4. _"I believe that God has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still preserves them."_ Every Christian confesses: God, my Father, _preserves_ me, my life, my body and soul, all that I am. God has not made us and given us His great gifts and then left it to us how to preserve and keep them. This we could never do. He is not like a builder who, having finished a house, leaves it and lets others take care of it in the future. _"He is not far from every one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being."_ Acts 17, 27.28. He will preserve us, and He alone, our Almighty Father, can do it. He has preserved me until this day. The fact that I am still enjoying life, that I still have body and soul with all their precious gifts, that I still can see and hear and have the use of my members, that I still have the gift of reason and the use of my senses, all this is not my work, not due to my prudence, or the care of my parents, or the skill of a physician, _but it is God's work and gift alone. "He upholds all things by the word of His power."_ Heb. 1,3. And I believe that God, my Father, will also in future preserve me, His child, until the hour of death, and that He will then for Christ's sake take me up to heaven, body and soul, and there preserve me forever. REMEMBER:-- 1. _God has made you. He has given you your body and soul, eyes, ears, and all your members, your reason and all your senses. He is your almighty Father._ 2. _God has preserved and still preserves you. That you are still living, that you have body and soul and the use of your reason and all your members, is God's free gift alone. God is your almighty Father._ 3. _How precious are these gifts of God! Never forget how wonderfully you are made. God, your almighty Father, is also a very kind and loving Father._ MEMORIZE:-- _I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well._ Ps. 139,14. _He is not far from every one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being._ Acts 17,27.28. _He upholds all things by the word of His power._ Heb. 1,3. QUESTIONS.