Instructions for the care and preservation of elders People never visit the elders!” Familiar words perhaps, but seldom heard in that order. “‘People never visit the elders,’ you say. Why should we? They are the ones who are supposed to do the visiting.” But, as part of a spiritual family, do we not have a […]
Revive us again! When we speak of revival, we mean “an extraordinary work of God in which Christians repent of their sins as they become intensely aware of His presence in their midst, and they manifest a positive response to God in renewed obedience to the known will of God, resulting in both a deepening […]
How much is it worth to us? Revival” is a word too often used casually, without thought as to its true meaning and impact. A revival is not something that is conjured up at a routine meeting of the local elders. A revival is not something that usually comes with the arrival of some great […]
Renewing our commitment to God Josiah was the sixteenth king of Judah, 18 generations from David. When he came to the throne, the northern kingdom of Israel had already been swept away by the Assyrians. His southern kingdom of Judah was not far from a similar judgment of the Lord. Judah had seen times of […]
It’s my impression that not many are. But why? Do thoughts of the Judgment Seat bring you feelings of encouragement or trepidation? It could be that we are slacking in spiritual things, spending our days playing Monopoly with our God-given resources, forgetting, as has been said, that it’s all going back in the box. If […]
There is a way back to God. For 70 years, the tribe of Judah languished in Babylon under the disciplinary hand of God. But the Lord had prescribed the limits of the captivity through Jeremiah, who wrote, “And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king […]
How does the Lord revive a church? When was the last time you heard of a church repenting? Not an unbeliever repenting and turning to Christ for salvation. Not a Christian repenting in order to go on for the Lord. But a local church? Such an event is so rare that even the thought of […]
Where does a revival start? My family and I reside in a small community in northern Ontario where the winters are long and cold, and twilight comes quickly as the sun dips below the horizon on a typical clear winter evening. Our home backs onto a protected acreage of thick birch and oak trees, intermixed […]
It’s never too dark to see the light. How appropriate it is to know that the name Hezekiah means “the strength of God.” For as we consider how the Lord used this man to restore the people of Judah and Israel to Himself, we would indeed perceive God’s power in action. This young king of […]