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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Addressing the Lord Jesus
Both words for "worship" in the New Testament, proskuneo and latreuo, are used of worship rendered to the Father and the Son [proskuneo, in Jn. 4:23-24; Rev. 4:10, to the Father, and in Lk. 24:52 to the Son; laltreuo in...
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20/20 Vision
The planning committee for our small campus group was intently discussing the upcoming school year. There was an earnest desire to see students won for the Saviour. There were only a few of us, but what was that to the...
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The Bible Reading
A feature of the early days of assemblies was the frequent use of conversational Bible readings. The interchange of thought, of question and answer provoked lively discussion. At such gatherings many were brought into a deeper knowledge of the ways...
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