The Priority and Potency of Prayer But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. Acts 6:4 In this text, the disciples were disciplined enough not to be carried away by activities but rather to call themselves into order lest they forget the most important service required from them…
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ — 2 Peter 3:1 8 Grow in grace”—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root grace, faith. Believe in the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fullness, constancy, and simplicity….
Lord, open our eyes so we may see Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he may see.” (2 Kings 6:17) This is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves and one another: “Lord, open our eyes so we may see.”We are surrounded, just as the prophet Elisha was, by God’s “horses and…
Beware of Serving Self “…my heart desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear themrecord that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge” Romans 10:1,2 Apostle Paul in one of his letters made known his secret prayers, and he did explain howoften he…
After Surrender – What? “I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” John 17:4 Surrender is not the surrender of the external life, but of the will; when that is done, all is done. There are very few crises in life; the great crisis is the surrender of the will. God never…
Redeeming The Time “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” – Ephesians 5:16 I remember once using a laptop computer whose battery got spoilt, and I must have to connect directly to power before it can be put to use; but after working for so long and thinking so deeply as I type a…
The Conflict of Service and Communion Text: Acts 6: 4-6 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,…
By Myself, I can do nothing By Myself, I can do nothing. (John 5:30 NIV) One of the most difficult lessons that the Lord’s children have to learn is how to let go to God. Even in a matter that is right and in the purpose of God, for instance, there have to be the…
No “We” In The Decision of Faith “Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the Lord my God” (Joshua 14:8). Have you found yourself among friends where you alone had to take a decision that was contrary to the view of many but you validated it was the…
