“Praying at all seasons in the Spirit and watching thereunto in all perseverance.” Ephesians "6":18 New believers should take prayer seriously as a job to be done and should prepare for themselves a “prayer book,” a book of prayer accounts. Thus they will know how many things they have asked of God, how many times […]
“All these things are against me.” Genesis "42":36 We must not imagine that Jacob no longer needed God’s discipline after Peniel. He did, and he got it. From the time that Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, he experienced all sorts of family troubles. His beloved Rachel was taken from him. Simeon and Levi made the family
“The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.” 3 John 14 Do you see that friendship is something very special? To be friends is a relationship which transcends rank or position. It is neither formal nor legal but breaks through all barriers of status. Impossible as it must seem, a man may become the
“The riches of the glory of this mystery . . . is Christ in you the hope of glory.” Colossians "1":27 Frequently, we listen to someone’s account of an experience that has brought him blessing and sense how precious it was, but we make the mistake of fixing our eyes on the event instead of
“Today is salvation come to this house.” Luke "19":9 When God is at work, the camel passes through the needle’s eye. In Luke 18, a camel came hesitantly to the needle’s eye and failed to go through; but here at Jericho, a camel passed right through.<br/><br/>How could Zacchaeus give as he did? Because that day
“He that believeth on me as the scripture hath said from within him shall flow rivers of living water.” John "7":38 If I am thirsty, I can come to the Lord Jesus and drink of Him. But if I meet others in need, I cannot pour out a cupful and hand it to them but
“Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he came forth from God . . . took a towel and girded himself.” John "13":3-4 In Revelation 9, we read of a development which to the author of that book lay far in the future. “I saw a star from
“Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house . . . and prove me now herewith.” Malachi "3":10 The people of Israel were in deep poverty. If they had contemplated practicing this command, they would doubtless have protested that since their ten loads of rice were insufficient, how could nine loads possibly suffice? Since their
“And their eyes were opened and they knew him.” Luke "24":31 Though the hearts of these two burned with warm appreciation of the truth about Christ, they had no inkling of how close and how intimate was their experience of Him personally. Like Mary, who had joyfully announced His resurrection to them before they set
“What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears?” 1 Samuel "15":14 The Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul because he did not follow out His explicit leading. Saul’s pious protestation to Samuel that he had fulfilled the command of God shows how he tried to deceive himself. The phrase “utterly destroy”
