• “It was God who put it into their hearts and gave them the determination to do it… After bringing me down, He was pleased to raise me up again.” – Madame Guyon

Joy and Strength 12/31

We are laborers together with God.
1 CoR. iii. 9.

Then bear a joy where joy is not,
Go, speak a kindly word in love,
Less bitter make some loveless lot.
Now earth is linked to heaven above.
Frederick G. Lee.

DO what you can — give what you have. Only stop not with feelings; carry your charity into deeds; do and give what costs you something.
J. H. Thom

“Up and be doing,” is the word that comes from God for each of us. Leave some “good work” behind you that shall not be wholly lost when you have passed away. Do something worth living for, worth dying for. Is there no want, no suffering, no sorrow that you can relieve? Is there no act of tardy justice, no deed of cheerful kindness, no long-forgotten duty that you can perform? Is there no reconciliation of some ancient quarrel, no payment of some long-outstanding debt, no courtesy, or love, or honor to be rendered to those to whom it has long been due; no charitable, humble, kind, useful deed by which you can promote the glory of God, or good will among men, or peace upon earth? If there be any such deed, in God’s name, in Christ’s name, go and do it.
Arthur P. Stanley

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2 Responses to Joy and Strength 12/31

  • Lisa says:

    Dear Michelle, I want to thank you again for your faithful completion of another labor of love. I hope you have received as much edification and encouragement as you have made available to others, so many others! I am so thankful for the witnesses gone before, and for the enduring truth that the Holy Spirit bore witness to them and through them to us. I pray the blessings of our Lord upon your walk with Him, your work in Him, and your love for Him. I pray also His dear leading and strengthening in you as the new year and your new work in His name quietly and softly begins. In Jesus Christ, thankfully, Lisa

    • Michelle says:

      Sister Lisa, Thank you so much for writing this note. I am so glad these devotionals are blessing you. I covet your prayers and thank you for praying. Bless you and my prayers are for you as well. The Lord will prevail and is prevailing. May our hope ever and always look to Him for all our need.

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  • “But the misfortune is that people wish to direct God instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him. We wish to take the lead, and to follow in a way of their own selection instead of submissively and passively following where God sees fit to conduct them. And hence it is, that many souls who are called to the enjoyment of God himself and mot merely to the gifts of God, spend all their lives in pursuing and in feeding on little consolations.” – Madame Guyon

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“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (NKJV)

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