Open Eyes and Attentive Ears

“And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept and mourned certain days and fasted and prayed before the God of Heaven, and said ‘I beseech You, O Lord God of Heaven, the great and terrible God, that keeps covenant and mercy for them that...

The Blessing of Barrenness

“And Hannah answered and said, ‘No, my lord; I am a woman of sorrowful spirit.  I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord’.” I Samuel 1:16 So often our most “effectual, fervent prayers” (James 5:16b-18) arise from a...

Behold, He Prays

“And the Lord said unto him, ‘Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus—for, behold, he prays’.” Acts 9:11 It’s the hardest spiritual discipline we’ll ever learn, but also the one by which we...

Off With the Old, On With the New

“But now also put off all these:  Anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.  Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds—and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of...

True Conversion

“Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey—whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness?  But God be thanked, that you were the servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart that form of...

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