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The Lord Jesus offers His hand in marriage
The Lord Jesus offers His hand in marriage to you. Will you receive it by faith and repentance? There is a sense in which everyone is called to this wedding. The gospel is to be preached to all creatures. God freely and lovingly invites all to this wedding. The invitations...
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How Do We Become Doers of the Word?
To become a doer of the Word, you must first be born again. Only God can give you a heart of faith and obedience. James writes in James 1:18, “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of...
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A Child’s Answer
A man walking in a park noticed a boy reading a book. “What are you reading?” asked the gentleman. “A New Testament, sir,” answered the boy with a smile. “I got it for my birthday.” “Do you believe that there is a God?” “Yes,” replied the boy with surprise. “I...
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Simple Trust
Nancy was an old woman who lived in Scotland long ago. She had been a God-fearing woman for most of her years. Her home was a lowly thatched cottage in one of the quiet glens of Scotland. Now she was sick and was quietly waiting for death to end her...
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The Indispensability of the Spirit
Contagious Christian living brings many blessings, but let us always remember that the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential not only in empowering us to live contagiously but also in making that contagiousness effective by blessing others through our lives. Many believers forget that today; they write entire books on how...
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Who Should Pray?
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will...
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Preparing for the Preached Word
“It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer,” the Westminster divines wrote (LC, Q. 160). This involves several, practical applications: 1. Before coming to God’s house to hear His Word, prepare yourself and your family with prayer. The...
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Special acts of worship in families
(1) Daily instruction in the Word of God. God should be worshiped by daily reading and instruction from His Word. Through questions, answers, and instructions, parents and children are to daily interact with each other about sacred truth. As Deuteronomy 6:6–7 says, “And these words, which I command thee this...
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Take inventory of your prayer life
James 5:17 says that the prophet Elijah “prayed earnestly.” Literally, the text says that Elijah “prayed in his prayer” (KJV marginal note 1). James is using a Hebrew idiom intended to intensify the force of the verb. In other words, Elijah’s prayers were more than a formal exercise; he was...
