“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 The call of Christ to every believer is to a life of absolute dependence upon Him, so as to receive from Christ all that pertains to…
“And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, ‘Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I tell you.’” Jonah 3:1,2 Even though Jonah, being blinded by his prejudice and intense dislike for the Ninevites, was as a result cast into the sea, carried…
“Though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2 Why is the greatest commandment from God to man that of loving God? And why is the second greatest…
“Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; and concerning the work of My hands command ye me.” Isaiah 45:11 The story is told of two elderly women of faith who addressed the great preacher, Dwight Moody, saying to him: “Mr. Moody, the world has yet to see what God can do with a…
“Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.” 2 Kings 2:11 In the book of 1st Kings in the Old Testament, we find the account of God giving…
“And Jesus said to him, ‘If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.’” John 21:22 What does it mean to follow Christ? In the Lord’s dealings with Simon Peter, after the resurrection, when he and other disciples were with the Lord Jesus, the Lord spoke to…
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; And my prayer went up to You into Your holy temple.” Jonah 2:7 There is in warfare a condition called the “fog of war.” It is that state of being, and confinement of circumstances with its pressures and limitations, where the soldier does not see…
“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:1 It is one thing to believe that Christ by His Spirit comes to dwell in the heart of the believer when that person becomes a new creation because of the…
“…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12,13 When revival or an awakening came to individuals, peoples, or nations, as mentioned in the Scriptures, there was the consciousness and the conviction of God being…
“Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.” Haggai 2:19 The book of Haggai is an account of God’s dealings with Israel, the exiles who had returned to Israel, and…