I am that I am—אהיה אשר אהיה Eheyeh asher Eheyeh. These words have been variously understood. The Vulgate translates Ego Sum Qui Sum, I am who am. The Septuagint, Εγω ειμι ὁ Ων, I am he who exists. The Syriac, the Persic, and the Chaldee preserve th
Read more…Verses 12-19 -In these verses, we have our Lord Jesus in secret, in his family, and in public; and in all three acting like himself. I. In secret we have him praying to God, v. 12. This evangelist takes frequent notice of Christ’s retirements, to giv
Read more…A Praying Ministry Successful- The principal cause of my leanness and unfruitfulness is owing to an unaccountable backwardness to pray. I can write or read or converse or hear with a ready heart; but prayer is more spiritual and inward than any of th
Read more…Verses 14-21 We now come to the second part of this chapter, which contains Paul’s devout and affectionate prayer to God for his beloved Ephesians.—For this cause. This may be referred either to the immediately foregoing verse, That you faint not, et
Read more…Preachers Need the Prayers of the People!!! If some Christians that have been complaining of their ministers had said and acted less before men and had applied themselves with all their might to cry to God for their ministers—had, as it were, risen a
Read more…Deuteronomy 28:20
Cursing—This shall be thy state; vexation—grief, trouble, and anguish of heart; rebuke—continual judgments, and marks of God’s displeasure.
Deuteronomy 28:21
The pestilence cleave unto thee—ידבק יהוה בך אה הדבר yadbek Yehovah becha
True. Repentance!!!!
Many think the word repent means "to get your act together" or to "get religion" or "fly straight"; as if we could. Repentance requires taking in a whole new point of view; looking at it God's way. God simply asks us to turn. This
1 Samuel 2 Hannah’s prophetic hymn, vv. 1-10. Samuel ministers to the Lord, v. 11. The abominable conduct of Eli’s sons, vv. 12-17. Farther account of Samuel, and of the Divine blessing on Elkanah and Hannah, vv. 18-21. Eli’s reprehensible remissness
Read more…Prayer and Devotion United- There is a manifest want of spiritual influence on the ministry of the present day. I feel it in my own case and I see it in that of others. I am afraid there is too much of a low, managing, contriving, maneuvering temper
Read more…Heart Preparation Necessary- For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience.—William Penn In the morning was more engaged in preparing the head than the heart. This has been
Read more…Begin the Day with Prayer I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o’clock before I begin secret prayer. This is a wretched system. It is unscriptural. Christ arose before day a
Read more…could cure that disorder but God, v. 7. Elisha, hearing this, orders Naaman to be sent to him, v. 8. He comes to Elisha’s house in great state, v. 9. And the prophet sends a messenger to him, ordering him to wash in Jordan seven times, and he should
Read more…about doing good, and came home to do good too; every place he came to was the better for him. The persons Christ had now to do with were, 1. A centurion; he was a supplicant, a Gentile, a Roman, an officer of the army; probably commander-in-chief of
Read more…Diseases and deaths came into the world by the sin and disobedience of the first Adam; but by the grace of the second Adam both are conquered. Christ, having healed an incurable disease, here goes on to triumph over death, as in the beginning of the
Read more…The Gadarenes having desired Christ to leave their country, he did not stay to trouble them long, but presently went by water, as he came, back to the other side (v. 21), and there much people gathered to him. Note, If there be some that reject Chris
Read more…Promises for when you Feel Angry Jame 1:19 (KJS) Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Ephe 4:26 (KJS) Be ye angry, and sin not: le
Read more…Question 1 Q. What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I, with body and soul, both in life and death (Rom. 14:8), am not my own (1 Cor. 6:19), but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 3:23; Tit. 2:14), who with His precious
Read more…Promises for when You Are Deserted By loved Ones Psal 9:10 (KJS) And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Psal 94:14 (KJS) For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither wil
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