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and to drive ou t the bittcrness and
the resentment when other people
do you wrong.
The
LOVE
of God will cover all of
that and dri ve it out. God will give
the resource of
WISDOM
that you
now lack. God has all knowledge
and all wisdom. God says if a ny
man lacks wisdom, let him ask of
God that giveth to all mcn liberally.
And if you really believe, it
sha/1 be
given,
and
understanding
too! And
then
zea/
and
energy- rcal
living,
driving energy thal is needed 10 do
lhe work that you musl accomplish.
lt Can Happen to You, Too
I
am going to mention some–
thing personal. To conduct this
work
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lead a very busy. driv–
ing life. and expend a great
deal of energy. A physician friend of
mine once asked me: "Mr. Arm–
strong.
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don't see how you do it.
Where do you get th is energy? How
do you keep going so long and un–
der so many hours of strain and
stress. and still have lhat driving en–
e rgy?"
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told him , " lt's one of the re–
sources 1ha1
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gel from above.' '
Of course,
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find it necessary to
observe the laws of health and prac–
tice moderation in all things.
It
re–
quires self-discipline.
You , too. can have these re–
sou rces thal make you happy. T hese
are lhe lhings thal we all need.
These are the resources that can
come only from God. And these are
the resources lhal will produce those
frui ts of !ove, and joy, and of peace,
and of patience.
Mosl lives today are emp1y. abso–
lutely
empty!
They are filled with
boredom, with frustrations and
fears.
h is as you read in lsaiah
55:1:
" Ho. every one that lhirsteth, come
ye to the waters. and he that hath no
money; come ye. buy. and eat; yea,
come, buy wine and milk without
money and withoul price."
Everyone is really lhirsty fo r the
good lhings of life. for the happi–
ness, the pleasanl things and . to
sorne extent, even exciling and
thrilling lhings in life that we could
and should have. Bul most lives
seem empty. The well is dry. and
they're thirsty.
"Wherefore do ye spend money
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for that which is not bread? and
your labour for that which sat isfielh
no1?"
Whal do you drink in? J esus said
that if you drink of Him. " He that
believeth on me, as the Scripture
halh sa id, out of his innermosl being
shall ftow r ivers of
living water"- nol
stagnant water. but living water.
sparkling water.
"But this spake he
of the Spirit.
which they tha t believe
on him should receive"- the Holy
Spirit ofGod.
The Ho ly Spiril of God is pic–
tured as living water.
lt
comes into
you. You go to Christ to receive it.
You don't bottle it up and put a
cork on it. lt flows out from you.
T he Holy Spirit ftows out in love.
pcace and joy. radiating
from
you.
T here is no other way 10 find these
resources. Thcre is no other way to
live a happy life.
The Iaws of God are a way of life.
The Bible in its whole is a way of
life. Jesus Christ sa id that we must
live by every word of God. lf you
live by every word of God, you will
Iive according to the way of life that
God has Jaid clown in His book, the
Holy Bible.
It
is the way of life that
is the
abundant
life. l t's the way of
the happy. lhe cheerfullife that sim–
ply
radiates.
lt radiates sunshine
and happiness. and it's always hap–
piness within. The well is not dry.
It's filled!
Now here is what this kind of life
will mean.
It
means that you will be
RADIANT.
It means that God's Spirit
in you will radiate cheerfulness a nd
smiles, fri endliness toward others,
love, sincerity. vigor, calm courage.
goodwill. and interest in others. in–
stead of being so self-conscious.
with so much overinterest in you r
own self.
l f the Spirit of God is
in
you. you
will be plain and simple, you will
put on no ai rs. There will be no
posing, as most people do in the
world. You will be natural. and not
pretcnding. You will be honest and
frank and unaffected, clean in mind
and in body. You will be humble.
Thcre won't be seif-confidence.
Therc will be
faith in God,
instead.
You will be humble, but you will
have
THE FAITJI
and
THE POWER OF
Goo, whose power is unlimited.
You will be strong through this faith
of God. There will be no weakness.
but great strength. You will have
wisdom, and you will have courage.
You will have everything, every re–
source you need.
You will be ready always lo say "I
don't know," if so it be. You will be
ready, always, to admit error when
it is so proved, to confess wrong and
to
change
lo what is right. wherever
you are wrong. You will be ready to
accept correction and reproof. and
to act upon it no matter how humili–
ating or painful. You will diligently
study to learn the right way and to
live it. and you will study the Bible
to find it. You will face every ob–
stacle that comes along-every diffi–
culty, every problem a nd trouble–
un afraid. in the fu ll faith of God,
Jooking to H im for wisdom and
knowing that He will guide you and
deliver you out of it.
The AHitude of a Christian
H
ere is lhe kind of atti–
tude you will have. You
will wish others to live
their lives. too, up to
their highest, their fullest. their best.
Yo u will be concerned for their wel–
farc.
You '11 try to help othe rs every
way you can, never to hurt or to
injure. You will never meddle. You
will never dictate. interfere, or give
unwanted advice, or speak ill of. nor
give goss ip about others. Never will
you go around griping, complaining
and murmuring things that make
you a nd others unhappy.
You will always be willing to help
others by giving them a chance, a nd
mainly you can help others by help–
ing them to help themselves. by en–
couragement, by setting a good
example. by lhus inspiring and up–
lifting olhers. giving advice only
when it's welcomed, and when they
want it and are willing lo open their
minds to receive it.
You will hew to the line of the
one supreme goal of life which
should be lO inherit the Kingdom of
God, lo be really born of God into
the very family of God. You will be
relentlessly pursuing this goal with
zeal. with enthusiasm, with drive
and with energy fired by godly am–
bition, witb hope. with faith . living
by every Word of God. The Bible
will be the authority that you obey.
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