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mama27
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 TOZER - Trials and Pain: Piles of Ashes

December: Trials and Pain

The devil, things and people being what they are, it is necessary for
God to use the hammer, the file and the furnace in His holy work of
preparing a saint for true sainthood. It is doubtful whether God can
bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

The Root of the Righteous, 157.


December 2

Trials and Pain: Piles of Ashes

Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful;
nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of
righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
--Hebrews 12:11

If God has singled you out to be a special object of His grace you
may expect Him to honor you with stricter discipline and greater
suffering than less favored ones are called upon to endure....

If God sets out to make you an unusual Christian He is not likely
to be as gentle as He is usually pictured by the popular teachers.
A sculptor does not use a manicure set to reduce the rude,
unshapely marble to a thing of beauty. The saw, the hammer and the
chisel are cruel tools, but without them the rough stone must
remain forever formless and unbeautiful.

To do His supreme work of grace within you He will take from your
heart everything you love most. Everything you trust in will go
from you. Piles of ashes will lie where your most precious
treasures used to be. That Incredible Christian, pp. 122-124

"Lord, give me the grace to withstand 'the saw, the hammer and the
chisel.' I want the finished product; I often chafe under the
process. I submit myself today to Your working. Amen."

 2011/12/2 8:33Profile
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 Re: TOZER - Trials and Pain: Piles of Ashes

Oh dear Sister... Who showed us all of this at the beginning of our pilgrimage?

Quote:
"It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply."

Question: What god is this?
Answer: The True God. Terrifying...

at first, yet He becomes the God of ALL COMFORT to us who submit to His will and trust in His great and precious promises.

Quote:
"Lord, give me the grace to withstand 'the saw, the hammer and the chisel.' I want the finished product; I often chafe under the process. I submit myself today to Your working. Amen."

Oh... bless Him and His Holy Name Forever.

Be well today,
Doug

 2011/12/2 9:37Profile
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The problem in much of the church today is that the message is "Come to Jesus and He will make you happy," when it ought to be "come to Jesus and He will make you holy", "Come to Jesus and die to self". Yes, Jesus does give us "joy unspeakable and full of glory", but the purpose of God is to conform us to the image and likeness of His Son, and we will have to go through many dealings of the Lord to come to that place.

Mike


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If God has singled you out to be a special object of His grace you
may expect Him to honor you with stricter discipline and greater
suffering than less favored ones are called upon to endure...



Very good article. Oh that we would have the faith to see beyond our daily troubles to the far surpassing glory being built up for us.


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 2011/12/2 9:54Profile
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I have been in this school for quite awhile.....I am "almost" totally yielded, but there is this teeny, tiny corner of my heart that is holding on for dear life....Oh the condition of the human heart!!! And I am passionate about a life lived for Jesus Christ - truly it is ALL of Him, and NOTHING of us...

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