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Hearing God’s Rod

Posted on September 6, 2024 by The Editor

1 Peter 1:6,7; Micah 6:9; Psalm 85:8 Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried … Continue reading →

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A Preparation for the Lord’s Supper

Posted on June 7, 2024 by The Editor

Philippians 2:3; Matthew 5:21-24 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; … Continue reading →

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The Duty, Comfort, & Privilege of Prayer

Posted on January 19, 2024 by The Editor

Psalm 109:4; Psalm 142:1; Psalm 84:8 I give myself unto prayer. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer. WILLIAM JAY … Continue reading →

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The Counterfeit Gift of Tongues

Posted on November 3, 2023 by The Editor

Acts 2:4,7,8; Acts 2:11; 1 Corinthians 14:13-15,28 They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance…And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are … Continue reading →

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When Jesus Christ Stands Up

Posted on September 29, 2023 by The Editor

Acts 7:51-60 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed … Continue reading →

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An Enlarged Heart

Posted on September 8, 2023 by The Editor

Ezekiel 36:26,27; 1 Kings 4:29; Psalm 119:32; 2 Corinthians 6:11-13 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and … Continue reading →

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Onesiphorus

Posted on August 25, 2023 by The Editor

2 Timothy 4:19; 2 Timothy 1:16-18 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: but, when he was … Continue reading →

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Christian Suffering in its Proper Perspective

Posted on March 24, 2023 by The Editor

2 Timothy 2:12—Romans 8:17,18; 1 Peter 3:14,15—4:16,19—Hebrews 11:25 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him—If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Answers to Prayer are Not What We Expect

Posted on February 24, 2023 by The Editor

2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Romans 8:26-28 Lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted … Continue reading →

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Iniquity in the Heart

Posted on January 6, 2023 by The Editor

Proverbs 15:8—Psalm 66:18-20 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.—If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. But verily God hath heard … Continue reading →

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