HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Peter, therefore, was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him." (Acts 12:5). But prayer is the link that connects us with God. This is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. … Continue reading EXPECTATIONS BEYOND US
Month: April 2018
NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR GOD
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div " Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son." (Genesis 18:14). Here is God's loving challenge to you and to me today. He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest … Continue reading NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR GOD
VICTORIOUS SUFFERINGS
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord." (1 Chronicles 26:27). Physical force is stored in the bowels of the earth, in the coal mines, which came from the fiery heat that burned up great forests in ancient ages; and so spiritual … Continue reading VICTORIOUS SUFFERINGS
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." (John 16:24). During the Civil War, a man had an only son who enlisted in the armies of the Union. The father was a banker and, although he consented to his … Continue reading IN THE NAME OF JESUS
AN HOUR IN THE GARDEN
HH Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone." (Matthew 14:23). The man Christ Jesus felt the need of perfect solitude--Himself alone, entirely by Himself, alone with Himself. We know how much intercourse … Continue reading AN HOUR IN THE GARDEN
GOD’S TIMING
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush...saying...I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down … Continue reading GOD’S TIMING
THE BEST FOR GOD
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice and stayed. And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten … Continue reading THE BEST FOR GOD
PREPARATION FOR PRAISE
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:" (1 Peter 4:12). Many a waiting hour was needful to enrich the harp of David, and many awaiting hours in the wilderness will gather for us a psalm … Continue reading PREPARATION FOR PRAISE
DELIVERANCE THROUGH THE STORMY WINDS
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "The Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the cast wind brought the locusts....Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste....And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast … Continue reading DELIVERANCE THROUGH THE STORMY WINDS
STOP THE MURMURING AND COMPLAINTS
Numbers 32:16-27 Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for … Continue reading STOP THE MURMURING AND COMPLAINTS