But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.
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There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.Joseph Barber Lightfoot
This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.
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So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.
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Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.
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There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.
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God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.
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