June 28

THE branch is not only ever near the stem, buc ever receiving life and fruitfulness from it. All true believers abide in Christ in a sense; but there is a higher meaning and this we must know before we gain unlimited power at the throne. “Ask what ye will” is for Enochs who walk with God, for Johns who lie in the Lord’s bosom, for those whose union with Christ leads to constant communion.

If you would be mighty in your pleadings, the Lord himself must abide in you, and you in Him.

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