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leave the whole matter in the hands of the Lord, with full faith that
your prayer will be honored, and the answer will come at the very time
and in the very way your heavenly Father sees is for your good; and
then live out your prayers. Walk humbly and keep moving forward.
“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.”
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Psalm 84:11
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“O fear the Lord, ye His saints: for there is no want to them that
fear Him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that
seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.”
Psalm 34:9, 10
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“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes
of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their
cry. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord
heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh
unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.”
Psalm 34:13-18
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Here are promises, rich and abundant, upon conditions that you
cease to do evil and learn to do well. Then set your aim in life high, as
did Joseph and Daniel and Moses; and take into consideration the cost
of character-building, and then build for time and for eternity....
We are weak and without wisdom, but God has said: “If any of
you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”
James 1:5
. Only learn
to be thorough, never to let go your hold upon God, to persevere in His
service, and you will be an overcomer through the blood of the Lamb.
Limitless Possibilities for Good
In doing this work for yourself you are having an influence on
many others with whom you associate. Words spoken in season, how
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good are they! How much strength a word of hope, courage, and
determination in a right course will give one who is inclined to slide
into habits that are demoralizing! The firm purpose you may possess
in carrying out good principles will have an influence to balance souls
in the right direction.