The same lesson is taught in a very striking way in the second passage in Luke to which I have already referred, Luke 18:1-8: “And He spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared [...]

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, this kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. Mark 9:28-29  The church is so constituted that every member matters, and matters in a very vital sense. [...]

Why is it that God does not give to us the very first time we ask Him, the things that we ask of Him? The answer is plain: God would do more for us, and better for us, than to merely give us that thing. He would do us the far greater good of [...]

“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible” 1 Corinthians 9:25 In his early life Paul must have been keen on sport! He uses the phrases for the gymnast, the boxer, and the racer. He had [...]

Do you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil 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? When [...]

A Bond-Slave Of Jesus “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:” Galatians 2:20   These words mean the breaking of my independence with my own hand and surrendering to the supremacy of the Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, I must do [...]

BIBLE AUTHORITY “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” (Proverbs 30:5-6) The Bible is unique among all books. Not only is it different in its form, structure, [...]

THE FAR COUNTRY "And when he came to himself, he said,...  I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,..." —Luke 15:17, 18, 19. We need not travel far to reach the far country—the thought of sin, the wings of passionate [...]

Not By Bread Alone Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4   There is nothing more important for the development of a Christian’s spiritual life than regular, systematic Bible study. It is as true in the spiritual life as in the [...]

LOVING THE BRETHREN “He that loveth his brother abideth in the light…” 1 John 2:10 As Christians look at their fellow men and women, they see people exactly like themselves before their eyes were opened, and now they are sorry for them. They begin to love hateful persons instead of hating them. They say, [...]

Conformed to His Image  For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. John 13:15 EVERY soul re-cast into this model, every mind conformed to this pattern, and every life reflecting this image, is an exalting and a glorifying of the Son of God. There is no [...]

Higher Than I From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:2 Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart, emptied like when a man wipes a dish and turns it [...]