*LOVE TRIALS ** By Miles Stanford*

*LOVE TRIALS *
* By Miles Stanford*
*
"I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak
tenderly unto her" (Hosea 2:14).
As we begin to grow, we are governed; as we begin to mature, we are
allured.
"By trial our Father reveals whether we can suffer His will as well as
do it. By trial He weans us from the world, draws us to His Son, drives
us to the Word and to prayer, and shows us our hearts, and makes us
humble. We are to learn to be patient in the days of darkness. Our
trials are not meant to do us harm, but good. Our Father chastens us
'for our profit, that we may become partakers of His holiness' (Heb.
12:10)." ---J.C.R.
"The great teaching of the wilderness is dependence upon the Father. The
really heavenly man must be in a scene like this the most dependent man;
and whenever anyone learns his heavenly calling truly, and walks
according to it conscientiously, he ever finds that new circumstances or
trials occur, to keep him dependent; so that the truly heavenly man is
the best wilderness man."
"If our affections are true to the glorified Lord Jesus, they will make
this world a wilderness to us; but if our affections do not make it a
wilderness, His government will. The Father loves us too well to allow
our hearts to nestle here; and He makes us conscious that it is a
wilderness that He may have opportunity in our loneliness and our sorrow
to speak to our hearts. The Voice that could not be heard in the din and
bustle, and amid the laughter of the city, can be heard in the silence
and solitude of the wilderness." ---C.A.C.
"Why has the Father brought you to despair? In order to stop you looking
for any ground of hope in yourself; that you should not trust in
yourself, but in God Who raiseth the dead."
"For the Father Himself loveth you" (John 16:27).

*Somehow, we need to catch the wonder *
*of the Resurrection again. *
*We need to be amazed by God's grace, *
*overwhelmed by His love, *
*made speechless by His joy *
*and awestruck at His gift of eternal life. *
*ENJOY*
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