Raptured to Heaven
Would it not be wonderful to celebrate the Second Advent of the Lord instead of His first? Let me illustrate how near it must be from Elijah's last journey in 2 Kings 2. The last places he visited once knew...
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The Supreme Event Ahead
"For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven...
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It’s ThanksLiving Time
Canadians and Americans pause around this time of year to give a perfunctory acknowledgement that, no matter how much we complain the rest of the year, we are richly blessed. But thanksgiving is a dangerous attitude for the West's ever-increasing...
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Paul at Prayer
Behold he prayeth!" (Acts 9:11). Did Ananias really appreciate the significance of this direction, as he strode along the street called Straight? Could he foresee that the one who was even then lifting up sightless eyes to heaven should years...
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The World’s Greatest Prayer Meeting
In Revelation 6:12-17 is recorded the account of the greatest prayer meeting of all history. John describes it for us in the account of the vision he had while on the island of Patmos, banished because of his faithfulness to...
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Prayer’s By-Products
The question is often asked, inwardly or outwardly, "Why pray?" There are many reasons (e.g., we are commanded to pray--Lk. 18:1; 1 Thess. 5:17; Col. 4:2; the example of Christ--Lk. 3:21; 5:16; 9:29; 22:39-46; 23-34; etc.; God has revealed in...
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Praying and Forgiving
"When ye pray say . . . forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us" (Lk. 11: 2-4). If, like me, you are conscious of sins against God that need to be forgiven, you...
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The Fourfold Prayer of Jabez
The apparently interminable genealogies of the early chapters of the first book of Chronicles are suddenly broken by the abrupt reference in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 to the prayer of Jabez. Apart from this solitary mention, nothing is known of Jabez,...
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The Weight of Prayer
It was a quiet day in Herr Schmidt's grocery shop, but outside it was pouring. The time was soon after the Second World War. It seemed just an ordinary autumn day. Herr Schmidt was looking along his shelves and noting...
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