AMEN OHIO AND AMEN ALL!
GRACE AND PRAYERS FOR INFINTE BLESSINGS TO ALL BRETHREN!
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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EPH 2V 8-10
"In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved."
- Psalm 30:6
"Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to
vessel." Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich
freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his
vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield
abundantly: let the weather be propitious to his crops; let uninterrupted
success attend him; let him stand among men as a successful merchant; let
him enjoy continued health; allow him with braced nerve and brilliant eye
to march through the world, and live happily; give him the buoyant spirit;
let him have the song perpetually on his lips; let his eye be ever
sparkling with joy-and the natural consequence of such an easy state to
any man, let him be the best Christian who ever breathed, will be
presumption; even David said, "I shall never be moved;" and we are not
better than David, nor half so good.
Brother, beware of the smooth places of the way; if you are treading
them, or if the way be rough, thank God for it.
If God should always rock us in the cradle of prosperity; if we were
always dandled on the knees of fortune; if we had not some stain on the
alabaster pillar; if there were not a few clouds in the sky; if we had not
some bitter drops in the wine of this life, we should become intoxicated
with pleasure, we should dream "we stand;" and stand we should, but it
would be upon a pinnacle; like the man asleep upon the mast, each moment
we should be in jeopardy.
We bless God, then, for our afflictions; we thank him for our changes; we
extol his name for losses of property; for we feel that had he not
chastened us thus, we might have become too secure. Continued worldly
prosperity is a fiery trial.
"Afflictions, though they seem severe,
In mercy oft are sent."
C.H.SPURGEON!
SOLI DEO GLORIA!!
Thank you for that wonderful passage of Scripture, alpha! A gift from God, and not of ourselves.
My most sincere apologies.