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Tracy 11/23/2025 3:11:38 PM MST |
STREAMS IN THE DESERT by L.B. COWMAN Do you believe that I am able to do this? Matthew 9:28 God deals with impossibilities. It is never too late for Him to do so, as long as that which is impossible is brought to Him in complete faith by the person whose life and circumstances would be impacted if God is to be glorified. If we have experienced rebellion, unbelief, sin, and ruin in our life, it is never too late for God to deal triumphantly with these tragic things, if they are brought to Him in complete surrender and trust. It has often been said, and truthfully so, that Christianity is the only religion (relationship) that can deal with a person's past. God "will repay you for the years the locust have eaten" (Joel 2:25), and He is trustworthy to do it unreservedly. He does so not because of what we are but because of who He is. God forgives and heals and restores, for He is "the God of all grace" (1Peter 5:10). May we praise Him and trust Him. (from Sunday School Times) Nothing is too hard for Jesus, no man can work like Him. We have a God who delights in impossibilities and who asks, "Is anything too hard for Me?" (Jeremiah 32:27) (Andrew Murray) | ||||||
Tracy 11/16/2025 5:21:13 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON Who then is the faithful and wise servant? (Matt. 24:45) The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts, and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in His Word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline. (Oswald Chambers) PRAY ABOUT IT: The word discipline bothers us when applied to certain activities --- like prayer. We want to think of ourselves as such sensitive pray-ers that we will pray often enough if we just wait until the Spirit moves us. The truth is, sometimes we need to move ourselves into our prayer closets --- by the napes of our necks if necessary --- and get down to business. If we don't like the word discipline, we can substitute the word faithfulness. Are we going to be faithful servants? Will we determine to win the battle against both the wandering thoughts that plague us in prayer and also the lack of intimacy with God that prayerlessness begets? Be disciplined in prayer today. Be faithful. You are not the only one troubled by wandering thoughts. Our mind constantly wanders, but our will is the mistress of our faculties and must recall the mind and bring it back to God as often as necessary. (Brother Lawrence) | ||||||
Tracy 11/9/2025 7:09:36 AM MST |
MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Numbers 23:19 Remember that faith is not a strange sensation that comes over you in rare moments, a magic thrill from something in the minister's voice, a mystic trance to be reached once in a while, then lost for weeks or years. It is a sturdy confidence that God will keep His promises, confidence enough to walk out on them and live there, although the world expects them to crack and crumble under you any day. (Vance Havner) PRAY ABOUT IT: Refuse to allow your feelings to measure the effectiveness of your prayers. God does not put you in a trance nor give you outward signs that you've been heard. Further, such dependencies are the enemy of faith. Faith is the sturdy confidence that you've been heard, based on God's promise in His Word. Satan is a master when it comes to orchestrating feelings in Christians. He loves it when we get those goose-bump sensations, because he knows that when they leave, we'll assume we're no longer connected to God. This doesn't mean that we're to leave our emotions outside the prayer-room door, rather it means that emotions such as joy, tears, love, or excitement may follow our prayers but they may never lead our prayers or offer us proof that we've been heard. Stop considering your emotions and simply regard your will, which is the real king in your being. Is your will open to God? Does your will decide to believe? Does your will choose to obey? If this is the case, then you are in the Lord's hands. (Hannah Whitall Smith) | ||||||
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