Self Indulgence Weakens Us

November 29.

My sons, be not now negligent:
for the Lord hath chosen you to stand
before Him, to serve Him.

2 CHRONICLES 29, verse 11.


Bright be my prospect as I pass along;
An ardent service at the cost of all,
Love by untiring ministry made strong,
And ready for the first, the softest call.

A. L. WARING.


There are many things that appear trifles,
which greatly tend to enervate the soul, and
hinder its progress in the path to virtue and
glory. The habit of indulging in things which
our judgment cannot thoroughly approve,
grows stronger and stronger by every act of
self-gratification, and we are led on by degrees
to an excess of luxury which must greatly
weaken our hands in the spiritual warfare.
If we do not endeavor to do that which is right
in every particular circumstance, though trifling,
we shall be in great danger of letting the same
negligence take place in matters more essential.

MARGARET WOODS.


The will can only be made submissive by frequent
self-denials, which must keep in subjection its
sallies and inclinations. Great weakness is often
produced by indulgences which seem
of no importance.

M. DE MOLINOS.