Dear Ones: Faith requires strength and courage. In the first chapters of the book of Revelation, Christ addresses the individual churches in Asia Minor. “To him that overcometh” is a phrase He uses repeatedly. There are many enemies to faith. Not only do we live in an atmosphere of unbelief but we are faced with…
Dear Ones: Francis Ridley Havergal wrote in the sixth stanza of the hymn “Jesus, Thy Life is Mine“: “Jesus, my life is Thine, And evermore shalt be, Hidden in Thee, For nothing can untwine, Thy life from mine.” Let us today, by faith, lay hold of the wonderful truth of our inseparable union with Christ.…
Dear Ones: In Handley Moule‘s “A Morning Act of Faith and Devotion,” he begins by writing: “I believe on the Son of God, therefore, I am in Him, having redemption through His blood, and life by His Spirit.” Moule begins his day by taking a stand of faith. He has understood that this is the…
Dear Ones: A most beautiful word that is rarely used in our vocabulary is the word “unblameable.” (Colossians 1:22) The reason it is rarely used is simple; there are very few who even come close to having lives of which this is true. In the kingdom of God and in heaven this word is very significant…
Dear Ones: Nearly one hundred and fifty years before Cyrus the Persian came on the scene, God revealed to Isaiah that Cyrus would come. (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1) It is as if God took His bow and shot His arrow across time and civilizations to declare that He is sovereign. He will do as He wills,…
Dear Ones: “That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection…” (Philippians 3:10) It is one thing to know ABOUT the power of His resurrection. It is quite another to KNOW that power in the life, where we live. We are apt to think that we do not need such power in the…
Dear Ones: Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.” (John 14:27) The Apostle Paul spoke of this peace, “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding…” (Philippians 4:7) Why does the peace that Christ gives pass all understanding?
“Practically, where does the “partaking” begin? And how are we thus to live by this Quickening Spirit? How is Christ to “dwell in the heart?” There is only one way, BY FAITH.”