“Have you not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath...
“Revival is a sovereign, sudden, selected, sensational operation of the Spirit of God, descending in the midst of prayer, which produces purity and reaches the perishing.” —Ken Connolly “Prayer has been spoken of as that moment when earth kisses Heaven. This is an expressive way of indicating the precious fellowship we have with our Father...
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Rev. 3:20). I doubt that I know of a passage in the whole Bible which throws greater light upon prayer than this...
“And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed . . . And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him” (Luke 22:41, 43). “The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us,...
“Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee…” (Ps. 55:22). “Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Gal. 6:2) The year 2007 began with the very troubling news that my wife’s mother had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Since she was the only daughter in the family,...
There’s a time to walk away from harmful relationships, but there are many times when you just need some space. When someone blows up, you may need to back away from them for a season. But never allow an isolated incident or difference of opinion be the cause of severing a meaningful relationship. Sooner or...