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Old 02-26-2008, 05:53 PM
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It is by humbling ourselves, acknowledging that we are not God, and that our problems are really His problems. He is in control. Actually, the text says that "casting our cares" on him is actually a means of accomplishing the main verb of the sentence "humble yourselves..."

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"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)
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