PRAYING GOD’S WAY

Though God has promised to answer His children’s prayers, He often waits before responding Luke 18:1-8 (KJV) 18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this …

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Entering His Rest….Anyways

By David A. DePra If we compare the two times that God brought Israel to the point of entry into the Promised Land we will gain a valuable insight into the Truth that these events represent in our Christian walk. The first time God brought Israel to the Promised Land they refused to enter. They sent in spies and concluded that the heathen living in that land were too strong for them. They were in unbelief. Forty years later, God brought them to the land for the second time and again they sent in spies. The heathen were as strong …

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O God, I have tasted Thy goodness,

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more.. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee.. I long to be filled with longing.. I thirst to be made more thirsty still… Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed.. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me.. Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ …

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A Tale of Two Cities.

Most would know the opening words of Charles Dickens “A tale of two cities” – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Possibly one of the best known opening lines of any Literary work. I can think of another that is just as well known …. The Bible – “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. Dickens covers the time period before and during the French Revolution. The turbulent years, 1775 to 1790, focus on the two cities of London and Paris. His shows the lust for public beheadings on the streets …

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