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“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered.” Romans 8:26. Several years ago in Bible College, I developed an undeniable burden for a family member who had fallen away from God. I entered into a season of fasting and prayer for this individual, believing that God was going to do something miraculous in their life. One afternoon, I entered the prayer room, and a spirit of intercession came over me. I prayed for almost five…
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: Even on My menservants and maidservants…
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of…
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“And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the Lord” (Isaiah 66:21). To understand this verse, we need to look at the beginning of the previous verse. Verse 20 begins with, “Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the Lord out of all nations.” The verse includes a list of everything that will be brought, and in verse 21, God says He will bring people from all nations and make them priests and Levites. In the Old Testament, you could only be a priest and serve the Lord in the Temple…
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” (II Corinthians 9:8, ESV) I learned a new word this week. I’ve known the concept for a long time, but I had not come across the word that encompasses the concept. The word? Shrinkflation. As you can guess, it combines the words shrink and inflation. It’s when manufacturers shrink a product to offset rising manufacturing costs. The unobservant consumer may not realize that even though the price is the same, there are…
“Hurry up.” “Let’s go.” “We can’t be late.” These are all phrases we use frequently. We live in a society that wants everything now. Instant gratification, instant weight loss, instant wealth. We rush here and there to be sure we are going to be on time or get what we want or need on time. We are impatient people. The phrase “on time” is defined as “arriving at the correct time and not late; early enough” (Cambridge English Dictionary). “Something that arrives, happens, or is done when it should and is not late” (Cambridge English Dictionary). “At the appointed time:…
I heard a radio advertisement the other day for a home improvement company. They cheerily said that a typical home remodel can take days or weeks, cost a lot of money, and cause a real mess in your house. But if you choose us, they assured their listening audience that we will come in and do it quickly, with minimal mess. You’ll have new countertops, cabinet fronts, and fixtures. On and on it went. And we will do this very economically. Other companies charge much more, but we will do it for a lot less. They actually used the word…
