Following the tragedy in Texas I had multiple people understandably asking the question, “Why?” “Why would God allow?” “Why would God not stop this?” “Why would God not save?” We have all contemplated these questions at various points in our lives – divorce, abuse, death of a loved one, disability, financial disaster, war, and yes...
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Charles Spurgeon’s Prayer Upon Receiving God’s Word.
“O living Christ, make this a living word to me. Thy word is life, but not without the Holy Spirit. I may know this book of thine from beginning to end, and repeat it all from Genesis to Revelation, and yet it may be a dead book, and I may be a dead soul. But,...
A Prayer As We Approach God’s Word
I have been working on fostering a deeper and more genuine relationship with Jesus, trying to cut through the pretense and hypocrisy that comes so easy to me. Recently I came across this helpful prayer: “O living Christ, make this a living word to me. Thy word is life, but not without the Holy Spirit....