Faith's Persistency by T. Austin-Sparks

“Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.” So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth, and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back” seven times. And it came about at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small …

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God of Every Detail

Numbers 27:12-23 12 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered; 14 because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) 15 And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying, 16 Let Jehovah, …

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Two Kinds of Humanity

Reflections                                                                                        For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (I Cor. 15:45)   There are only two kinds of humanity on the earth: Those who have been born in Adam, and those who have died to Adam and been born from above in Christ. We are all one or the …

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"And he requested for himself that he might die." 1 Kings 19:4

  It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and be translated, that he should not see death–should thus pray, “Let me die, I am no better than my fathers.” We have here a memorable proof that God does not always answer prayer in kind, though he always does in effect. He gave Elias something better than that which he asked for, and thus really heard and answered him. Strange was it that …

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