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JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL
Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him. (Nahum 1:7) The universal recognition of a personal dependence upon the infinite God has no doubt made this appealing hymn the best loved of the more than 6500 texts of Charles Wesley.…
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Morning & Evening
The hour is approaching when the message will come to us, as it comes to all—“Arise, and go forth from the home in which thou hast dwelt, from the city in which thou hast done thy business, from thy family, from thy friends. Arise, and take thy last journey.” And what know we of the…
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PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED
J. Oswald Sanders The Matchless Teacher With strong crying and tears (Heb 5:7, KJV). Our most wonderful lesson and our greatest inspiration in the holy art of prayer come from Him who not only spoke as never man spoke, but prayed as never man prayed. It is Luke who especially captures for us the teaching…
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PRAYER POWER UNLIMITED
J. Oswald Sanders Petition and Intercession Petitions, prayers, intercessions … for all men (1 Tim 2:1, NEB) In our fourth lesson, we turn from the Godward to the manward aspect of prayer — petition, when we are concerned about our own needs; and intercession, when we are concerned with the needs of others. There are…
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THE LOVE OF GOD
Amazing Grace Words and Music by Frederick M. Lehman, 1868–1953 The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17) Never has God’s eternal love been described more vividly than…
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Morning & Evening
What multitudes of prayers we have put up from the first moment when we learned to pray. Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked that God would have mercy upon us, and blot out our sin. He heard us. But when he had blotted out our sins like a cloud, then we…
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J. Oswald Sanders Confession I will confess my transgressions to the LORD (Psalm 32:5) In considering our second lesson in the school of prayer, we reviewed thanksgiving and recalled the all too frequent times when we had failed to give God thanks. We have often deserved the rebuke that our Lord directed to the nine…
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NO FARMS = NO FOOD
Pray for our Farmers
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J. Oswald Sanders Thanksgiving Give thanks unto the LORD (Psalm 118:1, KJV). The element in prayer is thanksgiving, which is the glad and appreciative acknowledgment of the benefits and blessings God gives, either to ourselves or to others. It is an integral part of prayer, not an addendum to it. Thanksgiving is to be distinguished…
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IMMORTAL LOVE – FOREVER FULL
Amazing Grace John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807–1892 To know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19) Love is Silence—when your words would hurt.Love is Patience—when your neighbor’s curt.Love is Deafness—when a scandal flows.Love is Thoughtfulness—for others’ woes.Love is Promptness—when stern duty calls.Love is…
