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The Power Of The Word Of God By R. A. Torrey

"Power belongeth unto God" (Psalm 62:11). The great reservoir of the power that belongs to God is His own Word – the Bible. If we wish to make it ours, we must go to that Book. Yet people abound in the Church who are praying for power and neglecting the Bible. Men are longing to have power for beari... Read More
David Wilkerson

Approaching God in Prayer

David Wilkerson“Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). We often hear teaching on how we should come to God in faith, but there are things one should not do when coming to him in praye... Read More
David Wilkerson

Rest in the Love of God

David WilkersonDo you believe your faith is weak? Have you diligently prayed about a need and believed God with all your heart that he would provide, and you did not see an answer? You read the glorious promises about all things being possible to those who believe: “Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, yo... Read More
F.B. Meyer

Rain at Last!

F.B. MeyerWe can, to a very inadequate degree, realize the horrors of an Eastern drought. And it would have been difficult in the parched land on which Elijah gazed from Carmel, to have recognized that garden of the Lord of which Moses said: "The LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks o... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Believe (4100) pisteuo

Believe (4100) (pisteuo from pistis; pistos; related studies the faith, the obedience of faith) means to consider something to be true and therefore worthy of one’s trust. To accept as true, genuine, or real. To have a firm conviction as to the goodness, efficacy, or ability of something or someone.... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Entrust (4100) pisteuo

Believe (4100) (pisteuo from pistis; pistos; related studies the faith, the obedience of faith) means to consider something to be true and therefore worthy of one’s trust. To accept as true, genuine, or real. To have a firm conviction as to the goodness, efficacy, or ability of something or someone.... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Work (1754) energeo

Performs (1754) (energeo from en = in + érgon = work. English = energetic) means to work effectively to cause something to happen. To energize, to operate, to work effectually in. It means power in exercise, and is used only of superhuman power. To work energetically, effectively and/or efficiently.... Read More
R.A. Torrey

Praying in the Spirit

R.A. Torrey1. Over and over again in what has already been said, we have seen our dependence upon the Holy Spirit in prayer. This comes out very definitely in Eph. 6:18, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT," and in Jude 20, "Praying IN THE HOLY GHOST." Indeed the whole secret of pray... Read More
R.A. Torrey

The Prayer of Faith

R.A. Torrey“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him.” 1 John 5:14, 15 Please notice carefully exactly what God tells us in this passage. Here we are... Read More
R.A. Torrey

The Sermon on the Mount—(Continued 5) Matthew 7:1–12

R.A. TorreyDISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. Whom and How to Judge, vv. 1–6 What does our Lord forbid our doing in v. 1? What reason does He give? Have we any illustration in the Bible of one who judged another and was in turn judged himself? (See for example Luke 7:39–50.) What other reasons are given in the Bible fo... Read More

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