Prepare to Meet Thy God
A fool is a person whose plans end at the grave. "Be prepared!” Sound familiar? Those words are the Boy Scout motto. They are also good, simple advice for people in all walks of life. What happens if a student is...
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Prepared for the Lord’s Return
“You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (Lk. 12:40) About twenty years ago, as a new believer reading through the Bible for the first time, I came across a passage...
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Prepared for Battle
“If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” (1 Cor. 14:8) Our text forms part of Paul’s argument against the public use of tongues when there was no interpreter present. The point he makes in verses...
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Soldiers at the Front
When the main business of business is His business. The front is not an easy place. There are soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and other trouble spots around the world who will not only be in harm’s way, but who are...
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The Marks of the Spirit
How can I know the Spirit of God is at work? Perhaps you’ve noticed that the Bible lists several different sins against the Holy Spirit: grieving, quenching, resisting and blaspheming, just to name a few. But I’d like to draw our...
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The Teaching of the Holy Spirit
Excerpts from “In the School of Christ” by David Gooding By now the little party of eleven apostles, clustered closely round the Lord Jesus to catch His every word, must have been getting near the Garden of Gethsemane. Soon all instruction...
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The Mind of the Spirit
He understands and sympathizes with human sufferings The human heart craves sympathetic understanding—someone who can perceive its deepest sorrows and urgent needs. Characterized as this life is by rigorous trials and pervasive pain, “a shoulder to cry on” is required gear...
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The Power of the Spirit
Praying, witnessing, and living in His energy I believe it is safe to say that those who are in fellowship in New Testament assemblies have an excellent understanding of the guidance of the Holy Spirit in worship. This is because it...
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