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Man’s Pride And Christ’s Humility From Dawn. Author Unknown. The life and death of our Lord Jesus Christ are a standing rebuke to every form of pride to which men are liable. Note the contrast between these well-known sins and His own holy life. Pride of birth and rank. "Is not this the carpenter's ... Read More

No Holding Back! By Lois J. Stucky "The Triumph of the Cross!" What a seeming contradiction! The Cross--beatings, mockings, injustice, false accusations, excruciating pain, death. But also triumph! Satan defeated, Salvation provided, resurrection, ascension, enthronement! We Christians who live almo... Read More

The Humility Of Jesus By Andrew Murray "I am in the midst of you as he that serveth" (Luke 22:27). In the Gospel of John we have the inner life of our Lord laid open to us. Jesus speaks frequently of His relation to the Father, of the motives by which He is guided, of His consciousness of the power ... Read More

Using God’s Word In Prayer By Wesley L. Duewel God’s Word has an essential role in all aspects of your prayer life. Your communion with God will be based on and include much communion through the Word. Your praise must of necessity make much use of Scripture as you praise the Lord. Whatever time you... Read More

Yielded To The Lordship Of Christ By Stephen F. Olford The central message of the Bible is that "Jesus Christ is Lord." All of history moves to that moment, in God's timing, when every creature will declare that "Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Phil. 2:11). If we start with th... Read More

Daniel himself lived through such a time of crisis. At the time when he was deported to Babylon in 605 BC, Babylon had just conquered Assyria, defeated Egypt and become the dominant power in the Middle East. By the end of his long life, Babylon itself had been conquered by Persia. But more important... Read More

GOD’S GREATEST PROBLEM God’s greatest problem is summed up in one little word: S-I-N. Heaven is at battle stations today because sin has invaded the human race and the moral Universe. It is high time the Church knew her enemy! Her first enemy is not the Devil, it is not death, it is not despair. Her... Read More

WHAT WENT WRONG? Adam and Eve awoke in a world of loveliness. Made as a tiny replica of their Heavenly Father, having in finite miniature the abilities and qualities of God, they were given His law of love to live by. The first man and his lovely wife walked and talked with God in the garden paradis... Read More

"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me" (John 12:32). A story is told of a medieval saint who asked his attendants to lift him from his death bed and place him on a cross. As he lay there and breathed out his life, he kept repeating with glowing eye and shining face the ... Read More

He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (1 John 2:6.) The life naturally leads to the walk. The term describes the course of life, the conduct, the practical side of our Christian life. The reference to the walk of our Lord Jesus Christ recalls His character a... Read More