“While the churches cannot make revival, they can prepare for it and make the most of it when it comes… the church that’s fully prepared for revival is already in it.” —Edward Last “To prepare our hearts for revival is to prepare for heaven, so that in a true sense we can say that preparation...
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.” (1 Pet. 3:7) The differences between men and women are not only astronomical they are often humorous. Someone listed our...
“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again” (Pro. 24:16). The white shelf hung high on our kitchen wall, proudly displaying the red antique dishes belonging to my late grandmother. Small cups, saucers, and plates stood at attention, perched against the plate groove as though they were snootily boasting their beauty. That...
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness…” (Matthew 6:33). For many men, life seems to daily overwhelm them with an unending list of demands for their time and energy. Twenty-four hours a day just doesn’t seem to be enough time for all that fills the daily to-do list! The obvious result is...
Be filled with the Spirit . . . submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Ephesians 5:18, 21 Ephesians 5:21 introduces a section in the letter to the Ephesians that deals with the subject of submission. This section includes three parts: the submission of a wife to her husband, the submission of...
“Every revival can be traced to a kneeling figure.” —D. L. Moody “From the day of Pentecost, there has been not one great spiritual awakening in any land which has not begun in a union of prayer, though only among two or three. And no such outward, upward movement has continued after such prayer meetings...