You can be a conqueror. Temptations will assail you, trials
will come, but you can ignore them in such a way as to show their author
your contempt for both him and his temptations. I read just this morning
this good suggestion: "Do not dwell upon your temptations. They are like
little dogs that bark after a man that passes by; if he stops to drive
them away, they bark more fiercely than before." You can do all things
through Christ, but you must do them in his way. Ofttimes he would have
you ignore temptations instead of fighting them. It is well ofttimes not
even to ask, "Who is there," when temptations come knocking at your door.
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a
quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." Col. 3:
12, 13. Such a life is a heavenly life. Think these words over and make
them your experience today. Have bowels of mercies--that yearning,
longing, compassionate feeling that would gladly bring every offender to
Jesus for forgiveness.
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