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The Family Altar
Our theme is Your Family and God. We are thinking not simply of your family, but of your family—and God. It is one thing to rear a family. It is quite another to bring God into that family. It is one thing to make a home. It is quite another to make that home a Christian home. The chief task then for every Christian parent is not simply to make a home—anyone can do that—but to make that home a Christian home. We are concerned with the how of this task, how to bring God into the home, or … Read More >
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In The Secret Place Of Prayer
O Saviour! Who, from earth’s conflicting voices,Art calling me to Thy seclusion sweet;Give me a heart that, still and calm, rejoicesTo sit, with Mary, at Thy blessed feet.For marvels of this secret place are knownTo him who in it dwells with Thee, alone. In the secret of His presence we may lay bare to Him, without fear, the inmost secrets of the soul. This is what we cannot do even to the dearest friend on Earth. It is what we sometimes dare not do. Our lips are sealed for very shame. But freely and unrestrainedly … Read More >
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Prevailing Prayer
“As a prince hast thou power with God and with men.” —Genesis 32:28, KJV I presume if I were to ask the members of this congregation to name their favorite Bible character, we would receive a great variety of answers. I know that some would pick Joseph, others Jonathan or David; and some might choose Samuel, while others undoubtedly would select Daniel, but I do not think anyone would pick Jacob as their favorite, and yet it is well for me to remind you that God has more to say about Jacob in the Bible than any other person, apart … Read More >
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The Prayer That Teaches To Pray
In the sixth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, beginning with the sixth verse, we read, “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: … Read More >
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What Prayer Will Accomplish
The 34th Psalm is quite a catalogue of things that prayer will accomplish. It starts off concerning praise. Now, praise is the highest form of worship. Prayer is something like water; it refreshes, it cleanses, it greatly aids growth; but remember it is steam—powerful steam—when it is heated. So hot prayer, believing prayer, turns to praise (v. 1). The fighting attitudes of man and beast are interesting and stimulating, but prayer brings the soul to a fighting attitude very different from any flesh feeling. The psalmist speaks of his attitude caused by prayer as “boast in the Lord” (v. 2). … Read More >
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The Power Of Prayer
When you consider God’s greatness and man’s littleness, it is simply an infant talking to the Infinite, and yet if you are a stranger to prayer you are a stranger to power. Moses prayed and a nation was saved from death. Joshua prayed and the sun stood still. Hannah prayed and God gave her a son. Solomon prayed for wisdom and God made him the wisest of mortal men. Elisha prayed and he received the mantle and a double portion. Daniel prayed and the angel locked the jaws of the lions. Peter prayed and Dorcas arose. The thief prayed for … Read More >
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An Appeal To The Moody Church For Prayer
November 1921: An Appeal to The Moody Church for Prayer issued by the Board of Elders During more than a half century past God has been pleased to give to The Moody Church a world-wide testimony, through which thousands have been pointed to the Lamb of God and multitudes have been saved. Christ has been exalted, the Bible believed from cover to cover, the Gospel preached in its fullness, discipline maintained in the Church, and all things have been done “decently and in order” as unto the Lord, even though on the human side we have been conscious again and … Read More >
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Pentecost—And Today
Message preached by Dr. J. Sidlow Baxter at The Moody Church on Sunday, July 5, 1953. When the first preachers of the Gospel went through the Roman Empire, 2000 years ago, they could not sow the seed of Christian truth upon virgin soil. The ground was already full of other growths. Everywhere that those first heralds of the Cross made their way, they found men’s minds full of religious and philosophical ideas; and the famous so-called “Mystery” religions had penetrated into practically every part of the Roman dominion. Some of these old-time religions, in their doctrines of the taurobolium, … Read More >
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Paul's Second Prayer As Recorded In The Epistle To The Ephesians
“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled … Read More >
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Praying In A Pagan Land
Behind enemy lines, our mightiest weapon is wielded from a position of fervent prayer. In truth, only desperate people pray. When the Israelites were exiled to Babylon, they were commanded to seek the welfare of this pagan city and to “pray to the Lord” for its people (Jeremiah 29:7). They were to pray for their cruel captors whose armies captured Jerusalem, killed many Jews, and for sport threw Jewish babies against the rocks. Let me say it again: they were to pray for their enemies! To pray for their oppressors! They were to pray for the people who worshiped dumb … Read More >
