Who has the heart? With whom
are our thoughts? Of whom do we love to converse? Who has our warmest affections and our
best energies? If we are Christ's, our thoughts are with Him, and our sweetest thoughts
are of Him. All we have and are is consecrated to Him. We long to bear His image, breathe
His spirit, do His will, and please Him in all things.
are our thoughts? Of whom do we love to converse? Who has our warmest affections and our
best energies? If we are Christ's, our thoughts are with Him, and our sweetest thoughts
are of Him. All we have and are is consecrated to Him. We long to bear His image, breathe
His spirit, do His will, and please Him in all things.
Those who become new
creatures in Christ Jesus will bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, "love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." Galatians
5:22, 23. They will no longer fashion themselves according to the former lusts, but by the
faith of the Son of God they will follow in His steps, reflect His character, and purify
themselves even as He is pure. The things they once hated they now love, and the things
they once loved they hate. The proud and self-assertive become meek and lowly in heart.
The vain and supercilious become serious and unobtrusive. The drunken become sober, and
the profligate pure. The vain customs and fashions of the world are laid aside. Christians
will seek not the "outward adorning," but "the hidden man of
creatures in Christ Jesus will bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, "love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." Galatians
5:22, 23. They will no longer fashion themselves according to the former lusts, but by the
faith of the Son of God they will follow in His steps, reflect His character, and purify
themselves even as He is pure. The things they once hated they now love, and the things
they once loved they hate. The proud and self-assertive become meek and lowly in heart.
The vain and supercilious become serious and unobtrusive. The drunken become sober, and
the profligate pure. The vain customs and fashions of the world are laid aside. Christians
will seek not the "outward adorning," but "the hidden man of
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