Learn How to Pray
Lord, teach us to pray. Luke 11:1. Christ did not give this prayer [the Lord’s Prayer, Luke 11:2-4] for men to repeat as a form. He gave it as an illustration of what our prayers should be—simple, earnest, and comprehensive.6Manuscript 23, 1899. Many prayers are offered without faith. A set form of words is used, […]
Blessings for Those Who Ask
Ye have not, because ye ask not. James 4:2. The grace of Christ we cannot do without. We must have help from above if we resist the manifold temptations of Satan, and escape his devices. Amid the prevailing darkness, we must have light from God to reveal the traps and gins of error, or we […]
An Open Door to God’s Throne
Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it. Revelation 3:8. The true Witness declares: “Behold, I have set before thee an open door.” Let us thank God with heart and soul and voice; and let us learn to approach unto Him as through an open door, believing that […]
Prayer, the Channel of All Blessings
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matthew 21:22. Prayer is the breath of the soul, the channel of all blessings. As, with a realization of the needs of humanity, with a feeling of self-loathing, the repentant soul offers its prayer, God sees its struggles, watches its conflicts, and […]
Victory After Victory
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4. When clouds come between your soul and God, when all around you is dark and forbidding, when the enemy stands ready to rob the soul of its integrity to God and […]
Strength for Today
As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Deuteronomy 33:25. I thank the Lord for the assurance of His grace, that is for His people now, today…. The promise is not that we will have strength today for a future emergency, that anticipated future trouble will be provided for beforehand, before it comes to us. […]
