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  AN EVERLASTING PORTION
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Having God as a portion provides a Christian with a sure and
lasting source of comfort, strength, and happiness.

Topics: "God as Our Portion", "True Happiness in God"
Scripture References: Psalm 73:26, Lamentations 3:24, Matthew 6:19, Philippians 4:19, Hebrews 13:5

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that God is the ultimate and everlasting
portion for a Christian, highlighting that while one may lose everything
else in life, they can never lose their relationship with God. He
asserts that true happiness and security come from having God as one's
portion, and that material wealth or status cannot provide lasting
fulfillment. Brooks encourages believers to ensure that God is their
portion, as this is the only source of true joy and hope in life.

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"The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore

I will hope in Him." Lamentations 3:24

A Christian may be stripped of anything but his God;

he may be stripped of his estate, his friends, his relations,

his liberty, his life--but he can never be stripped of his God!

As God is a portion that none can give to a Christian but

God himself; so God is a portion that none can take from

a Christian but God himself! Therefore, as ever you would

have a sure portion, an abiding portion, a lasting portion,

yes, an everlasting portion, make sure of God for your

portion!

Nothing can make that man miserable, who has God for

his portion; nor can anything make that man happy, who

lacks God for his portion.

The more rich--the more wretched;

the more great--the more graceless;

the more honorable--the more miserable

that man will be, who has not God for his portion.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/an-everlasting-portion/
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