HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div 1 Samuel chapter 17 I don’t suppose any of you have faced one-on-one combat with a ten-foot Philistine, have you? I didn’t think so. And outside of battlefields, we don’t get to go around popping people in the forehead with rocks. So you might think the story of David and … Continue reading TIPS FOR FIGHTING GIANTS
REJOICING IN THE FLOOD
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him." (Psalm 66:6). It is a striking assertion, "through the floods" (the place where we might have expected nothing but trembling and terror, anguish and dismay) "there," says the Psalmist, "did … Continue reading REJOICING IN THE FLOOD
IN HIS NAME
In His Name "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 son's going, … Continue reading IN HIS NAME
WHEN GOD SAYS NO
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant." (1 Kings 8:56). Someday we shall understand that God has a reason … Continue reading WHEN GOD SAYS NO
YOUR LIFE IS NOT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the … Continue reading YOUR LIFE IS NOT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS?
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them" (Numbers 10:33). God does give us impressions, but not that we should act on them as impressions. … Continue reading WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS?
HEROES OF FAITH
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." (Hebrews 6:12). They (heroes of faith) are calling to us from the heights that they have won and told us that what man once did a man can do again. Not only do … Continue reading HEROES OF FAITH
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead." (Mark 9:26). Evil never surrenders its hold without a sore fight. We never pass into any spiritual inheritance through the delightful exercises of a … Continue reading THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
BROKEN THINGS
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves." (Job 41:25). God uses most for His glory those people and things which are most perfectly broken. The sacrifices He accepts are broken and contrite hearts. It was the breaking down of Jacob's natural … Continue reading BROKEN THINGS
MEETING HIM IN THE MORNING
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds … Continue reading MEETING HIM IN THE MORNING
