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  THOUGHTS FOR THE QUIET HOUR - SEPTEMBER 29
  by D.L. Moody
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Summary: The victory over the world is achieved by making it serve us in
our pursuit of a deeper love for God and a clearer vision of His nature.

Topics: "Overcoming the World", "Faith"
Scripture References: Matthew 6:33, John 16:33, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Philippians 3:14, Colossians 3:2, James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8, 1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 5:4

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D.L. Moody emphasizes that true victory over the world is achieved
through faith, which allows believers to transform worldly distractions
into tools for drawing closer to God. He explains that the world can
either hinder our relationship with God or serve as a means to elevate
our spiritual journey. By bending the world to our purpose of seeking
God, we can attain a clearer vision of His nature and a deeper love for
Him. The ultimate victory is when the world becomes a ladder that lifts
us toward God rather than an obstacle that obscures our view of Him.

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This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. --1 John
5:4

The world conquers me when it succeeds in hindering me from seeing,
loving, holding communion with, and serving my Father, God. I conquer it
when I lay my hand upon it and force it to help me to get nearer Him, to
get more like Him, to think oftener of Him, to do His will more gladly
and more constantly. The one victory over the world is to bend it to
serve me in the highest things--the attainment of a clearer vision of
the divine nature, the attainment of a deeper love to God Himself, and a
more glad consecration and service to Him. That is the victory--when you
can make the world a ladder to lift you to God. When the world comes
between you and God as an obscuring screen, it has conquered you.

When the world comes between you and God as a transparent medium you
have conquered it. To win victory is to get it beneath your feet and
stand upon it, and reach up thereby to God. --Alexander McLaren

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