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It is a joy to Jesus when a disciple takes time to step more intimately with Him.

From John 15:4-5:  “Abide in Me as I abide in you.  Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me.  I am the vine, you are the branches.  Those who abide in Me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from Me you can do nothing.”

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Shut out every other consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only–“My Utmost for His Highest.”

From Philippians 1:20-21:  “It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way, but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.  For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.”

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Their distress is due entirely to their deliberate determination to use themselves for a purpose other than God’s.

From Ecclesiastes 3:1:  “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under Heaven.”