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

The paradox between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. This is an apparent paradox – not a true paradox, but an apparent paradox – which faith accepts while reason rejects. Faith accepts, because faith acknowledges that we don't have all the information, but we trust God. Faith accepts this. Reason rejects it, and that's because reason is finite.
John MacArthur

Repentance is an inner change of the mind...toward one's self, toward God and toward others that leads to an outer change of life. It may or may not result in restitution, as required, but, when genuine, always results in the desire and the attempt to abandon old sinful lifestyles and to adopt new, biblical ones. Repentance is a precondition to all biblical change that has to do with overcoming sin.
Unknown Author

THE DEVOTIONS of BISHOP ANDREWS

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Morning Prayers, at first rising

This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series THE DEVOTIONS of BISHOP ANDREWS

GLORY be to thee, O Lord, all glo- ry be to thee, for the sleep which thou hast graciously given me this night: A seasonable recruit to the wastings, and a kind intermission to the labours, of this poor weak…