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

I need to come to grips that God is a better god than me. He is sovereign, not I. It’s His universe and He’s permitted to run it according to His wisdom. In His sovereignty He permits people, at times, to hurt me. Yet without excusing their sin, He has a reason for inflicting pain in my life. It’s my job to trust Him as God, knowing that He has my best interests in mind, working all things together for my ultimate good (Rom. 8:28). It’s not about me becoming bitter over my trials. It’s about Him making me better through my trials.
Randy Smith

Believers must never, of course, compromise doctrines or principles that are clearly biblical. But to humbly defer to one another on secondary issues is a mark of spiritual strength, not weakness. It is a mark of maturity and love that God highly honors, because it promotes and preserves harmony in His church.
John MacArthur

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FOX’s Book of Martyrs

This entry is part 23 of 24 in the series FOX's Book of Martyrs

FOX’s Book of Martyrs FOX’S BOOK OF MARTYRS CHAPTER XXII The Beginnings of American Foreign Missions Samuel J. Mills, when a student in Williams College, gathered about him a group of fellow students, all feeling the burden of the great…