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Morning & Evening
These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough, because they are indigenous to earth: and so, we need not…
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PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED
J. Oswald Sanders The Prayer of Faith Have faith in God (Mark 11:22) We come now to a spiritual principle of overriding importance in relation to answered prayer. It is enunciated in Hebrews 11:6: “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and…
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PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED
J. Oswald Sanders The All-Powerful Name Anything in My name (John 14:14) Is it not significant that in His last discourse with His disciples, our Lord six times in close succession spoke of praying “in My name” (John 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:23-27)? He must surely have attached singular importance to this advanced lesson in the school…
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PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED
J. Oswald Sanders Discovering the Will of God The will of God … good … acceptable … perfect (Rom 12:2). Our seventh lesson centers on John’s confident statement: “And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will. He hears us. And if we know that…
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MY JESUS, I LOVE THEE
Amazing Grace William R. Featherston, 1846–1873 We love Him because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19) And shall I use these ransomed powers of mineFor things that only minister to me?Lord, take my tongue, my hands, my heart, my all,And let me live and love for Thee!— Unknown The spiritual depth of “My Jesus,…
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Morning & Evening
Heaven will be full of the ceaseless praises of Jesus. Eternity! thine unnumbered years shall speed their everlasting course, but forever and for ever, “to him be glory.” Is he not a “Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek”? “To him be glory.” Is he not king for ever?—King of kings and Lord of…
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MY JESUS, I LOVE THEE
Amazing Grace An American Folk Hymn taken from Ingall’s Christian Harmony, 1805 O love the Lord, all ye saints. (Psalm 31:23) Blest be Thy love, dear Lord, that taught us this sweet way,Only to love Thee for Thyself, and for that love obey.— J. Austin Secular songs of romantic expressions abound on this day. For…
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Morning & Evening
Jehoiachin was not sent away from the king’s palace with a store to last him for months, but his provision was given him as a daily pension. Herein he well pictures the happy position of all the Lord’s people. A daily portion is all that a man really wants. We do not need tomorrow’s supplies;…
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MY SAVIOR’S LOVE
Amazing Grace Words and Music by Charles H. Gabriel, 1856–1932 Live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:2) Love saw a guilt of sin, and sought a basis of pardon.Love saw the defilement of sin, and sought a…
