“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” – Matthew 21:22 In the feeding of the multitude and in the sermon on the bread from heaven, Christ had opened to [the disciples] their work as His representatives. They were to give the...
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” – 1 John 5:14-15 Christ was continually...
“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.” – Jeremiah 30:7 Jacob and Esau represent two classes; Jacob the righteous, and Esau the wicked. Jacob’s distress when he...
“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.” – Joel 2:23 We cannot depend upon form or...
“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” – Isaiah 30:21 Till the conflict is ended, there will be those who will depart from God. Satan will so shape...
“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.” – Genesis 32:28 The servants of Christ were to prepare no set speech to present when brought to trial. Their preparation was...
