“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He (Jesus) went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” Mark 1:35 When considering anything in the spiritual life, especially that which has eternal ramifications or effects, our example and enablement is a Person, the Lord Jesus. This is so because…
“…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.” Ephesians 1:17 One of the great blessings and needs of the worshiper of the Lord Jesus Christ, is to have an ever-expanding, clear vision of who He was…
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound…” Isaiah 61:1 There is coming a day…
“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12 The Christian life has been likened unto a race, a walk, a journey, a battle, or a mission. In all of these perspectives…
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 What are the primary ways that God reveals Himself to the world, that they might know that He is God? The first is creation. This is because it came first,…
“I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5 What is fruitfulness in the spiritual life but first of all that revelation of Christ’s life in and through the heart of the believer, and…
“Ye are the light of the world. A city set on an hill cannot be hid.” Matthew 5:14 It was written of the land of Zabulon, specifically in “Galilee of the Gentiles,”…”The people which sat in darkness saw a great LIGHT and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, LIGHT is…
“O send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy tabernacles.” Psalm 43:3 If the Psalms are read in a cursory manner, looking at them from a literary standpoint, or even, the testimony of many men, we are apt to pass over…
“Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will O God.” Hebrews 10:7 It is recorded in John’s gospel, just after the meeting of Jesus with the Samaritan woman, that the disciples urged the Lord Jesus to eat, as He must have been…
“I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1 Throughout the Bible there is a dominant theme concerning how the believer is to live, and it is that of living in the present moment, constantly “waiting” on God. The matter of waiting is not just an attitude…