“One hundred fifty years ago Jeremiah Lanphier was a missionary supported by the local churches of New York City. His calling was to evangelize the sinners of the city. He became so burdened for his mission field and so concerned over their lack of response that he invited the businessmen of the city to meet weekly for prayer. They [...]
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Oh Mammon, Hear Us! {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Buddy Smith, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, Great Reading on 21/11/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Defective Vision {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Buddy Smith, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, Great Reading on 13/11/2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Lord’s people must guard their vision diligently. How well our hearts see and what they see determines how we live, and how much our lives are worth. ‘Without a vision the people perish!!!’ The Laodicean church suffered from defective vision. Their hearts were focused on prosperity instead of Christ. The Great Physician diagnosed their condition as blindness. He prescribed [...]
Our Greatest Failing {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Buddy Smith, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, Great Reading on 13/09/2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was in a missions conference almost forty years ago that a dear old missionary planted a seed in my heart that has grown into a very fruitful tree. In fact the older it gets the more fruit it bears. He told all of us young preachers about a question he asked every preacher he met. He asked [...]
The Lion of Truth {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Buddy Smith, C.H. Spurgeon, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, Great Reading on 28/08/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spurgeon once told of preaching in the dark when the gaslights in the Tabernacle failed. During the last hymn as he read over his sermon notes, he said, ‘from across the page a text leaped upon him like a lion from a thicket.’ So obvious were its truths, so pointed its message and so clear [...]
Nehemiah’s Toolbox {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Buddy Smith, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, Great Reading on 16/08/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Men with a vision are builders. Noah and the ark, Abraham and his family, Moses and Israel, Solomon and the temple. Men who see what God gives them to see, men who have a real vision from God are builders. The Lord Jesus Christ said that He would build His church. When He rose from [...]
Lazy Christians Love Simlpe Equations {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Buddy Smith, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, Great Reading on 21/07/2008 | Leave a Comment »
1+1=2. That’s what we like. Anything more complex than that requires too much thought. When we read the story of Elkanah, Hannah, and Samuel, we would like it to be ever so simple. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy marries girl. Boy and girl have six children. They all live close [...]
Windows and Doors {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Buddy Smith, Encouraging Quotes and Thoughts, Great Reading on 10/07/2008 | Leave a Comment »
When King David was crowned in Hebron there were many who came to his coronation. Among them were the men of Issachar, “men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.” (I Chron.12:32) The new [...]
