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Ärende: Grace for the Humble
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

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      Tuesday 03-22 / Grace for the Humble
      Robert Prodoehl
      Mar 21, 2005


Grace for the Humble

"He giveth grace unto the humble" (James 4:6).

Humble hearts seek grace, and therefore they get it. Humble hearts yield to the
sweet influences of grace, and so it is bestowed on them more and more largely.
Humble hearts lie in the valleys where streams of grace are flowing, and hence
they drink of them, Humble hearts are grateful for grace and give the LORD the
glory of it, and hence it is consistent with His honor to give it to them.
Come, dear reader, take a lowly place. Be little in thine own esteem, that the
LORD may make much of thee. Perhaps the sigh breaks out, "I fear I am not
humble." It may be that this is the language of true humility. Some are proud
of being humble, and this is one of the very worst sorts of pride. We are
needy, helpless, undeserving, hell-deserving creatures, and if we are not
humble we ought to be. Let us humble ourselves because of our sins against
humility, and then the LORD will give us to taste of His favor. It is grace
which makes us humble, and grace which finds in this humility an opportunity
for pouring in more grace. Let us go down that we may rise. Let us be poor in
spirit that God may make us rich. Let us be humble that we may not need to be
humbled but may be exalted by the grace of God.

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614 S.M. W. GADSBY
"The Lord trieth the righteous." Ps. 11. 5

1 The Lord the righteous tries;
Yet we'll adore his name;
He never will their cause despise,
Nor put their hope to shame.

2 He brings them to the test,
And tries them by his law;
Then leads them to the promised rest, From whence they comfort draw.

3 Then he his face conceals,
And lets them grope within;
And by his Spirit's power reveals
The dreadful plague of sin.

4 We straightway cry, "Unclean!
A monstrous mass of woe!
What can such hosts of evil mean?
And whither can we go?"

5 "Look here," the Lord replies;
"Thy beauty's all in me;
'Tis thine to flee from self, and prize
Salvation full and free.

6 "Whate'er my wisdom does,
Or lets the tempter do,
Thy guilt and ruin to disclose,
One thing I keep in view –

7 "To teach thee how to live
By faith in Jesus' name;
For guilt and sin to mourn and grieve, And sing the Lamb once slain."

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