One evening, H.A. Ironside came upon a gospel meeting at the corner of Market and Grant in San Francisco. When they recognized Ironside, they asked if he would give his testimony. As he closed, a well-dressed man gave him a card. He read it aloud: “Sir, I challenge you to debate in the Academy of […]
…Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Php 3:13-14). Don’t walk through life backwards: leave both confessed and forgiven failures and grace-won victories at the foot of the Cross, with […]
CHRIST said, “I AM the Bread of Life” (Jn 6:35). Harold St. John writes: When Moses was about to start on his mission to deliver Israel, in answer to his question, God said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you’” (Ex 3:14). It is significant that […]
“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 […]
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Eph 2:19). Once outsiders in the worst way, we’re family now, so let’s explore our new home, alive with healing grace in Christ, life-changing promises in the Spirit, and the Father’s constant love. […]
“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 […]