“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” Matthew 21:22 When I started writing the articles for this week, I did not have a theme, just going to write about several things that the Lord had laid on my heart. But as I began to write, I realize that they all did have a common thread – different ways that prayers are answered. We have looked at several characters in the Bible, and the answers they received to their prayers. I was impressed that this final article should deal with times when the Lord answered…
“And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.” Acts 1:4 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 Looking back a few years, I remember Harvey Camp in New Brunswick, a week we looked forward to every year. Meeting up with friends we didn’t…
“And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.” II Samuel 5:22-24 The Bible refers to David as a man after God’s own heart. Probably one…