FAITH has to fight with the deep and direful depravity of the heart; with error and superstition; with despondency and early prejudices; with unbelief and carnal reason; with Satan and the world at large. Faith has to fight for victory, for a crown, for God's glory. True faith fights in God's strength; with certainty, arising from the faithful promise; in holy fear , produced by grace taking advantage of our weakness; with courage; principally on the knees; and looking to the Captain of our salvation, the end of the conflict, and the design of the combat. Believer, "Fight the good fight of faith." Thy God bids thee. His promises are intended to encourage thee. The example of Jesus should animate thee. The coward's doom should alarm and instruct thee. The connection between conflict and conquest should impel thee. Jesus says, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne." God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.Omnipotent Lord, my Saviour and King, Thy succour afford, Thy righteousness bring; On Thee, as my power, for strength I rely; All evil before Thy presence shall fly: Thy love everlasting will never depart, Thy truth and Thy mercy shall rule in my heart.

Written by James Smith for his own flock around 1840, but such was the demand that by 1846 over thirty thousand copies where in circulation.

The Believer's Daily Remembrancer

"Fight the good fight of faith." 1 Timothy 6:12

Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called. (1 Timothy 6:12 ESV)Resurrection is 
 the supreme proof of the power of God. You do not need that I say much 
 about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. When He was on that cross everything 
 was done to make sure that He was dead. After they had nailed Him, hands and 
 feet, on to the cross, to make sure that He was dead they thrust the spear 
 into His heart. When He was taken down from the cross and put into the tomb, 
 the high priest said: 'Take a guard and make sure,' so that great stone was 
 rolled against the tomb and the official seal was put on the stone. Then they 
 mounted a guard of soldiers. What more could be done to make sure that He was 
 dead? Well, everything that men and devils could do – and then, over all that, 
 it says: 
 "This Jesus did God 
 raise up" (Acts 2:32). What an immense thing resurrection 
 is! 
 And all the 
 potentialities of the resurrection life of the Lord Jesus are given to the 
 child of God. We can go right on to the end because we have His Life. Until 
 the Lord says: 'It is enough: come up higher!' there is no need for any child 
 of God to die. Death and life are in the hands of God. How many wonderful 
 experiences we may have of this divine Life! We may make a lot of other 
 manifestations of the power of God and they may all be quite wonderful – we 
 will never take anything from what is of the Holy Spirit – but when we have 
 said all, the supreme thing is 
 "the power of His resurrection." 
 That is the birthright of the 
 child of God and something that you and I may be knowing now and all the days 
 of our life. "Lay hold on the life 
 eternal, whereunto thou wast 
 called."

This devotional contains short daily portions from a selection of Mr. Austin-Sparks' messages. In his own words, “Perhaps this is just like a window opened into heaven. If you get the right window you can see quite a lot. You can see great things and you can see far things. But the best that I can hope is that this has just opened a window, and that as you look through it you are seeing one thing - how superior is Jesus Christ to all else, and how superior is the dispensation into which we have come, and how superior are all the resources at our disposal to all that ever was before!” Open Windows messages have been selected and compiled by Austin-Sparks.Net from the works of T. Austin-Sparks. In some cases they appear in abridged form. The introductory verse and its associated Bible version have been selected by the editor and did not always appear within the original message.

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Into The Heart of God - Chapter 6

 The Heart of The Father 

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Morning Daily Light

 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble 

Be] strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power. § As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. § They may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. § Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. § [Be] filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Fight the good fight of faith. § Not in any way terrified by your adversaries.

 Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 

We were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. § Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. § Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. God is my strength and power … He teaches my hands to make war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. § Our sufficiency is from God. The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. § Behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. The time would fail me to tell of [those] … who through faith subdued kingdoms … out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

Evening Daily Light

 Fight the good fight of faith. 

12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Fight the good fight<cr>1</cr> of the faith. Take hold of<cr>2</cr> the eternal life<cr>3</cr> to which you were called when you made your good confession<cr>4</cr> in the presence of many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:12

 12 Fight the good fight   of the faith. Take hold of   the eternal life   to which you were called when you made your good confession   in the presence of many witnesses.

From Wikipedia: 

The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Bible first published in 1978 by Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society). The NIV was published to meet the need for a modern translation done by Bible scholars using the earliest, highest quality manuscripts available. Of equal importance was that the Bible be expressed in broadly understood modern English.

The NIV is published by Zondervan in the United States and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. The NIV was updated in 1984 and 2011 and has become one of the most popular and best-selling modern translations.

OT: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia; additional sources;
NT: UBS Greek New Testament; Novum Testamentum Graece; additional sources;

New International Version

 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

 Fight the good fight   of the faith. Take hold of   the eternal life   to which you were called when you made your good confession   in the presence of many witnesses.

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