james-4:2

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). How can it be blessed to be poor in spirit? Surely poverty and blessing are opposites? That is how the unbeliever and the carnal believer thinks because their concept of being blessed is associated with possessing t... Read More

"...thy desire shall be to thy Husband, and He shall rule over thee (Genesis 3:16b)." "Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee (Psalms 73:25)." In the beginning God ordained that the Bride of Christ, the Church, should have its desire only for Christ. O... Read More

The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name. If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. — If ye ... being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your... Read More

Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be enquired of. Ye have not, because ye ask not. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened... Read More

prayer may be effective. For unless we forgive those who have injured us, God will not forgive our sins. Pass on now to the seventh chapter, and you will find in the seventh to the twelfth verses how to succeed in prayer, to be bold in hope—ask, seek, knock. These strong expressions depict frequency... Read More

"Lord, teach us to pray…" (Luke 11:1). Our text may well have taken place early in the morning "when the dew was still on the roses" and a solitary figure rose from being prostrated in prayer. Some of His disciples had slipped nearby to wait for their Master to terminate His prayer. The text was sur... Read More

An Account of the Revival of Religion in Northampton in 1740 - 1742 As Communicated in a Letter to the Rev. Thomas Prince of Boston, MA Evidently intended for publication, this letter was entitled "The State of Religion at Northampton in the County of Hampshire, About 100 Miles Westward of Boston". ... Read More

ARTICLE I. Concerning God, and the True and Saving Knowledge of him. There is one God [Eph. 4:6; 1 Cor. 8:4,6] Who is a Spirit [John 4:24] And This is the Message which the Apostles heard of him, and declared unto the Saints, That he is Light, and in him is no Darkness at all [1 John 1:5] There are ... Read More

Question. What is the True RELIGION? A. Pure Religion and Undefiled is this, To visit the Fatherless and the Widow in their Affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the World [Jas. 1:27]. Q. What is required of Man? A. He hath showed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of... Read More

We are going to consider the prayer of a child of God, as in Matthew 6:6. Remember, the Lord talked about the prayer of the Pharisee, the prayer of the heathen. Now, He makes a contrast. “But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is i... Read More