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\n2Corinthians 6:1<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. \u00a0For he says, \u201cIn a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.\u201d Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.\u00a0We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,\u00a0but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,\u00a0beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;\u00a0by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0\u201cLife is options up to a point, and then it\u2019s decisions made.\u201d But no decision we make is more consequential than choosing where we are going to spend eternity. The decision is not whether you are going to live forever but where you going to live forever. And it is a decision you cannot put off indefinitely. If you wait until you die to decide where you are going to spend eternity, then you will have waited too long. As Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 6:2, \u201cThe \u2018right time\u2019 is now. Today is the day of salvation\u201d. Where we choose to spend eternity will be reflected in how we live our lives right now.<\/span><\/p>\n
The older I grow the more I am convinced that real practical holiness does not receive the attention it deserves, and that there is a most painfully low standard of living among many high professors of religion in the land. But, at the same time, I am increasingly convinced that the zealous efforts of some well-meaning persons to promote a higher standard of spiritual life are often not \u201c according to knowledge,\u201d and are really calculated to do more harm than good. Let me explain what I mean. It is easy to get crowds together for what are called \u201c Higher life \u201d and \u201c Consecration \u201d meetings. Any one knows that, who has watched human nature, and read descriptions of American camp-meetings, and studied the curious phenomena of the \u201c Religious affections.\u201d * Sen\u00ac sational and exciting addresses by strange preachers or by women, loud singing, hot rooms, crowded tents, the constant sight of strong semi-religious feeling in the faces of all around you for several days, late hours, long protracted meetings, public profession of experience,\u2014all this kind of thing is very interesting at the time, and seems to do good. But is the good real, deeply-rooted, solid, lasting ? That is the point. And I should like to ask a few questions about it. Do those who attend these meetings become more holy, meek, unselfish, kind, good tempered, self-denying, and Christ-like at home ? Do they become more content with * Sec tlie work of President Edwards on this subject. FEEFACE. :vii their position in life, and more free from restless craving after something different from that which .God has given them ? Do fathers, mothers, husbands, and otherrelatives and friends, find them more pleasant and easy to live with ? Can they enjoy a quiet Sunday and quiet means of grace without noise, heat, and excitement ?CAbove all, do they grow in charity, and especially in charity towards those who do not agree with them in every jot and tittle of their religion ? ^ These are serious and searching questions, and deserve serious consideration. I hope I am as anxious to promote real practical holiness in the land as any one. I admire and willingly acknowledge the zeal and earnestness of many with whom I cannot co-operate who are trying to promote it. But I cannot withhold a growing suspicion that the great \u201cmass-meetings\u201d of the present day, for the ostensible object of promoting spiritual life, do not tend to promote private home religion, private Biblereading, private prayer, private usefulness, and private walking with God. If they are of any real value, they ought to make people better husbands, and wives, and fathers, and mothers, and sons, and daughters, and brothers, and sisters, and masters, and servants. But I should like to have clear proofs that they do; I only know it is far easier to be a Christian among singing, praying, sympathizing Christians in a public room, than to be a consistent Christian in a quiet, retired, out-of-the-way, uncongenial home. (Ryles)<\/p>\n
Out of great mercy, grace, and love, Jesus willingly went to the cross and paid the price for our sins. What manner of people should we be? How should we live? How should we speak? How should we think? Do people see a new creation born again changed life? Does the light and love of Jesus Christ flow out of you?<\/p>\n
Let your days be filled with a single thought: Let my thoughts, words, and actions today be filled with honor and glory for Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2Corinthians 6:1\u00a0\u00a0Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. \u00a0For he says, \u201cIn a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.\u201d Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.\u00a0We put … Continue reading “44.i. “Now is the day of salvation””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1353,4440,15160,3773,2864,2863,16802,76,83,15169,3990,232,646,15161,409,283,2284,2891,5531,15159,205,7343,362,15162,16285,15163,3741],"class_list":["post-166845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-afflictions","tag-appeal","tag-beatings","tag-calamities","tag-day-of-salvation","tag-favorable-time","tag-genuine-love","tag-god","tag-grace","tag-great-endurance","tag-hardships","tag-holy-spirit","tag-hunger","tag-imprisonments","tag-kindness","tag-knowledge","tag-labors","tag-listened","tag-ministry","tag-obstacle","tag-patience","tag-purity","tag-receive","tag-riots","tag-servants-of-god","tag-sleepless-nights","tag-vain"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166847,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166845\/revisions\/166847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}