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Ärende: Becoming Fit for Glory
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

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      Saturday 03-19 / Becoming Fit for Glory
      Robert Prodoehl
      Mar 18, 2005


Becoming Fit for Glory

"The LORD will give grace and glory" (Psalm 84:11).

Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer
than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying,
satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future,
that grace is still sufficient. If we have but little grace the fault most lie
in ourselves; for the LORD is not straitened, neither is He slow to bestow it
in abundance. We may ask for as much as we will and never fear a refusal. He
giveth liberally and upbraideth not. The LORD may not give gold, but He will
give grace: He may not give gain, but He will give grace. He will certainly
send us trial, but He will give grace in proportion thereto. We may be called
to labor and to suffer, but with the call there will come all the grace
required; What an "end" is that in the text -- "and glory!" We do not need
glory yet, and we are not yet fit for it; but we shall have it in due order.
After we have eaten the bread of grace, we shall drink the wine of glory. We
must go through the holy, which is grace, to the holiest of all, which is
glory. These words and glory are enough to make a man dance for joy. A little
while -- a little while, and then glory forever!

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611 7s W. GADSBY
Changeableness. Gal. 5. 17; John 3. 6

1 Lord, I freely would confess,
I am all unrighteousness;
Base and vile, from head to feet;
Full of pride and self-conceit.

2 [When thy presence I enjoy,
I can say, My God is nigh;
And with holy wonder tell,
Thou, dear Lord, dost all things well.]

3 When deliverance thou hast wrought, I can of thy wonders talk,
And too often proudly say,
Nothing more shall me dismay.

4 [When, by faith, I view my Lord,
Bathed in agonies and blood,
I with joy his love repeat,
Sink to nothing at his feet.]

5 But, alas! how soon I stand
At a distance, unconcerned;
And the trifles of a day
Almost carry me away.

6 Lord, with shame and grief I own, I to evil still am prone;
Vile and base I am indeed;
When from sin shall I be freed?

7 Make me strong and steadfast too; Help me all thy will to do;
And with patience may I wait,
Ever knocking at thy gate.

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