"Pressed out of measure" (2 Cor. 1:8). "That the power of Christ may rest upon me" (2 Cor. 12:9). God allowed the crisis to close around Jacob on the night when he bowed at Peniel in supplication, to bring him to the place where he could take hold of God ...
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"These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work" (1 Chron. 4:23). Anywhere and everywhere we may dwell "with the king for his work." We may be in a very unlikely and unfavorable place for this; it may ...
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"There was silence, and I heard a still voice" (Job 4:16) A score of years ago, a friend placed in my hand a book called True Peace. It was an old mediaeval message, and it had but one thought--that God was waiting in the depths of my being to talk ...
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Then there was a voice from from the firmament that was over their heads when they stood, and had let down their wings..—Ezek 1:25 What is the letting down of the wings? People so often say, “How do you get the voice of the Lord?” Here is the secret. They ...
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An Irish Blessing May you live a long life, Full of gladness and health, With a pocket of gold As the least of your wealth. May the dreams you hold dearest, Be those which come true, The kindness you spread, Keep returning to you. May the friendships you make, Be ...
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"I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing." (Ezekiel 34:26). What is your season today? Are you experiencing a season of drought? If so then it is the season for showers. Are you going through a season of great heaviness with ...
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Life Hide thyself by the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:3). Definition of Cherith in the Bible: a cutting; separation; a gorge; a torrent-bed for winter-stream, a "brook." God's servants must be taught the value of the hidden life. The man who is to take a high place before his fellows ...
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Stepping Stones Dear Lord please aways let me see In everything befalling me, A spark of light that I may know That through it all You will it so. May every silent pain I bear Become for me a golden stair, That rises high above the woe Our human hearts ...
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"For the Vision is yet for an appointed time…though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry" (Habakkuk 2:3). In the charming little booklet, Expectation Corner, Adam Slowman was led into the Lord's treasure houses, and among many other wonders there revealed to him ...
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