Faith gives birth to prayer, and grows stronger, strikes deeper, rises higher, in the struggles and wrestlings of mighty petitioning. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the assurance and realization of the inheritance of the saints. Faith, too, is humble and persevering. It can wait and pray; it can stay on its knees, [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Mighty Faith {E.M. Bounds}
Posted in E.M. Bounds, Great Reading on 30/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
The True Me
Posted in Scripture on 29/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
LORD, make me to know mine end,
and the measure of my days,
what it is; that I may know
how frail I am.
Psalms 39:4
Fishers of Men {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 28/04/2008 | 1 Comment »
“Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.”
Mark 1:17
Personal attachment to Jesus is the very beginning of all Christian life. Believing a creed does not make one a Christian. We may believe every word we find in the Bible about Christ, and every word of His that we have [...]
Church Attendance {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 27/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
“As his custom was, he went into the synagoge on the sabbath day.”
Luke 4:16
There are many evidences that Jesus had fixed religious habits. Here we have a hint of His attending the synagogue worship on the Sabbath. This had been His custom from childhood, and although He was the Son of God, Lord of earth [...]
The Master Touched Him {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 26/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
“He put forth his hand and touched him.”
Luke 5:13
None of the Jews would have done this. They kept the leper far off, to touch him would defile them. But Jesus was not afraid of defilement. He could as easily have stood afar off and cured the leper by a word, for he sometimes cured miles [...]
Amen!
Posted in Scripture on 25/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
For this God is our God for ever and ever:
he will be our guide even unto death.
Psalms 48:14
Thou Art with Me {C.H. Spurgeon}
Posted in C.H. Spurgeon, Devotions on 25/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
“I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me.”
–Psalm 23:4
Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within us when it is all dark without! How firm, how happy, how calm, how peaceful we may be, when the world shakes to and fro, [...]
