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I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, the election and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
AMEN MY DEAREST SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
“Ye that love the Lord hate evil.”
- Psalm 97:10
Thou hast good reason to “hate evil,” for only consider what harm it has
already wrought thee. Oh, what a world of mischief sin has brought into
thy heart! Sin blinded thee so that thou couldst not see the beauty of the
Saviour; it made thee deaf so that thou couldst not hear the Redeemer’s
tender invitations. Sin turned thy feet into the way of death, and poured
poison into the very fountain of thy being; it tainted thy heart, and made
it “deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” Oh, what a
creature thou wast when evil had done its utmost with thee, before divine
grace interposed! Thou wast an heir of wrath even as others; thou didst
“run with the multitude to do evil.” Such were all of us; but Paul reminds
us, “but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” We have good
reason, indeed, for hating evil when we look back and trace its deadly
workings. Such mischief did evil do us, that our souls would have been
lost had not omnipotent love interfered to redeem us. Even now it is an
active enemy, ever watching to do us hurt, and to drag us to perdition.
Therefore “hate evil,” O Christians, unless you desire trouble. If you
would strew your path with thorns, and plant nettles in your death-pillow,
then neglect to “hate evil:” but if you would live a happy life, and die a
peaceful death, then walk in all the ways of holiness, hating evil, even
unto the end. If you truly love your Saviour, and would honour him, then
“hate evil.
“ We know of no cure for the love of evil in a Christian like abundant
intercourse with the Lord Jesus.
Dwell much with him, and it is impossible for you to be at peace with
sin.
“Order my footsteps by thy Word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.”
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
I join in your prayers.