The avoidance of little evils, little sins, little inconsistencies, little weaknesses, little follies, little indiscretions and imprudences, little foibles, little indulgences of self and of the flesh, little acts of indolence or indecision or slovenliness or cowardice, little equivocations or aberrations from high integrity, little touches of shabbiness and meanness, …little indifferences to the feelings [...]
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These Little Things, Avoided, Adds up to Much
Posted in Bonar, Horatius, tagged Holy Life, Sins on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It Is Forgiveness that Sets a Man Working for God
Posted in Bonar, Horatius, tagged Exodus 8, Forgiveness, God's Character, Grace, Sin on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It is forgiveness that sets a man working for God. He does not work in order to be forgiven, but because he has been forgiven, and the consciousness of his sin being pardoned makes him long more for its entire removal than ever he did before. An unforgiven man cannot work. He has not the [...]
