PROMISE FOR AUGUST 13TH

"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure." Phil. 2:13

He works in us, to will and to do, through these exceeding great and precious promises and the glorious prospects and rewards that attach to them; but the amount that He will work in us and the results that will be worked out through these promises, depend upon us. ...We could neglect the word of His promise, neglect the various means of grace which He provides for our strengthening, establishing and upbuilding in the knowledge and grace of the truth. And thus neglecting His provisions we would proportionately fail to abide in His love--fail to obtain the promised favors. The Apostle intimates this, saying:--"Keep yourselves in the love of God." Jude 21. R3021,c2,p2