Monthly Archives: December 2017

Psalm 121:1 (KJV)  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. —G. K. Chesterton Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “VISION”.

Psalm 119:18 (KJV) Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. When you have first learned God, or His will, you can address yourself cheerfully to the study of His works. If you do not see yourselves and all things as living, moving, and … Continue reading →

2 Peter 1:12 (ESV) Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them. — Franklin D. … Continue reading →

Ephesians 3:16 (ESV) That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being. You will find nothing more searching than what the New Testament has to say with regard to the miserable, petty line of insisting … Continue reading →

Ephesians 4:30 (ESV) And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God” commands Paul. Now, only a dear friend can be grieved. Not a stranger: he might be annoyed. Not a chance acquaintance: … Continue reading →

Ezekiel 36:27 (ESV) And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. I have a glove here in my hand. The glove cannot do anything by itself, but when my hand is in it, it can … Continue reading →

Nobody can be indwelt by the Spirit of God and keep that Spirit to himself. Where the Spirit is, he flows forth. And where there is no flowing forth, he is not there. — Bishop William Temple Acts 1:8 (ESV) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has … Continue reading →

Every time we say, “I believe in the Holy Spirit,” we mean that we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.  —  J. B. Phillips Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best Illustrations Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch … Continue reading →

Leviticus 11:45 (ESV) For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. Our progress in holiness depends on God and ourselves–on God’s grace and our will to be holy. We must … Continue reading →

Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends.” — George Muller, orphanage founder, 19th century Elesha Hodge, comp., … Continue reading →