And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him. - I John 5:14-15
And the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. John 6:37. "This man receives sinners" and He turns away no one. We come to Him in weakness and sin, with trembling faith, small knowledge, and slender hope; but He does not cast us out. We come by prayer, often by imperfect prayer; with confession, and that confession faulty; with praise, and that praise far shor...
Keep ReadingAnd Abraham came near and said, "Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? . . . Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right. " Genesis 18: 23, 25.Abraham knew that wicked Sodom, where his nephew Lot lived, would soon be destroyed. And, so Abraham boldly approached God and begged him to spare Sodom's few righteous residents. His humble plea began with a req...
Keep ReadingNow it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, 'Bring me another vessel' and he said unto her, 'There is not another vessel.' And the oil ceased. 2 Kings 4:6. Oil often represents the Holy Spirit in Old Testament writing. In this story of God's miraculous provision for a starving widow and her son, valuable oil kept flowing as long as space rem...
Keep ReadingGive us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11. Remove falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is allotted to me. Proverbs 30:8 There is always a danger of going to extremes. Some people are so spiritual that they would take God out of the secular realm and leave it wholly to the devil and the world. Now, it is bec...
Keep ReadingI pray, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon. But the Lord was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me, and the Lord said to me, 'Enough of that! Speak no more to me of this matter. Deuteronomy 3: 25-26. We all share this experience of Moses' from time to time. He had worked so hard to ta...
Keep ReadingHe who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him. Hebrew 11:6. While the prayer of faith is sure to succeed, our prayers, alas too often resemble the mischievous tricks of children who knock at their neighbors' houses, and then run away. We often knock at mercy's door, and then run away, instead of waiting for an ent...
Keep ReadingNow it came to pass in those days, that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom also He named apostles. Luke 6:12-13. We sometimes think that talking to other Christians and being busy with Christian activity, especially when we are sharing ...
Keep ReadingHAPPY THANKSGIVING! Praise God that today, our nation adopts an attitude of gratitude. Pray that many will consider the source of every good and perfect gift - - -our Lord and Savior Jesus and worship Him. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and shout joyfully to Him with psalms. Psalm 95:2. Can we expect future mercies, if we are not thankful for past ble...
Keep Reading"Do not hide Your face from me: Do not turn your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation." Psalm 27:9. At times, God's face seems hidden from us. We feel like He is absent or maybe disinterested. There is no truth in thosefeelings. God doesn't put up barriers between us. However, things in our own lives, such a...
Keep Reading"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28. "The Lord will perfect that which concerns me." Psalm 138:8 Go for yourself, with all your temporal and spiritual wants, to the Lord. Bring also the necessities of your friends and relatives to the Lord. Try this, and you will pe...
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