“Master, we would see a sign from Thee.” Matthew 12:38 Dear Ones: One of the most difficult things to have in our day, as in the days of Christ when He walked on this earth, is a true vision of Christ in His greatness. Why is this? Why is it so very difficult to have…
“And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever.” John 14:16 Dear Ones: Beyond the moment of Adam’s sin, and the center-point of history when Christ declared, “It is finished,” on the cross, the most significant, far-reaching, and monumental event on the calendar of…
“…who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross.” Hebrews 12:2 Dear Ones: Why is it that the Christian, from the moment that he or she is born of the Spirit, is “drawn towards heaven, and home?” And how is it that the Christian’s experience is portrayed to us first as a love relationship? …
“But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son…” Galatians 4:4 Dear Ones: Just after the triumphal entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, riding on the back of a donkey, being worshiped and praised as “the King of Israel, that comes in the name of the Lord,” something occurred that seemingly…
“…as God has said, ‘I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.’” 2 Corinthians 6:16 Dear Ones: When one seeks to know the basic reasons for which we need revival, restoration, and renewal, we may find that we are no longer in…
“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.” John 12:32 Dear Ones: Just before the crucifixion of Christ, when the Lord Jesus was brought before Pilate to be questioned by him privately, He said to him: “To this end I was born, and for this cause came…
“Oh that I knew where I might find Him!” Job 23:3 Dear Ones: There are many reasons for seeking God. Most of them seem to come from an acute need to be saved, or delivered, from something. For Jonah, it was deliverance from the belly of a fish, an impossible situation. For Job, it was…
“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man comes.” Matthew 25:13 Dear Ones: There were many themes, and subjects, which the Lord Jesus taught on. As He was approaching the moment of His departure, His crucifixion and resurrection, there is one subject that He brought before the…
“…Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, …he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before His God, as he did previously.” Daniel 6:10 Dear Ones: In the story of Daniel and the lion’s den, we see Daniel as an older man, who had been through many…
“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praise unto Thy name, O Most High.” Psalm 92:1 Dear Ones: Why is it that, in reading the Psalms (which are songs…), we find the continual theme of singing unto the Lord, giving thanks, praising and rejoicing in Him? What is…