The Prayer

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, ‘Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you.  Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.’” John 16:23-24 In the gospel of John, he quotes the Lord Jesus as saying:  “And He…


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Jesus, Lover Of My Soul

“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 The ways of God are certainly not those of men, especially men who are sinners.  Even if men were righteous, and good, God’s ways being infinitely vast, and…


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Lord What Will You Do?

“Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, ‘Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the works of My hands command ye Me.’” Isaiah 45:11 It is very significant on the day of Christ’s transfiguration, when in the company of Peter, James, and John, and where Moses…


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Led By The Spirit Of God

“And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.” Luke 4:1 Why is it so difficult at times to trust God to lead us by the Spirit?  The first thing always to consider is our personal vision of God.  Is it according to the…


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The Imperative Commission

“Jesus saith unto them, ‘My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.’” John 4:34 There came a watershed moment in the life of Jesus, as after His baptism, and returning from the forty days in the wilderness, being tempted by Satan, He stood up in the…


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The Life Giving Light

“In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness overcame it not.” John 1:4-5 There is but one Light of the world, and it is God, in Christ.  He IS the light that shineth in the darkness, a light that is pure, good,…


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