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Thanksgiving (2169) (eucharista from eú = well, + charizomai = to grant, give freely; English = Eucharist as related to Lord's Supper) is the expression of thanks or gratitude for favor and mercy shown. Thankfulness from one conscious of benefit received. See Related Studies on Thanksgiving: Giving ... Read More

Walk (4043) (peripateo from peri = about, around + pateo = walk, tread) means literally to walk around, to go here and there in walking, to tread all around. The 39 uses in the Gospels always refer to literal, physical walking. Seven of the 8 uses in Acts are also in the literal sense (except Acts 2... Read More

I pray you will read this message, or share it with someone you know the Lord would want to hear it, and allow the Holy Spirit to minister to them. So very few have a "hearing ear" any more, because they have been under a gospel that is really no gospel at all, and preaching that does not conform th... Read More

God has graciously unfolded to us the wonderful thoughts that filled His heart concerning His beloved Son before the ages of time began to roll. What exceeding grace is this, and what cause we have, in consequence, to lift up our hearts in joyful praise to Him! A steady, strong saint of God is one w... Read More

In this book we have dealt with the rift that developed between the Reformers of the sixteenth century and the men of the Second Front. This rift was the result of a problem that perennially besets the Church of Christ, the problem of how to relate that Church to its environment. It is the problem t... Read More

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same. COLOSSIANS 4:2 BUT if distractions manifold prevail, And if in this we must confess we fail, Grant us to keep at least a prompt desire, Continual readiness for prayer and praise, An altar heaped and waiting to take fire With the least spark, and leap into a... Read More

"These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication." Acts 1:14 Just as prayer was central to the life of the early church, it is central to Friends today. Prayer has many facets -- love, adoration, thanksgiving, surrender, confession, transformation, guidance, supplication, intercession... Read More

In the course of a conversation during a Keswick Convention a friend said, “Now, suppose someone yields himself to God and receives a blessing at one of these meetings, how is it possible for him to avoid relapsing into his former spiritual condition? Will it not be necessary for him to be propped u... Read More

In addition to good, suitable, and regular food, the body requires pure atmosphere in order to a healthy and vigorous life. In like manner the spiritual life must have both the food of God’s Word and also the pure atmosphere of prayer if it is to be thoroughly healthy, strong, and true. We are now t... Read More

A Sermon (No. 1006) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, August 20th, 1871, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Christ is all in all."--Colossians 3:11. THE APOSTLE WAS ARGUING for holiness. He was earnestly contending against sin and for the maintenance of Christian graces, bu... Read More