Serving one another in loveSomeone has said, “Self thinks itself great and is served. Love serves and is great.”
The richest man in the valleyUnrighteous mammon here refers to earthly riches or material treasures. No illusion is more prevalent than that the man who has a lot of material possessions is rich.
Giving to the LordIt is breathtaking to think that a gift given to a servant of the Lord should be memorialized with language similar to that which describes the Unspeakable Gift...
The suffering lambI once saw a lamb die. It was a most moving, most awful sight.
The powerful Word of GodA Christian university student was witnessing to another student who was from a liberal seminary. When the believer quoted a verse, the seminarian said, “I don’t believe the Bible.” The Christian quoted another verse, only to be met with “I told you I don’t believe the Bible.
Pray until you pray.Especially if you haven’t spent much time in prayer yet, it’s easy to fall into a pattern of praying ritualistically and without depth.
But to truly enter the spirit of prayer, we have to linger for a while.
Hints for your prayer lifeTwo are better than one. That’s why I encourage you to find at least one steady prayer partner and arrange to meet regularly for prayer.
How can I overcome laziness and prayerlessness?Many of us don’t pray simply because we don’t plan to pray. Wise planning will ensure that we often devote ourselves to prayer, even if it's just for short moments.
You have not because you ask notWe do not ask, and therefore we do not receive. We do not knock, and so the door is not opened to us. We do not seek, and thus we do not find.
What happens when we don´t pray?If we do not pray, we leave the door open for every sin in our lives. Prayer is the way out of temptation.