The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

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thing is physically impossible, she does it, because in
attempting it, God gives her superhuman strength.
Think how people pass through seasons
of crushing,
heart-breaking loss, sorrow, bereavement, when every
dear hope is broken. God says to them : Go through
these deep waters, be brave, do not yield to despair.
And they do it. They do not break down. God
works a miracle for them.
Hannah More saw in a country village a number
of labourers' children, the most neglected, abandoned,
precociously wicked children that she
had ever seen.
All the squires, parsons, and farmers of the district told
her that she might as well attempt to convert pigs, or
change dung into pearls, as attempt to reform and
convert them. God told her to do it, and she set
about the work. The impossible came to pass. A
miracle was done. Those children were transformed
into orderly, gentle, sweet-hearted Christians.
of you say you cannot love God, or you cannot
some of your neighbours, or you cannot forgive
Some
love
that
man who has done you a grievous wrong, or you
cannot face that trouble which threatens you, or you
cannot bear that cross which is laid upon you. God
tells you to do it. Try, with an earnest prayer on
your lips, and you will do it, though it seems so hard.
Napoleon used to say that he could not find the word
" impossible " in his dictionary. He did not believe
that there was such a thing. There is no word
" impossible " in the dictionary which God has written
for us.
Some of you are quite sure that you were not
destined to be good men and women—Christian men
and women. The Christian life, you say, is far too