Father, send the workers in!
The fields are ripe, the ranks are thin,
The labor’s great, to save from sin
A holy people to praise your Name. Continue reading “Refusing to leave this world the same”
The early church grew because they prayed
Larry Miles gives as one of the five reasons that the church grew in the first century: The Early Church was a Praying Church:
After Peter and John had been released by the Sanhedrin they went back to the rest of the apostles and fellow believers to give a report o what had transpired. Verse 24-31 record that the early Church was a praying church. In Acts 4:29 we read: “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,” They believed in the power of prayer and also of answered prayer. Many of the great figures of the Old and New Testament were people of prayer. God has told us to pray. If we pray, knowing that God hears, and expecting that God will answer in a way that will bring glory to His Name, we can have a victorious prayer life. Remember, it is our Creator that we are talking to. If we can recapture the prayer life of the early church we can better stimulate church growth.
—Larry Miles, “Five Reasons the Early Church Grew (Acts 4)”
We’ve left father, mother, children, lands
We’ve left father, mother, children, lands,
To lose our life for Christ in time’s quick sands,
To gain a hundredfold upon the earth,
And heaven’s streets of gold by spiritual birth. Continue reading “We’ve left father, mother, children, lands”
Are we alone, Lord, just you and me?
Are we alone, Lord, just you and me?
Did no one else, Lord, refuse to flee?
Do none remain, Lord, who still are true?
Though all turn back I still will walk with you. Continue reading “Are we alone, Lord, just you and me?”
A furnace of fire
If we face a furnace of fire,
Or stand before a shower of stones,
If live we’re thrown upon a pyre,
Denied a burial of flesh and bones,
Then make us strong, our tongues confess
Our Lord’s dear name, Emmanuel;
Let enemies hear us pray and bless,
May we to them the gospel tell.
I believe
I believe — help my unbelief!
Without faith, my life will come to grief;
O God Almighty, power is yours, and might,
To you I turn, who dwells in purest light; Continue reading “I believe”
Site improvements to enhance experience
We’re working on some changes to the site to improve your experience as you read and browse and, we hope, to improve your spiritual experience as well.
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You’ve may have noticed different themes showing up. Several are in testing. We hope to get one that will be easy on the eyes, so we’ll probably go with a dark theme.
All this to draw attention to the content and our interaction together as we join to pray and say amen.
More in his form
For the urge to excel, we give thanks, Lord of light,
In our hearts stirs desire to become better men,
Let this drive move us toward our blest Savior’s full height,
Make us more in his form than we ever have been.
For the moment now
Lord of eternity, thank you for putting the future into our minds.
At the same time we make and begin to carry out plans for an entire year, help us still to pray about our daily bread and to live a day at a time.
Let the big plans give us focus for what to do right now.
Let the comprehensive vision guide us in our actions at the present.
Make the grand idea bring meaning to the hour we occupy at present.
For the moment now are we thankful, O God.
How often do you pray?
Dick Ady (founder of WEI [World English Institute]) studied with a Muslim. One day, the student bragged, “We Muslims pray five times a day. How often do you pray?”
Dick replied that he prayed without ceasing. “In fact, I pray for you every day,” he said.
Then he demonstrated how he prayed for him. “When I looked up, his eyes were filled with tears.”