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Great is our inheritance in him. Great is that

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security that we have in him. Knowing that underneath

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are those everlasting arms. Overshadowed by his

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love. The waters, the deep waters shall never

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overflow. And he giveth grace when more grace

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is needed. He giveth faith, his faith, when faith

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is needed. Thanks, Heavenly Father, a million

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thanks. Amen. beautiful portions of the Word

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of God, to my way of thinking, the most beautiful

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words spoken, all found in the Old Testament.

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The third verse of the 31st chapter of Jeremiah.

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The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying,

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Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.

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Therefore, with loving kindness, have I drawn

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thee. How many times in the darkness of a midnight

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hour I've been conscious of that love. How many

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times in a moment of crisis I've been conscious

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of that love. How many times have I stood without

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a star in the sky and have been conscious of

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that love? How often I have stood before the

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open grave and have been conscious of that love.

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I have loved thee with an Everlasting love. And

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that love is my security today. And I'll stake

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everything that I have. I'll stake my very life.

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I stake my soul on that love. For I have confidence

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in the one who's given that promise. I... I have

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loved thee with an everlasting love. We talk

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much of the fruit of the Spirit, but do you realize

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that all the fruits of the Spirit can be summed

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up in just one word, love? Pause with me just

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a moment. Consider the word. Joy is love exalted.

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Peace is love in repose. Long suffering is love

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enduring. And gentleness is love in society.

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Goodness is love in action. And faith is love

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on the battlefield. Meekness is love at school.

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Temperance is love in training. So when you speak

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of the fruit of the Spirit, remember, all the

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fruits of the Spirit can be summed up in just

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the one word, love. His love. I know there's

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someone who's asking this very moment. I can't

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understand his love toward me. Catherine Kuhlman,

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I don't see if Jesus really loves me so much.

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Why he sends so many troubles and the afflictions.

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Not merely one is asking that question. I think

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there have been times in each of our lives that

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we have questioned, we have wondered. And it's

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just because we're human beings, just human enough

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to want to go through life without trouble, without

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problems, without sorrows, without afflictions.

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And immediately, when these things come into

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our lives, the first thing that we do, we question

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God's love. But we forget the word. And the word

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says, and every branch that beareth fruit, he

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purges it that it might bring forth more fruit.

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One day, a woman battled within herself, wondering

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if God really loved her because of her many afflictions.

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She wondered whether or not. He had forgotten

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her. She went for a walk. Alone. In her walk,

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she passed a vineyard in rich autumn glow. A

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beautiful sight. A great wealth of leaves on

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the vines. But no fruit. No fruit on the vine.

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Just leaves. And in that moment, the heavenly

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gardener whispered to her and said, Are you wondering

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at the trials in your life? Are you wondering

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at the afflictions that have come upon you? The

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problems that... you're faced with. Remember,

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child of mine, the gardener ceases to prune,

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to trim, to harrow, to cultivate, when he expects

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nothing more from the vine. Do you wish me to

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cease my pruning? Do you wish me to expect nothing

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but leaves from your life? Do you wish me to

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leave you alone? I'll cease my pruning. I'll

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cease my cultivating. I will cease my harrowing.

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And expect nothing from you but leaves. She looked

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up. brushing away the hot tears from her cheeks,

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and she saw it. Oh, dear God, if only you and

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I could see, as she saw in that moment. Instead

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of tears of sorrow, they were tears of joy, and

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she looked up and said, oh, heavenly gardener,

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I see it, I see it. How could I have been so

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blind, lo, these many, many months? Harrow me.

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Cultivate me. If these trials will make me a

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finer Christian. If the deep waters will make

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me a finer child. If through these sorrows and

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afflictions fruit can be brought from my life.

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Please, I pray, cultivate my life. Rejoice, beloved,

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though each desire, each dream, each hope of

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thine shall fall and fade, remember something.

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It is the hand of love divine. We talk about

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faith. We talk about great faith. There may be

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those who have even boasted of their faith, but

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never forget. Great faith is to endure great

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trials. Great faith, my friend, has perfect confidence

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in the perfect knowledge and the perfect wisdom

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of a perfect Heavenly Father. I repeat, great

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faith is to endure great trials. Someone listening

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to me this very moment who is just human enough

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to say, Catherine Kuhlman, if only during those...

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Long hours and days and months of going through

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great trials and great suffering and affliction.

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If for just one moment I could see his face.

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If he would do something very definite. If literally,

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actually, I could look upon the person of Jesus.

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If I could literally feel his strong hands clasping

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mine, some sign, something tangible, I could

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go through anything. But had you ever considered

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that the silences of Jesus are as eloquent as

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his speech disapproval but of his approval. That's

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right. Please consider a moment. A Christian

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dreamed that she saw three figures kneeling in

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prayer. Silently she watched. The master appeared

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and he bent over over the first figure and with

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great tenderness he caressed her face and smiled

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into that face and he spoke words of comfort

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to her and the one watching said oh he must love

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her a great deal She must be a very chosen vessel,

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set apart from all others. Did you see how he

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smiled and how tenderly he touched her? And then

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he saw the master go to the second kneeling figure,

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and he just placed his hand upon her head. That

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was all. He neither spoke to her, neither did

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he stoop to smile into her face. He just gently

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placed his hand upon her head and left. To one

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watching said, oh, he must love her less. Surely

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he must not love her as much as he loved the

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first one. For he neither smiled in her face,

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neither did he speak to her. Just gently laid

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his hand upon her head. And then, as she thought,

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she saw the master himself as he approached the

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third kneeling figure. He just passed by her.

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without even looking at her. Not a word did he

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say. Neither did he touch her. He just slowly

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passed by. The woman was so amazed. Oh, the master

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did not speak to her. touched her. Neither did

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he pause to smile into her face. Surely she must

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have done something to have breathed him. And

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then suddenly she became aware of the fact that

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the master himself was standing by her side.

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And then he began to speak and he said, child

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of mine, you don't. understand. The first needed

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all my weight of tenderness and care to keep

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her feet in my narrow way. She needs my love.

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She needs my thought. She needs my help. She's

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weak in the faith. She's just a babe. She needs

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all the strength that I can give her. The second

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has stronger faith and a deeper love for me.

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You see, I can trust her to trust me. She has

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confidence in my wisdom. She has confidence in

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my every direction. And the third, oh, if you

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could only understand. If somehow you could only

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understand. The third, to whom I neither spoke,

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Or pause to lay a hand upon her head. Or to stoop

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and smile into her face. If you could only understand.

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That, my child, has faith and love of highest...

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I'm training her for the highest and the holiest

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service. Even as the father trusted me, even

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as the father had faith and confidence in me,

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as I walk this old earth, so does that precious

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child of mine have confidence. and faith in me.

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I can trust her under all circumstances, whether

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the sun is shining in all of its glory or whether

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the waters are deep. Regardless of the weight

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of the cross, regardless of the crisis, The trying

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hour, the affliction, the testing time. I can

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trust her to trust me under all circumstances.

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And that is the life that I am using in a greater

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measure than... ever before. I am silent in my

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love because I love beyond the power of words

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to express or of human hearts to understand.

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Beloved, wherever showers fall most, There the

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grass is greenest. And wherever you find great

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fogs of tears and mists of sorrow, you will always

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find hearts that are full of the beautiful virtue

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of the comfort and the love of God. Above all,

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when thy god hides his face say not that he hath

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forgotten thee he is but caring a little to make

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thee love him