E. M. Bounds on page 53 of his book Preacher and Prayer wrote, “Prayer, to the preacher, is not simply the duty of his profession, a privilege, but it is a necessity. Air is not more necessary to the lungs than prayer is to the preacher. It is absolutely necessary for the preacher to pray. […]
[2Co 8:5 KJV] 5 And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. In this passage, Paul is writing to the Church at Corinth to encourage them to participate in grace giving, or the support of missions, as the […]
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After leaving Mount Horeb in the Sinai Peninsula, Elijah travelled north to Israel. The parched land was now putting on the garb of a new spring. The drought was over and the rains were softening the cracked soil. Farmers were busy plowing and planting their fields. Half way between the Dead Sea and the Sea […]
During the ministry of Elisha in the O.T., king Benhadad of Syria and his army surrounded the Israelite capital city of Samaria to starve the people into surrendering. The famine was so bad that donkey’s heads and bird poo sold for large sums of money. People even began eating their own children. It was during […]
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Can a Christian live without ever sinning? Some seem to think so. However, the Apostle Paul did not believe that. He said in Romans 7:19, “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” Others say that a true Christian will not live in habitual […]