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T. Austin-Sparks

Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. (Hebrews 12:26 ESV)

Everything is going to be shaken in earth and in heaven, with a view to finding out just how much there is of Christ living in it. These Jewish believers were going to see the temple and the whole temple system wrecked, and then they would discover just how much they had got of Christ, or how much of their life was bound up with...

Bible Verses: Hebrews 12:26

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William MacDonald

When Jesus asked two blind men if they believed that He was able to give them sight, they replied that they did. As He touched their eyes, He said, "According to your faith be it unto you," and their eyes were opened.

It would be easy to conclude from this that if we just have enough faith, we can get anything we want, whether wealth, healing, or whatever. But that is not the case. Faith must be based upon some word of the Lord, some promise of God, some command of Scripture. Otherwise...

Bible Verses: Matthew 9:292 Kings 13:14-19Ezekiel 47:1-23

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A.W. Tozer

The birth of Christ was a divine declaration, an eternal statement to a race of fallen men and women. The Advent of Christ clearly established: First, that God is real. The heavens were opened and another world than this came into view. Second, that human life is essentially spiritual. With the emergence into human flesh of the Eternal Word of the Father, the fact of man's divine origin is confirmed. Third, that God indeed had spoken by the prophets. The coming of the Messiah-Savior into the...

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James Russell Miller

Twice at least David had Saul in his power and might have killed him - but each time he magnanimously spared him. On the former occasion Saul was seeking David in the wilderness of Engedi, and entered a cave, not knowing that David and his men were that very hour hiding in the inner recesses of the same cave. When it was discovered that the king was in the cave, David's men tried to induce their master to take advantage of the opportunity and...

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Charles Spurgeon

There is a strange power about the very name of blood, and the sight of it is always affecting. A kind heart cannot bear to see a sparrow bleed, and unless familiarized by use, turns away with horror at the slaughter of a beast. As to the blood of men, it is a consecrated thing: it is murder to shed it in wrath, it is a dreadful crime to squander it in war. Is this solemnity occasioned by the fact that the blood is the life, and the pouring of it forth the token of death? We think so. When...

Bible Verses: Hebrews 9:20

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George Bowen

Happy, because the correction is designed to bring him into paths of pleasantness and peace.

Because there is no unnecessary severity in it.

Because the disciplinary stroke is in the place of ten thousand strokes of divine vengeance for our sins.

Because the chastisement is not so much against us, as against our most cruel enemies - our sins.

Because we have abundant words of consolation.

Because the sacrifice of a broken heart, and of a contrite spirit,...

Bible Verses: Job 5:17

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Hebrews 10:19-31

The Bible is a veritable mine of information on the fact of God's faithfulness. More than 4,000 years ago He said: "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease" (Genesis 8:22). Every year furnishes...

Bible Verses: Hebrews 10:19-31Genesis 8:22Genesis 15:13-14Exodus 12:41Isaiah 7:14Galatians 4:4Malachi 3:7Psalms 103:17Psalms 102:27James 1:1-17

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A.W. Tozer

The absence of spiritual devotion today is an omen and a portent. The modern church is all but contemptuous of the sober virtues—meekness, modesty, humility, quietness, obedience, self-effacement, patience. To be accepted now, religion must be in the popular mood. Consequently, much religious activity reeks with pride, display, self-assertion, self-promotion, love of gain and devotion to trivial pleasures.

It behooves us to take all this seriously. Time is running out for all of us....

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Charles Spurgeon

When a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and doleful fears. Such is not the way to rise from the dust, but to continue in it. As well chain the eagle's wing to make it mount, as doubt in order to increase our grace. It is not the law, but the gospel which saves the seeking soul at first; and it is not a legal bondage, but gospel liberty which can restore the fainting believer afterwards. Slavish...

Bible Verses: Isaiah 44:3

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Samuel Bagster

Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely upon his God.You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. § Seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. § But now...

Bible Verses: Job 23:3Isaiah 50:10Jeremiah 29:13Luke 11:9Luke 11:101 John 1:3Ephesians 2:13Ephesians 2:181 John 1:6Matthew 28:20Hebrews 13:5John 14:16John 14:17

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Samuel Bagster

When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. § “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'” Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. § And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of...

Bible Verses: James 4:7Isaiah 59:19Matthew 4:10Matthew 4:11Ephesians 6:10Ephesians 6:11Ephesians 5:112 Corinthians 2:111 Peter 5:81 Peter 5:91 John 5:4Romans 8:33

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Charles Spurgeon

"Ye shall be named the priests of the LORD." Isaiah 61:6

This literal promise to Israel belongs spiritually to the seed after the Spirit, namely, to all believers. If we live up to our privileges, we shall live unto God so clearly and distinctly that men shall see that we are set apart for holy service and shall name us the priests of the LORD. We may work or trade as others do, and yet we may be solely and wholly the ministering...

Bible Verses: Isaiah 61:6

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Miles Stanford

So now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death" (Phil. 1:20).

If we look to other Christians as examples to follow, we will soon be discouraged by the prevailing low standard. If we look to Christ as our example, we will be utterly discouraged because of His infinitely high...

Bible Verses: Philippians 1:20Colossians 1:18

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James Smith

This is a complaint brought against us by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us listen to it. He has assured us of His love, that He seeks our good, that He will not be wroth with us; we dishonour Him therefore by our fretfulness under trials and troubles; by our murmuring when all is not as we wish; by our impatience to be delivered from pain; by our unbelief in reference to His promises and providence; by our unthankfulness for the many mercies we receive; by employing His favours in Satan's...

Bible Verses: John 8:49

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