths as we resist the
temptation to speak at those times when we ought to keep quiet. In
Jesus' name, amen.

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Holding a grudge? Experience all of God's blessings when you pardon
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Morning & Evening -- Jeremiah 23:6 and 2 Samuel 18:23

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

MORNING:

"The Lord our Righteousness."
-- Jeremiah 23:6

It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and
peace, to think of the perfect righteousness of Christ. How often are
the saints of God downcast and sad! I do not think they ought to be. I
do not think they would if they could always see their perfection in
Christ. There are some who are always talking about corruption, and the
depravity of the heart, and the innate evil of the soul. This is quite
true, but why not go a little further, and remember that we are
"perfect in Christ Jesus." It is no wonder that those who are dwelling
upon their own corruption should wear such downcast looks; but surely
if we call to mind that "Christ is made unto us righteousness," we
shall be of good cheer. What though distresses afflict me, though Satan
assault me, though there may be many things to be experienced before I
get to heaven, those are done for me in the covenant of divine grace;
there is nothing wanting in my Lord, Christ hath done it all. On the
cross he said, "It is finished!" and if it be finished, then am I
complete in him, and can rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
glory, "Not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but
that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is
of God by faith." You will not find on this side heaven a holier people
than those who receive into their hearts the doctrine of Christ's
righteousness. When the believer says, "I live on Christ alone; I rest
on him solely for salvation; and I believe that, however unworthy, I am
still saved in Jesus;" then there rises up as a motive of gratitude
this thought-"Shall I not live to Christ? Shall I not love him and
serve him, seeing that I am saved by his merits?" "The love of Christ
constraineth us," "that they which live should not henceforth live unto
themselves but unto him which died for them." If saved by imputed
righteousness, we shall greatly value imparted righteousness.

EVENING:

"Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi."
-- 2 Samuel 18:23

Running is not everything, there is much in the way which we select: a
swift foot over hill and down dale will not keep pace with a slower
traveller upon level ground. How is it with my spiritual journey, am I
labouring up the hill of my own works and down into the ravines of my
own humiliations and resolutions, or do I run by the plain way of
"Believe and live"? How blessed is it to wait upon the Lord by faith!
The soul runs without weariness, and walks without fainting, in the way
of believing. Christ Jesus is the way of life, and he is a plain way, a
pleasant way, a way suitable for the tottering feet and feeble knees of
trembling sinners: am I found in this way, or am I hunting after
another track such as priestcraft or metaphysics may promise me? I read
of the way of holiness, that the wayfaring man, though a fool, shall
not err therein: have I been delivered from proud reason and been
brought as a little child to rest in Jesus' love and blood? If so, by
God's grace I shall outrun the strongest runner who chooses any other
path. This truth I may remember to my profit in my daily cares and
needs. It will be my wisest course to go at once to my God, and not to
wander in a roundabout manner to this friend and that. He knows my
wants and can relieve them, to whom should I repair but to himself by
the direct appeal of prayer, and the plain argument of the promise.
"Straightforward makes the best runner." I will not parlay with the
servants, but hasten to their master.

In reading this passage, it strikes me that if men vie with each other
in common matters, and one outruns the other, I ought to be in solemn
earnestness so to run that I may obtain. Lord, help me to gird up the
loins of my mind, and may I press forward towards the mark for the
prize of my high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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My Utmost For His Highest : "Do You See Your Calling?"

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January 31, 2009

DO YOU SEE YOUR CALLING?

Separated unto the Gospel.

Romans 1:1
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Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women, but to be
proclaimers of the Gospel of God. The one thing that is all important
is that the Gospel of God should be realized as the abiding Reality.
Reality is not human goodness, nor holiness, nor heaven, nor hell;
but Redemption; and the need to perceive this is the most vital need
of the Christian worker to-day. As workers we have to get used to the
revelation that Redemption is the only Reality. Personal holiness is
an effect, not a cause, and if we place our faith in human goodness,
in the effect of Redemption, we shall go under when the test comes.

Paul did not say he separated himself, but - "when it pleased God who
separated me. . ." Paul had not a hypersensitive interest in his own
character. As long as our eyes are upon our own personal whiteness we
shall never get near the reality of Redemption. Workers break down
because their desire is for their own whiteness, and not for God.
"Don't ask me to come into contact with the rugged reality of
Redemption on behalf of the filth of human life as it is; wbat I want
is anything God can do for me to make me more desirable in my own
eyes." To talk in that way is a sign that the reality of the Gospel
of God has not begun to touch me; there is no reckless abandon to
God. God cannot deliver me while my interest is merely in my own
character. Paul is unconscious of himself, he is recklessly
abandoned, separated by God for one purpose - to proclaim the Gospel
of God (cf. Rom. 9:3.)

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Praying with Paul : "Christ Living in Me"

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CHRIST LIVING IN ME

Romans 8:9-15
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Dear Father, who indwells me,

Show me that I do not really live in the flesh, since your Spirit
really dwells in me, else I would not belong to you. So with Christ
living in me, my spirit is alive because of righteousness, even
though my body is dead (doomed for decay!) because of sin.

May the same Spirit which dwelled in Jesus continue to dwell in me
and give life to my mortal body. Enable me by the Spirit to put to
death the deeds of the sinful body, and thus find life. Help me
cast off the spirit of slavery, and be a true son of yours.

Thank you that I can call you "Abba, Father," as a fearless
testimony of my sonship. Thank you, God, for condescending to be my
Father and for making me an heir of your glory.

It is in the name of Jesus and by his authority that I have such
boldness to come to you, asking these things according to his will.
Amen.

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WJD! -- The Dawning Light -- Matthew 4:14-16

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Dawning Light

Jesus did this to make happen what the prophet Isaiah said:
"{Look at} the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the
lands by the road that goes to the sea, the area past the
Jordan River-- Galilee, the land where non-Jewish people
live. Those people live in darkness, but they have seen a
great light; the light has come for those people that live in
the land that is dark like a grave."

-- Matthew 4:14-16 (ERV)

KEY THOUGHT:
Few, if any, symbols are more widely known than light and darkness.
While our modern ability to light up darkness with a flick of a switch
has changed the intensity of our existential understanding of darkness,
it still persists. Most crimes occur during darkness. Many children
intuitively fear the darkness. We are often uneasy walking the streets
in darkness. When Jesus came to earth, the world was trapped in
spiritual darkness. His people's hopes lay shattered in the darkness of
their own failure and inability to throw off the yoke of hundreds of
years of dominating nations. Religiously, God's people had sunk into
deep darkness. God's people were led by corrupt priests -- the
Sadducees, who had sold out to the Romans; and strict Pharisees, who
were too demanding, who were often hypocritical, and who had lifestyles
out of the reach for most commoners. Vibrant personal faith among the
common people was a distant memory. No voice of a true prophet could be
heard. When John was arrested, Jesus went to a land in darkness to
bring light. He went to the most racially diverse area of Israelite
influence, Galilee, to sow the seed of a ministry to all nations. More
than just the start of Jesus' ministry, we are to hear in these few
short words in today's scripture the hope of the prophet Isaiah
realized:

To our darkness present so long,
God has sent his glorious dawn.
To our bitter, dreamless night,
Has dawned heaven's most glorious light (Isaiah 9:2 paraphrased).

TODAY'S PRAYER:
O Great Redeemer and glorious God, may I see in the dawn of each new
day a reminder of your glorious gift of Jesus. Please convict my heart
that only Jesus can cast away the darkness in my heart, in our land,
and in our world. Give me passion to share this hope with those I meet
who need Jesus' light to shine in their darkness. In the name of Jesus,
the Light of the world I pray. Amen.

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Today's Verse : Psalm 84:11

January 31, 2009

VERSE:
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and
honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is
blameless.

-- Psalm 84:11
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God doesn't hold back on his goodness! In fact, the Father loves
to give his children gifts. These gifts are all encompassing. These
gifts are gladly given. How do I know? Three ways: 1) I've been
repeatedly blessed; 2) I've seen what God has done to bless his
people through the centuries; and 3) his Word promises this to be
so.

PRAYER:
Father, I want to thank you for the many blessings you have
poured into my life. I want to list several of them by name today.
(Make your own list of things for which you are thankful.) Thank
you most of all Father, for the gift of your Son and my Savior,
Jesus. In his name I pray. Amen.

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January 31, 2009

VERSE:
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace
and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk
uprightly.

-- Psalm 84:11
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Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & MINERAL RESOURCES SANDTON TOWERS , JOHANNESBURG P.M.B. 12701 SOUTH AFRICA. FROM THE DESK OF: MR WILLIAMS MARTINS.(CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER)

PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS

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Date: 30/1/2009

Dear Sir/Madam,

                                        HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

                  US$20.5MILLION-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

With trust and due respect,i write you this business transaction which i know will be of great interest to you I will begin by introducing myself to you as the Chief Accounting Officer,Department of Energy and Mineral resources, Republic of South Africa.

I have the privilege of having your name, courtesy of one of the International Business Journals here, and I am writing to solicit your sincere co-operation in order to redeem an investment interest currently being held under TRUST with the DEPARTMENT of ENERGY and MINERAL RESOURCES.

The said investment, which is, now valued at US$20.5M was originally purchased by MR.GARVIN MALUSI and leased in 1998 to LABROUTH INVESTMENTS LIMITED. At maturity of the contract in May 2000, several attempts have been made without success, to contact Mr. GARVIN MALUSI or any of his relatives in whose favour the cash value for the redeemed investment could be made.

As the Head of accounts in the Department, I have with my Director Genera l (DG) carefully initiated the process of filing a claim for the money with the hope of having the Fund transferred abroad for investment on our behalf and, we are hopeful you will agree with our intention to arrange payment of the claim in your name.We require that you let us prepare and file the claim for the money from this Department indicating your name as the appointed beneficiary of the FUND.

Upon approval of the payment of this claim, you will Beeped,TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$20.5 Million) and since the money will be paid directly into your bank account to be nominated by you, y ou will have the responsibility to ensure that we receive our share of the money which I and my colleague have decided will be 65% while you w ill keep 25% as your personal commission, and 10% will be set aside for expenses that might arise during the cause of transfer.

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Mustard Seed Thoughts: Whatever Your Stress...

Whatever Your Stress...

By: Ron Edmondson Mustard Seed Thoughts

And she, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. 1 Samuel 1:10 NASV

Hannah loved the Lord. She wanted a child so much and could not understand why her womb had been closed. She was provoked by her counterpart Peninnah, Elkanah�s other wife. With her heart heavy, Hannah cries out to the Lord.

Dear friend, when you are going through the trials of life, where else can you turn? God is waiting today for some of you to cry out to Him in distress, so He can answer your prayer.

Several years ago, I remember hearing of a dear woman whose son was involved in a serious accident. He was in a coma, hanging on to life by a single breath. The doctors were baffled, and the mother felt that she was at her end. The pain was almost more than she could contain.

Days quickly turned into weeks with no progress one way or the other. Friends from church would come by the hospital, each one offering to pray for her sick child. The mothe r began to prepare for the worst, not sensing that the boy would ever return to normal.

One day, sitting at the boy�s bedside, where she had been almost consistently since that first dreadful day, she cried out to God, really for the first time. She asked God why He had allowed this to happen to her child. Why had all the prayers of her friends not been answered? She sensed in that moment God tell her that He was waiting for one more prayer... that of the mother. She had simply not prayed. She had let others call to God on her behalf. She had instead spent her time trying to worry her son back to health. Almost instantly after her prayer, the boy opened his eyes and began a speedy road to recovery.

I can't verify the accuracy of this story, but I do know this. God did hear Hannah's earnest prayer, and He WILL hear yours.

Whatever your distress, call on the Lord today. It could be the prayer He's waiting for.

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Air Traffic Controller, by Tom Norvell

Recently I thought of our Christian walk being like flying a plane.
There are times when a pilot flies in the daylight hours and gets to
see exhilarating vistas. The scenery from a plane can be breath taking.
There are times however, that our Christian walk is tough and not so
exhilarating, and we are simply persevering. I thought that this could
be compared to a pilot who is in the middle of a storm, or flying at
night. In a storm or at night, a pilot must rely on his instruments. He
may not see anything that gives him a point of reference, but his
instruments will not lie to him, he must simply follow them. When we
are going through a tough time, we must simply rely on God's Word, and
do what it says, no matter what.

My dad was an air traffic controller much of his life. He would see
planes on the radar, communicate with them, and give them direction on
where to fly, and at what altitude. He would also help them land. He
told me a story one time about how a man was up in a plane with someone
else as the pilot. The pilot had a heart attack and was not able to
continue to fly the plane. The passenger then called in to my dad, in a
panic, because he didn't know how to fly. My dad was a pilot in World
War II so he could help this helpless passenger. My dad gave this man
step by step instructions and he landed the plane safely. He was very
grateful to my dad, as you can imagine.

We are disoriented and don't know what to do.

When we are going through tough seasons in life, there are times that
we are afraid and panic. We are disoriented and don't know what to do.
Sometimes we have been relying on someone who is no longer able to help
us. God is like a really good air traffic controller. We are on his
radar and He is watching us and keeping us safe. If we need His help,
all we have to do is call out to Him, and He will help us "land our
plane" safely!

For He Himself [God] has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake
you" (Hebrews 13:5 NKJV).

We can trust in and rely upon Him.

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RELATED LINKS:
* Donkeys Kicking, Sharks Attacking, Airplanes Falling
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200807/20080712_donkeys.html
* Removing the Evidence
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200412/20041210_evidence.html
* Steady, It Could Be God
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200505/20050529_couldbegod.html
* A Norvell Note
http://www.anorvellnote.com

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Morning & Evening -- 2 Samuel 5:24 and Ephesians 1:11

Friday, January 30, 2009

MORNING:

"When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the
mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself."
-- 2 Samuel 5:24

The members of Christ's Church should be very prayerful, always seeking
the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom
of Christ may come, and that his "will be done on earth, even as it is
in heaven;" but there are times when God seems especially to favour
Zion, such seasons ought to be to them like "the sound of a going in
the tops of the mulberry trees." We ought then to be doubly prayerful,
doubly earnest, wrestling more at the throne than we have been wont to
do. Action should then be prompt and vigorous. The tide is flowing-now
let us pull manfully for the shore. O for Pentecostal outpourings and
Pentecostal labours. Christian, in yourself there are times "when thou
hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees." You
have a peculiar power in prayer; the Spirit of God gives you joy and
gladness; the Scripture is open to you; the promises are applied; you
walk in the light of God's countenance; you have peculiar freedom and
liberty in devotion, and more closeness of communion with Christ than
was your wont. Now, at such joyous periods when you hear the "sound of
a going in the tops of the mulberry trees," is the time to bestir
yourself; now is the time to get rid of any evil habit, while God the
Spirit helpeth your infirmities. Spread your sail; but remember what
you sometimes sing-

"I can only spread the sail;
Thou! Thou! must breathe the auspicious gale."

Only be sure you have the sail up. Do not miss the gale for want of
preparation for it. Seek help of God, that you may be more earnest in
duty when made more strong in faith; that you may be more constant in
prayer when you have more liberty at the throne; that you may be more
holy in your conversation whilst you live more closely with Christ.

EVENING:

"In whom also we have obtained an inheritance."
-- Ephesians 1:11

When Jesus gave himself for us, he gave us all the rights and
privileges which went with himself; so that now, although as eternal
God, he has essential rights to which no creature may venture to
pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant
of grace, he has no heritage apart from us. All the glorious
consequences of his obedience unto death are the joint riches of all
who are in him, and on whose behalf he accomplished the divine will.
See, he enters into glory, but not for himself alone, for it is
written, "Whither the Forerunner is for us entered." Heb. 6:20. Does he
stand in the presence of God?-"He appears in the presence of God for
us." Heb. 9:24. Consider this, believer. You have no right to heaven in
yourself: your right lies in Christ. If you are pardoned, it is through
his blood; if you are justified, it is through his righteousness; if
you are sanctified, it is because he is made of God unto you
sanctification; if you shall be kept from falling, it will be because
you are preserved in Christ Jesus; and if you are perfected at the
last, it will be because you are complete in him. Thus Jesus is
magnified-for all is in him and by him; thus the inheritance is made
certain to us-for it is obtained in him; thus each blessing is the
sweeter, and even heaven itself the brighter, because it is Jesus our
Beloved "in whom" we have obtained all. Where is the man who shall
estimate our divine portion? Weigh the riches of Christ in scales, and
his treasure in balances, and then think to count the treasures which
belong to the saints. Reach the bottom of Christ's sea of joy, and then
hope to understand the bliss which God hath prepared for them that love
him. Overleap the boundaries of Christ's possessions, and then dream of
a limit to the fair inheritance of the elect. "All things are yours,
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My Utmost For His Highest : "The Dilemma Of Obedience"

January 30, 2009

THE DILEMMA OF OBEDIENCE

And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

1 Samuel 3:15
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God never speaks to us in startling ways, but in ways that are easy
to misunderstand, and we say, "I wonder if that is God's voice?"
Isaiah said that the Lord spake to him "with a strong hand," that is,
by the pressure of circumstances. Nothing touches our lives but it is
God Himself speaking. Do we discern His hand or only mere occurrence?

Get into the habit of saying, "Speak, Lord," and life will become a
romance. Every time circumstances press, say, "Speak, Lord"; make
time to listen. Chastening is more than a means of discipline, it is
meant to get me to the place of saying, "Speak, Lord." Recall the
time when God did speak to you. Have you forgotten what He said? Was
it Luke 11:13, or was it 1 Thess. 5:23? As we listen, our ear gets
acute, and, like Jesus, we shall hear God all the time.

Shall I tell my "Eli" what God has shown to me? That is where the
dilemma of obedience comes in. We disobey God by becoming amateur
providences - I must shield "Eli," the best people we know. God did
not tell Samuel to tell Eli; he had to decide that for himself. God's
call to you may hurt your "Eli;" but if you try to prevent the
suffering in another life, it will prove an obstruction between your
soul and God. It is at your own peril that you prevent the cutting
off of the right hand or the plucking out of the eye.

Never ask the advice of another about anything God makes you decide
before Him. If you ask advice, you will nearly always side with
Satan. "Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood."

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