A Friend to the Friendless
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. Proverbs 27:9. We should have the love of Christ in the heart to such a degree that our interest in others will be impartial and sincere. Our affections should take a wide range, and not center simply upon […]
You Must Choose Your Company
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 2 Corinthians 6:17. The true Christian will not choose the company of the unconverted. If Christ is formed within, the hope of glory, we cannot enjoy the malarious spiritual atmosphere which […]
Guard Your Affections
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14. I would warn you*Counsel to a young woman. to be guarded as to where you bestow your affections…. Remember that your life belongs to Jesus, and that you are not […]
Be Selective!
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Ephesians 5:11. The Christian should withdraw himself from the company of those who are as a snare to his soul. When you come in contact with those whom you cannot lift into a pure and holy atmosphere, because their moral tastes […]
A Pure Moral Atmosphere
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. Proverbs 2:20. In order to have a healthy body, the blood circulating through the veins must be pure; in order to be pure it must have pure air and pure food. The use of improper food and the […]
Fragrance in Our Lifework
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:28, 29. The great Master Artist calls our attention to the […]
