“O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.…And it happened, before he had finished speaking…” (Gen 24:12, 15). This wouldn’t be the last prayer for a wife! Abraham’s unnamed servant—probably Eliezer of Damascus, but perhaps left unnamed for the typical link with the […]
Erich Sauer, well-loved for his trilogy of books on the history of salvation, wrote In the Arena of Faith as a personal testimony and a call to consecrated living. He begins the book: “What we need is revival, a spiritual awakening of God’s people, a powerful testimony to the world, a new vision and a […]
The honest prayer of Amy Carmichael rings true: “Lord, make me what I seem to be.” Clearly, metals can be symbolic. Who has a golden voice, a lead foot, a tin ear, or an iron will? Examining the tabernacle, we thought about truth illustrated by the gold, silver, and bronze objects. Today we see how […]
“And David said, ‘O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!’” (2 Sam 15:31). The wisdom of the world does not fare well in Scripture. “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God” (1 Cor 3:19). The noun “sophomore,” used of those who have survived their first year of university, […]
One day Lewis Sperry Chafer encountered a flagman sitting by a railroad crossing reading a Bible. Dr. Chafer greeted the man, then asked, “Are you saved?” The flagman answered, “I never could be good enough.” Chafer replied, “If God made an exception, and gave you salvation outright as a gift, would you receive it?” “Mister,” […]
Shishak thought this was a military expedition, but he was coming to teach a seminar for God. “The kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations” (Ps 22:28). So wrote David. And why are certain kingdoms allowed to expand and others forced to shrink? Paul explains, “He has made from one blood every nation of […]
When it comes to getting the gospel out, it’s easy to feel like the Lord can’t use us. After all, we aren’t much. But little is much when God is in it! […]
“Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of […]