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Daily Help
The more you know about Christ, the less will you be satisfied with superficial views of Him; and the more deeply you study His life and the fullness of His Grace which shines in all His offices, the more truly will you see the King in his beauty. Long moreRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“To him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon… because he hath wholly followed the Lord.” (Deut. 1:36.) EVERY hard duty that lies in your path, that you would rather not do, that it will cost you pain and struggle or sore effort to do, has aRead More …
Faithfulness in Prayer
Faithfulness in Prayer There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving GodRead More …
Daily Help
In order to learn how to discharge your duty as a witness for Christ, look at His example. He is always witnessing: by the well of Samaria, or in the Temple of Jerusalem: by the lake of Gennesaret, or on the mountain’s brow. He witnesses so clearly and distinctly thatRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” (John 16:32.) IT need not be said that to carry out conviction into action is a costly sacrifice. It may make necessary renunciations and separations which leave one to feel a strange sense both of deprivation and loneliness. ButRead More …
Opposition!
Opposition! After they were gone, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to destroy Him.”—Matthew 2:13 WheneverRead More …
Daily Help
Are you willing, dear reader, to receive Christ? then there is no difficulty in the way; Christ will be your guest; his own power is working with you, making you willing. What an honor to entertain the Son of God! The heaven of heavens cannot contain him, and yet heRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“It shall turn to you for a testimony.” (Luke 21:13.) LIFE is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody “call back and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. We are all climbers together, and we must help one another. This mountain climbing isRead More …
Dethroning Idols
Dethroning Idols In this way the Lord’s message flourished and prevailed.—Acts 19:20 Paul’s world worshiped idols. No idol was more revered in Ephesus than the goddess Diana. The great statue was housed in a magnificent temple and was recognized as one of the wonders of the world. An idol-making industry,Read More …
Daily Help
O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfill his promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? Shall the storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father, though he knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet forget you?Read More …
D5 Creation