“Is not My word like a burning fire?” Jeremiah 23:29 Dear Ones: There are those who have put God in a box, and limit Him in the manner and extent of His working in the heart. Listen to Charles Wesley’s hymn: “Come, Jesus Lord, with holy fire; Come, and my quickened heart inspire cleansed in…
“…Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow.” Isaiah 1:18 Dear Ones: Who can forgive sins but God? And who can cleanse the heart and mind of man but God, by the Spirit, applying the purifying properties and power of the…
“…And He touched his ear, and healed him.” Luke 22:51 Dear Ones: The setting was the betrayal of Jesus by Judas. The soldiers had come to take Him to be tried, and eventually crucified. In a natural response to the antagonistic “crowd,” which was pressing upon Jesus, Peter takes a sword and cuts off the…
“…And he (the serpent) said unto the woman, ‘Yes, hath God said…?'” Genesis 3:1 Dear Ones: When the Apostle Paul wrote the epistle to the Philippians from prison, he made a remarkable statement concerning the mind. “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever…
“For My thoughts are NOT your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways.” Isaiah 55:8 Dear Ones: Faith always begins with a knowledge of the truth, specifically that of God. Practically speaking this means that in every consideration of the meaning and means of living, we begin with what He declares as opposed to that…
“…For truly I say unto you, ‘That WHOSOEVER shall say unto this mountain, “Be removed and cast into the sea;” and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.'” Mark 11:23 Dear Ones: Perhaps the most neglected aspect…
“Yes, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 Dear Ones: When Moses was next to Mount Horeb, before he was called to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt, the Lord revealed Himself to him in a burning bush. When Moses saw it,…
“The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.” 2 Chronicles 5:14 Dear Ones: When Israel was being brought out of Egypt, God showed the nation the “way” by leading them in the day time with the sight of a…
“And Peter answered Him and said, ‘Lord, if it is You, command me to come to you on the water.’ And He said, ‘Come.’” Matthew 14:28 Dear Ones: The Apostle Peter and Gideon, of the Old Testament, had something in common. Both being faced with “storms” of one nature or another, needed to be certain…
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