A Common Yet Subtle Sin by Samuel Logan Brengle
Sin So Deadly
THERE IS A SIN which a Catholic priest once declared that no one had ever confessed to him sin so deadly that the wrath of God comes upon men because of it; a sin so common that probably everybody has at some time been guilty of it; ... read more
A Praying Ministry Successful by E.M. Bounds
THE PREACHER THAT prays indeed puts God into the work. God does not come into the preacher's work as a matter of course or on general principles, but he comes by prayer and special urgency. That God will be found of us in the day that we seek him with ... read more
A Promise For Every Day by 
George W. Truett
Search Ourselves
"AS THY DAYS, so shall thy strength be" (Deuteronomy 33:25).
Whenever we turn the glasses within, and search ourselves thoroughly, how pained we always are at the meager progress that we are making in the better life. We look ... read more
Alexander Stuart by David Smithers
WHAT ADAM LOST IN the garden, through, Christ can be found on our knees! Clearly Alexander Moody Stuart was no stranger to this blessed truth. Day and night he enjoyed the paradise of fellowship with the Father through prayer. Agonizing, fervent prayer ... read more
Branded by Devotion to a Task by Leonard Ravenhill
THE MARK OF PAULS inward crucifixion were plainly evident. First of all, Paul was branded by devotion to a task. If, as tradition says, Paul was only four feet six inches in height, then he was the greatest dwarf that ever lived. He out-paced, out-pra ... read more
Elisha, Tarry Here, I Pray Thee by F.B. Meyer
ELISHA, TARRY HERE, I pray thee. 2 Kings ii. 2, 4, 6.
Thrice Elijah spoke thus to his friend and disciple, to test him. Perseverance, tenacity of purpose, a refusal to be content with anything short of the best, are indispensable conditions for the a ... read more
Free Through Suffering by 
Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
One Of The Greatest Testimonies
"THOU HAST ENLARGED me when I was in distress" Psalm 4:1.
This is one of the grandest testimonies ever given by man to the moral government of God. It is not a man's thanksgiving that he has been set free from ... read more
Phoney Repentance by Roger Ellsworth
SO IT WAS WHEN Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning. And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, See how Ahab has humbled him ... read more
Robert M'Cheyne by David Smithers
"IT IS NOT HOW LONG you live, but how you live that counts." Robert Murray M'Cheyne was a living example of this often neglected truth. At twenty-three years old he was ordained and inducted into the church of St. Peters at Dundee. At thirty years ol ... read more
The Church And Suffering by brother Greg
Apostolic Power
OH! FOR A CALL BACK to apostolic preaching, apostolic power, apostolic praying. We cry out ‘I want apostolic power’ but do we really? Do we want to suffer as they did? Do we want to crown our offering with a tortured bloody martyr ... read more
The Cross by 
John Follette
Finding Our Cross
EVERY MAN WILL FIND his discipline, and every man will find his cross. All Christians are not disciples. When He first introduces the cross, it is to Christians. Jesus Christ never places a cross on anybody. It is in our volitio ... read more
The Great Change - Conversion by C.H. Spurgeon
CAN YOU NOT remember, dearly-beloved, that day of days, that best and brightest of hours, when first you saw the Lord, lost your burden, received the roll of promise, rejoiced in full salvation, and went on your way in peace?
When I was in the hand ... read more
The Imitation Of Christ by Thomas A Kempis
Forsake Thyself
SON, FORSAKE THYSELF and thou shalt find me. Stand without choice and without all manner of self and thou shalt win ever; for anon, as thou hast resigned thyself and not taken thyself again, then shall be thrown to thee more grace ... read more
The Impotent Church by Bill Bright
America Under Siege
MOST CHRISTIANS IN American have lost their sense of a holy God. They do not understand His divine attributes of love, power, wisdom, sovereignty and grace. Vast numbers of church members do not know that He is present, active ... read more
The Meaning Of Faith by Charles Price
The Collapse Of Faith
WITHIN THE MEMORY OF most of us is the time when both the Church and the world seemed to possess certain of the elements of faith. With the dying of the Victorian era the Church seemed to be impregnated with the spirit of evange ... read more
The Speaking Voice by A.W. Tozer
THE BIBLE IS THE written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of ink and paper and leather. The Voice of God, however, is alive and free as the sovereign God is free. `The words that I speak unto you, they ... read more
Why is the Church Powerless? by William MacDonald
SPIRITUALLY WE ARE in a shocking condition. The status of many local fellowships is bad news, and deteriorating by the minute.
We have become more proud of the number of successful businessmen in our churches than of the number of men of God. The d ... read more
William Booth by David Smithers
ONE OF THE MOST effective weapons in General Booth's arsenal was fervent prayer. It was not unusual for Booth to hold "an all night of prayer" when he came to preach the Word of God. People would flood the altars every where he went. "The power of G ... read more
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