Was spiritually weak, but mercy and hope had its perfect work.

Were turned away from things spiritually weak of prior times.

~Therefore, relent not now, and remember the Narrow Way, the teachings of Christ: not only how all things are compassed by the plan of God, and that all serve God, but we have reason for having believed, that we should honor the days and rightly divide the word in His cause.

Self-destruction and hatred, the lack of mercy are the paraphernalia of sin.  Those are our only restraints in this world, spiritual restraints.  We did, before times, enough to injure ourselves and each other, our neighbors, our colleagues, and our friends.

The best is yet to come: continue on in belief, that the poor will be helped, the miserable consoled, and that yet the least among us light the path to our best times ahead.

An enemy to you now, for speaking the truth? Certainly not!(Galatians 4)

~Paul had suffered many afflictions, and sometimes don’t we all? Is there not that small element of self-doubt sometimes, that some mishap or bad luck in our daily lives might be something of God stopping us short? Stuck in traffic? Bad weather? Illness? It happens to all of us, as one version so eloquently puts it, “it’s rained on the just and the unjust”. 

The Galatians were not judgmental, not thinking his ailments to be some sort of rebuke from God. There have been times when people were not so lucky, such as Job, who was said by his own friends to have been punished again and again by God, when it was really Satan that was tormenting him.  He had never lost faith or love for God.  The Galatian believers brought Paul among them in acceptance, hearing his words, the teachings of God’s mercy.

Bless any you meet and pray for Mercy for ourselves and others, friends.

1. Our only restraints are spiritual: self-destruction and lack of mercy.

2. With mercy in mind, be accepting whenever possible—err on the side of love, hope and mercy.

 

Third of November verse of the day and purchase of the dear.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. -Romans 13

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Now I do not think that Satan much cares to destroy us Christians physically. The soldier dead in battle who died performing some deed of heroism is not a great loss to the army but may rather be an object of pride to his country. On the other hand the soldier who cannot or will not fight but runs away at the sound of the first enemy gun is a shame to his family and a disgrace to his nation. So a Christian who dies in the faith represents no irreparable loss to the forces of righteousness on earth and certainly no victory for the devil.  -AW Tozer

Our God not only hears prayer but also loves to hear it. "He forgetteth not the cry of the humble." True, He regards not high looks and lofty words; He cares not for the pomp and pageantry of kings; He listens not to the swell of martial music; He regards not the triumph and pride of man; but wherever there is a heart big with sorrow, or a lip quivering with agony, or a deep groan, or a penitential sigh, the heart of Jehovah is open; He marks it down in the registry of His memory; He puts our prayers, like rose leaves, between the pages of His book of remembrance, and when the volume is opened at last, there shall be a precious fragrance springing up therefrom.  -Charles Spurgeon

 Devils may surround you on all sides, but the way upward is always open, and as long as that road is unobstructed, you will not fall into the enemy's hand. We can never be taken by blockade, escalade, mine, or storm, so long as heavenly succours can come down to us by Jacob's ladder to relieve us in the time of our necessities. Prayer is never out of season: in summer and in winter its merchandize is precious. Prayer gains audience with heaven in the dead of night, in the midst of business, in the heat of noonday, in the shades of evening.-Charles Spurgeon

Toys and trinkets are easily won, but the greatest things are greatly bought. -LB Cowman

 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me… Galatians 2:20

These words mean the breaking and collapse of my independence brought about by my own hands, and the surrendering of my life to the supremacy of the Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, I must do it myself. God may bring me up to this point three hundred and sixty-five times a year, but He cannot push me through it. It means breaking the hard outer layer of my individual independence from God, and the liberating of myself and my nature into oneness with Him; not following my own ideas, but choosing absolute loyalty to Jesus. -Oswald Chambers