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"All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 1 Peter 5:5

 

Miller's Year Book—a Year's Daily Readings

J. R. Miller, 1895

"All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 1 Peter 5:5

What is humility? It is not thinking lowly of one's self. It is not a voluntary humbling of one's self for any particular purpose. It is the spirit which is ready always to use its best powers and its richest gifts—in the lowliest service of love. Love is at the heart of it. When we truly love others—we are interested in them, and will do them any service they need, however hard or costly or lowly it may be, not considering ourselves too fine to serve them, nor any possession of ours too good to be used in their behalf.

It is not the lowly place in which one lives and works which makes one humble. One may be proud, and move in a very obscure sphere. Humility is in the spirit, not in the station.

Psalm 23

 

Psalm 23

23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

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Pithy gems from Charles Spurgeon!

 Pithy gems from Charles Spurgeon!

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There is enough dust on some of your Bibles, to write "Damnation!" with your fingers!

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Anything that makes us pray is a blessing!
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The most damning thing in the world is self-righteousness!
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Many in the church are toiling like ants to gain this world's dross, but are as idle as a butterfly in regard to divine things.
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There is no shelter from an angry God, but in the pierced hand of His dear Son!
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My longing is that the churches may be more holy.
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I grieve to see so much conformity to the world among Christians. How many Christians follow the fashions of this wicked world.
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Time is flying! Men are dying! Hell is filling!
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I suppose if any man among us could see his own heart as it really is, he would be driven mad. The poet was right when he said, "God saves all beings but Himself, from that hideous sight-a human heart!"
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If you profess to know Christ, have nothing to do with a sinful world. Shake off the viper into the fire, for it will poison you and destroy you!
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If you want to know what Heaven is, know what Christ is. The way to spell Heaven is with those five letters that make up the word J E S U S.
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He who counts the stars and calls them by their names, is in no danger of forgetting His own redeemed children. He knows your case as thoroughly as if you were the only creature He ever made, or the only saint He ever loved!

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Look to the cross, and hate your sin-for sin nailed your Well-Beloved to the accursed tree!

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The sympathy of Jesus is the next most precious thing to His sin-atoning sacrifice!

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To be almost saved-is to be altogether lost! There are many in Hell who once were almost saved-but who are now altogether damned! Think of that, you who are not far from the Kingdom. It is being in the Kingdom that saves the soul-not being near the Kingdom.

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The world does not read the Bible-the world reads Christians!

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A golden coffin will be a poor compensation for a damned soul!

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If you have lived like the wicked-then you will die like the wicked, and be damned like the wicked!

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There is as much love in the blows of God's hand, as in the kisses of His mouth!

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As kings hold a model globe in their hands--so does the Lord in very deed hold the earth!

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Whatever the secondary agent may be, the direct hand of the Lord is in every earthly calamity.

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The floods of God's mercy ever rise above the mountains of our sins!

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There is no cordial of comfort, like that which is poured from the bottle of Scripture.

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Pride lies at the root of all sin. If people were not arrogant, they would not be disobedient.

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Justified people always long to be sanctified.

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Hell itself is but sin fully developed!

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The same lips which spoke us into existence, have spoken the laws by which we are to govern our existence.

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Those who fear God, need not fear anything else!

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Our desires and delights are a better test of our character than anything else. The further a soul advances in grace, the more spiritual and divine are its longings.