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Ärende: Unbroken Fellowship Essential
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       Faith's Checkbook

      Charles H. Spurgeon
      Feb 22, 2007


February 23
Unbroken Fellowship Essential

"lf ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and
it shall be done unto you" (John 15:7).

Of necessity we must be in Christ to live unto Him, and we must abide in Him to
be able to claim the largesse of this promise from Him. To abide in Jesus is
never to quit Him for another love or another object, but to remain in living,
loving, conscious, willing union with Him. The branch is not only ever near the
stem but ever receiving life and fruitfulness from it. All true believers abide
in Christ in a sense; but there is a higher meaning, and this we must know
before we can gain unlimited power at the throne. "Ask what ye will" is for
Enochs who walk with God, for Johns who lie in the LORD's bosom, for those
whose union with Christ leads to constant communion.

The heart must remain in love, the mind must be rooted in faith, the hope must
be cemented to the Word, the whole man must be joined unto the LORD, or else it
would be dangerous to trust us with power in prayer. The carte blanche can only
be given to one whose very life is, "Not I, but Christ liveth in me." O you who
break your fellowship, what power you lose! If you would be mighty in your
pleadings, the LORD Himself must abide in you, and you in Him.
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Choice selections from Thomas Brooks

Father knows best!

"Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God
disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness." Hebrews 12:10.

What God, our Father wills, is best.

When He wills sickness, sickness is better than health.

When He wills weakness, weakness is better than strength.

When He wills poverty, poverty is better than wealth.

When He wills reproach, reproach is better than honor.

When He wills death, death is better than life.

As God is wisdom itself, and so knows that which is best; so He is goodness
itself, and therefore cannot do anything but that which is best—therefore
remain silent before the Lord.
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