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Myself God’s Sanctuary
Truth is often found in unexpected places, and here's a good example of that. Frederick Faber was already noted as a poet during his university days but is best known for his hymns "Faith of our Fathers" and "There is a Wideness in God's Mercy", [...]
Earnest, heartfelt prayer
"The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]" (James 5:16b AMP). My wife and I went to pay our respects and farewell an old friend at a funeral service. We knew the couple were churchgoers and [...]
No Condemnation, No Separation
These two great statements open and close Romans chapter 8, the well-loved chapter that speaks of a new life in Christ, and between them 18 usages of "spirit" as compared to one in Romans 7. "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are [...]
Everything… in Jesus Christ
"I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ" (Galatians 1:12 ESV). The certainty and the assurance that was right at the root of his (Paul's) Christian life and service came [...]
The essential newness of the New Creation
"If anyone is in Christ. the new creation has come. the old has gone, the new is here!" (II Corinthians 5:17). The Word teaches us very clearly that Christ has been taken right out of this old creation and set at God's right hand in [...]
Divine Arrangement
A divine arrangement is a certain method or rule by which God works. Never ask Him to change to accommodate your mind; adapt yourself to His method. II Timothy 1:7: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of [...]
Blessed Quietness
For just about all of us, within 30 seconds to 1 minute after coming out the womb we started crying. Nowadays gentle stimulation is used but in my day the baby was slapped on the bottom. And even for a small bundle, we could raise [...]
Grace Wins Hands Down
There is a repeated term in the KJV that provides valuable truth. It appears five times in Romans chapter 5, and verse 20b reads, "But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound", or in the Message paraphrase, "When it's sin versus grace, grace wins [...]
Separated but Not Isolated
My late father-in-law had a wonderful saying. When listening to a song on radio by some screaming rock-and-roller he would say, "If that man was convicted for being a singer they would be hanging an innocent man!" The saying is similar to the common preaching [...]
It’s Testimony Time
I was born into a religious tradition that made much of believers sharing their spiritual experiences and relationships with the whole church on Sunday. I've spoken before of one young man who stood up on Sunday morning and said, "Saved, single, and satisfied!" Yet mostly [...]