Let Us Come Boldly To The Throne of Grace

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for January 12
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Let Us Come Boldly To The Throne of Grace

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Heb. 4:16.

Jesus knows the needs of His children, and He loves to listen to their
prayers. Let the children shut out the world and everything that would
attract the thoughts from God, and let them feel that they are alone
with God, that His eye looks into the inmost heart, and reads the desire
of the soul, and that they may talk with God. In humble faith you may
claim His promises, and feel that although you have nothing in yourself
whereby you may claim the favor of God, because of the merits and
righteousness of Christ, you may come boldly to the throne of grace, and
find help in time of need. There is nothing that can make the soul so
strong to resist the temptations of Satan in the great conflict of life,
as to seek God in humility, laying before Him your soul in all its
helplessness, expecting that He will be your helper and your defender.
With the trusting faith of a little child, we are to come to our
heavenly Father, telling Him of all our needs. He is always ready to
pardon and help. The supply of divine wisdom is inexhaustible, and the
Lord encourages us to draw largely from it. The longing that we should
have for spiritual blessings is described in the words, "As the hart
panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
We need a deeper soul-hunger for the rich gifts that heaven has to
bestow.
We are to hunger and thirst after righteousness.
O that we might have a consuming desire to know God by an experimental
knowledge, to come into the audience chamber of the Most High, reaching
up the hand of faith, and casting our helpless souls upon the One mighty
to save. His loving kindness is better than life.
He desires to bestow on the children of men the riches of an eternal
inheritance. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.


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