Saturday, March 4, 2017

Be Quiet.

Never do we fully realize just how loud we are in life as when we are instructed to be quiet in spirit.

May God help us to be quiet.

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'A Quiet Spirit

 “Let it be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious” (1 Peter 3.4).

Granted that this is a word directed towards the sisters, it nonetheless is spiritually applicable to the brothers as well. “To aspire to live quietly” (1 Thess. 4.11). This is the duty of every Christian. Modern Christians talk far too much. Sometimes their unuttered words surpass in number those that are spoken.
Confused thought and endless speech set our spirits to wandering away from the control of our wills.

A “wild spirit” often leads people to walk according to the flesh. How hard for believers to restrain themselves from sinning when their spirits become unruly. An errant spirit invariably ends up with an error in conduct. Before one can display a quiet mouth he first must possess a quiet spirit, for out of the abundance of the spirit does the mouth speak.

We ought to carefully keep our spirit in stillness; even in time of intense confusion our inner being should nevertheless be able to sustain an independent quietude.

A placid spirit is essential to anyone walking after the spirit: without it he shall quickly fall into sin. If our spirit is hushed we can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit there, obey the will of God, and understand what we cannot understand when confused. Such a quiet inner life constitutes the Christian’s adornment which betokens something manifested outwardly. '    The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee

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