Our God hath not forsaken us. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastiseme... Read More
One Hundred and Fifty -three Practical and Theological Texts 25 Attributed to St Symeon the New Theologian: The Three Methods of Prayer 67 [V4] 12, [V4] 13, [V4]14, [V4] 15 [V4] 16 St Symeon the New Theologian On Faith Brethren and fathers, it is good that we make God's mercy known to all and speak ... Read More
prayer may be effective. For unless we forgive those who have injured us, God will not forgive our sins. Pass on now to the seventh chapter, and you will find in the seventh to the twelfth verses how to succeed in prayer, to be bold in hope—ask, seek, knock. These strong expressions depict frequency... Read More
You may not have realised that plans for the structure and government of the World Church are already in place! Ministries, organisations and fellowships are networking together like never before, forming major new allegiances, and meeting to formulate the doctrines, structure and leadership of an e... Read More
To be humble is to have a low estimate of one's self. It is to be modest, lowly, with a disposition to seek obscurity. Humility retires itself from the public gaze. It does not seek publicity nor hunt for high places, neither does it care for prominence. Humility is retiring in its nature. Self-abas... Read More
"Lord, teach us to pray…" (Luke 11:1). Our text may well have taken place early in the morning "when the dew was still on the roses" and a solitary figure rose from being prostrated in prayer. Some of His disciples had slipped nearby to wait for their Master to terminate His prayer. The text was sur... Read More
This powerful article is an excerpt from the Principles book from an article by brother Edgar called: Revival: God's Way Forward. Below is the excerpt from the book: A REVIVAL REQUIREMENT OF THE LORD: “HUMBLENESS” Do we comply with God’s requirements for humbleness? “Because your heart was tender, a... Read More
Q.1 Who is the only self-existent Being? ANSWER. God is the only self-existent Being. Ex. 3. 14; Psa. 90. 2; Isa. 45. 5, 22; Jn. 8.58. Q.2 Ought everyone to believe that there is a God? ANSWER. Everyone ought to believe that there is a God, and it is their great sin and folly who do not. Psa. 9.17; ... Read More
Of True Resignation OR Dying to SELF by Jacob Behmen (Jakob Boehme) 1575-1624, The Teutonic Theosopher SHOWING How Man must DAILY die to his OWN Will in SELF; how he must bring his Desire into God, and what he should ask and desire of God. LIKEWISE How he must spring up out of the dying sinful Man, ... Read More
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE RESOLVED; VIZ., WHETHER, WHERE A CHURCH OF CHRIST IS SITUATE, IT IS THE DUTY OF THE WOMEN OF THAT CONGREGATION, ORDINARILY, AND BY APPOINTMENT, TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR BRETHREN, AND SO TO ASSEMBLE TOGETHER, TO PERFORM SOME PARTS OF DIVINE WORSHIP, AS PRAYER, ETC., WITH... Read More
SEPTEMBER 23 - morning
The Philokalia Volume 4a
The way of the Pilgrim and The pilgrim continues his Way - Part 6
"A Second Pentecost?" - by Orrel Steinkamp
Prayer and Humility
The Shameful Sin of Prayerlessness
A Revival Requirement Of The Lord - Humbleness
Gadsby's Catechism
Of True Resignation
A Case of Conscience Resolved