Dear Ones: The concept of the Eternal God desiring us to pray to Him, and Him being earnestly desirous to answer our feeble call, is an enigma. There would be no logical way of believing this, much less understanding it, were it not revealed to us in the word of God the design and heart…
Dear Ones: No one can pray quite like the Lord Jesus. If we examine His prayers, we find there a Divine deliberateness, and specificity, which is so simple that a child could pray it. And yet, the profound significance, and effect of such praying, brings us to our knees, realizing that indeed, no one prays…
Dear Ones: Can you tell me how white snow is? What about the meaning of, “whiter than snow?” In Isaiah 1:18, we read: “…though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white AS snow.” In Psalm 51:7, David writes down his prayer: “…wash me, and I shall be whiter THAN snow.” So, let’s come…
Dear Ones: How real is Jesus Christ to us? When Philip one day asked the Lord Jesus to show him the Father, the Lord responded by saying: “Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not KNOWN me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” (Jn. 14:9) How…
Dear Ones: How does a prophecy given to Isaiah in the eighth century, and realized in the fifth century, have a direct bearing on our lives? The answer lies in the principle of “practicing the promises…,” then and now…and seeing the glory of God. The Lord had revealed to Isaiah something of the coming of…
Dear Ones: Towards the end of the life of Joshua, he gave an ultimatum to Israel. His words were: “…Choose you THIS DAY whom ye will serve.” (Josh. 24:15) He went on to say: “As for me and my house, we WILL serve the Lord.” Commitment is a position taken. It is also an attitude…
Dear Ones: No one truly knew what Jesus was going to do when faced with the crowd of five thousand which had come out into the “wilderness” to hear Him speak, and to be healed of various diseases. This lack of understanding did not matter. What did matter was that there was to be a…
Dear Ones: The Word of God is filled with pictures and illustrations to help us grasp spiritual realities. An example of this is the use of the “river.” What does Christ mean when He speaks of “rivers of living water?” (Jn. 7:38) What does the Psalmist mean when he declares: “…There is a river, the…
Dear Ones: The ways of God are certainly not the ways of men, and in particular, our own. Nor can His infinite, and perfectly complete knowledge, be grasped by our little minds. It is here that we must defer to the written word to understand something of His dealings with us, and His purposes in…
Dear Ones: Michael Angelos’ portrayal of the creation on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome is a remarkable piece of work. What is so expressive by the portrayal of this event, when man received life, is the touch of man with the finger of God. It is in that “point of contact” that…