The Desert Shall Rejoice

“It (the desert) shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing…and they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.” Isa. 35:2 It was the Apostle Paul, who in speaking of the love of God, wrote: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to…


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The Debt We Owe

“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit, offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” Hebrews 9:14 There is an old hymn entitled, “Would You Be Free.” In that hymn, the great emphasis is on the power of the blood…


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Christ’s New Man

“He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: His ways are everlasting.” Habakkuk 3:6 When we consider the ways of God as opposed to those of man, immediately we are confronted with the issue of magnitude.  And yet, when…


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Love’s Prelude, Call, Commitment

“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 Where does love come from?  What is the essence of love, the nature of love?  What is its strength and power? The answer to all of these questions…


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The Fire Is The Key

“For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar.” Judges 13:20 Fire in the Bible, as it relates to the Lord, is a very important subject.  Scripture tells us that our God is a “consuming…


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Making Christ My Own

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 In David’s famous Psalm 23, he begins by writing of something he does in his relationship with God that is a key to his life.  It is…


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Strength Out Of Weakness

“…we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: but we had the sentance of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.” 2 Corinthians 1:8,9 It was the eldery Mr. Hallesby, who wrote a classic on prayer, who said…


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