“Then the king said to me, ‘What do you request?’ So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I said to the king…” (Neh 2:4-5). How long does it take to change the course of history through prayer? Nehemiah’s prayer was momentary, but it led to a chain of events that rebuilt Jerusalem and […]
“You shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Some believers think the witness of the Church is only to be conducted by those gifted as evangelists. Was that what the early church did? In Acts 8, we […]
“All nature…praises God. If I were silent, I should be the exception in the universe.” —C.H. Spurgeon I wasn’t raised where prayers were accompanied, but we have one here. The 4th Psalm was to be played with strings (Heb, neginoth). Psalm 5, a prayer, was to be accompanied by flutes (Heb, nehiloth). Although flutes are woodwinds (because […]
CHRIST the MIRACLE-WORKER: There are about 33 specific miraculous works done by the Lord Jesus as recorded by the four Evangelists. Yet often the writer will simply say, “and He healed them,” “and healed all who were sick,” “and He healed them all” (Mt 4:24; 8:16; 12:15). How wonderful He is! Three words are used […]
“…Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel” (Deut 33:1). Did you know that God wants you to pray down His blessing on others today? Like our Ever-living Intercessor on the Throne of Grace, we are also called to be intercessors. Andrew Murray writes: “You complain that you do not feel able to […]
“…Tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Rev 20:10). Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834) preached to more people than any other man of his time. During more than 30 years of ceaseless travel, mostly by foot, Dow preached in almost all parts of the U.S., as well as in Canada, England, Ireland and the West Indies. […]
We can do no better in introducing this story than to quote the beginning words of Anna Olander’s hymn: “If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Were my life worth living for a day? Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort In the things that soon must pass away?” […]
“You rang, m’lord?” This doesn’t refer to a phone call. It was the response of household servants when summoned by a bell. One result of placing our faith in Christ as Savior is a remarkable communications device. The moment we believe, God “put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to […]
You may have heard it said (it’s still good advice) that talking to the Shepherd is better than counting sheep. Psalm 4 carries over many of the themes of the previous psalm, as well as three Selahs. In the first part (vv 1-2), you see David is desperate to have God’s answer to his present […]