February 22

After ye were illuminated ye endured a great fight of afflictions. Hebrews 10:32.

Our boldness for God  before the world  must always be the result of individual dealing with God  in secret. Our victories over self, and sin, and the world, are always first fought where no eye sees but God's. . . . If we have not these  secret  conflicts, well may we not have any  open  ones. The  outward  absence of conflict betrays the inward  sleep of the soul. F. Whitfield.