Tag: devotional
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(21) George Müller & Praying for Small Things
~ The following is an excerpt from George Müller on praying for small things: “A Christian lady said, lately, that thirty-five years ago she heard me speak on this subject in Devonshire; and that then I referred to praying about little things. I had said, that suppose a parcel came to us, and it should…
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(3′) Prayer’s Expectant Eyes ~ Part 2
~ What follows are some notes from George Müller’s autobiography The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord’s Dealings With George Müller. It is on the same theme that I have blogged on before, to wit, the expectancy we ought to exercise subsequent to prayer. To you I lift up my eyes, O…
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(17) Water Under the Bridge (B)
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll…
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(5) To Deny is to Die
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit” (John 12:24). “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me”…
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(4) Speed of Sound and Light – Emotions & Reason
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” ~ Proverbs 4:23 “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.” ~ SoS 3:7, 3:5, 8:4 Emotions travel at the speed of light (300 million m/s) while reasoning travels much more slowly at the speed of sound (343 m/sec). Reasoning plods along thought by thought, and makes a…
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(3) Those Who Trust in the Lord – Psalm 125
“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zionwhich cannot be shaken but endures forever”(Psalm 125:1). Psalm 125 mentions a remarkable mountain – Mount Zion. It is not one of the many familiar mountains mentioned so often in the Bible like Mount Sinai or Mount Hermon or Gerizim, Carmel, Hor, etc. Nor is it…
The Dew and the Rain 