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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

How do you glorify God through exercise? 1. It fosters gratitude for legs, heart, and lungs. The older I get the more keenly aware I am of how fragile I am. And every breath I take, if I were able to maintain consciousness of truth, I would give thanks to God that he has given me these. 2. What are your motives in doing it? [Is it] the desire to be both mentally and physically at peak performance for Christian ministry. 3. How [do] you do it? [Modest attire? Noisy? Too rough?]... In other words, are you exercising in a loving way? 4. Finally, do you have an eye to turning it into ministry? In other words, can you draw somebody in with you who needs some help with their discipline? Are you willing to stop along the way to help somebody, like the good Samaritan? Are you willing to do some evangelism along the way so that you stop and share Jesus?
John Piper

Don’t ever forget that you cannot do what God has called you to do. You cannot parent that child, love that husband, care for that elderly parent, submit to that boss, teach that Sunday school class, or lead that small-group Bible study. God specializes in the impossible, so that when the victory is won and the task is complete, we cannot take any credit. Others know we didn’t do it, and we know we didn’t do it. We must always remember that we can only live the Christian life and serve God through the power of His Holy Spirit. As soon as we think we can handle it on our own, we become useless to Him. We have to be willing to get out of the way, let God take over, and let Him overshadow us.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss

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This entry is part 2 of 81 in the series Finney's Systematic Theology--1851 Edition

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LECTURES

ON

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY,

EMBRACING

 

MORAL GOVERNMENT,

THE ATONEMENT, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEPRAVITY,

NATURAL, MORAL, AND GRACIOUS ABILITY, REPENTANCE, FAITH,

JUSTIFICATION, SANCTIFICATION, &c.

BY THE

REV. CHARLES G. FINNEY,

PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN THE OBERLIN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, OHIO, AMERICA.

THE WHOLE WORK REVISED, ENLARGED, AND PARTLY RE-WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR,

DURING HIS LATE VISIT TO ENGLAND.

EDITED AND REVISED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION,

BY THE

REV. GEORGE REDFORD, D.D., LL.D,

OF WORCESTER

LONDON:

WILLIAM TEGG AND Co., 85, QUEEN STREET,

CHEAPSIDE.

1851.

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