What God speaks to you in His Word, you speak to Him in prayer
Scripture Reading (God speaks to me): “Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” (Psalm 2:8).
God spoke this to David and to David’s dynasty, the last one of the royal line being none other than the King of Kings and Lord of Lords,
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Before it happened, I had read:
“Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips.
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Scripture Reading (God talks to me in my heart): “When Thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto Thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.” (Psalm 27:8).
“My heart has heard You say, `Come and talk with Me, O my people.’
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“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood,
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In the Greek New Testament there are two very different words used whenever the Scriptures speak about the Word. One of these is Logos and the other Rhema.
In the “Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words”
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“He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Revelation 22:20, 21).
In the last chapter and the last two verses of the Bible we have:
The last prophecy: “Surely I come quickly.”
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“And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me,
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(God talks with you): “And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. and he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. And Moses said unto the LORD,
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Throughout the years I have been often puzzled in my innermost when I receive so called prayer letters from missionaries in which directly or indirectly they beg for money. Are not these, in effect, PRAYERS TO MAN?
WHY NOT PRAY TO GOD INSTEAD? HE IS RICHER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN THE GREATEST HUMAN PHILANTHROPIST!
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A few times it has happened that my wife said to me, “Freddie, I want to tell you that…” (pause).
I waited patiently but she said nothing further. Then I smiled, amused, and said,
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