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Tag Archives: self-denial
Kindergarten in the School of Christ
1 John 3:23; Matthew 16:24 This is his commandment, that we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged cross bearing, humilty, Jesus Christ, kindergarten, meekness, sanctification, school, self-denial, teachable
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Two Mites Enriched With Mighty Lessons
Mark 12:41-44 Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Life
Tagged charity, kindness, love, self-denial
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Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Rule for Christian Fasting
Matthew 6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine & Practice
Tagged confession, fasting, humility, mortification of sin, prayer, self-denial
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God’s Sifting & Testing of Gideon’s Troops
Judges 7:1-6 Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged courage, faith, self-denial, self-indulgence, testing, trials, watchfulness
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