Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." (Romans 8:26). Much that perplexes us in our Christian experience is but the answer to our prayers. We … Continue reading CAN THINE HEART ENDURE SUFFERINGS?
Tag: DAILY THOUGHTS
COME CLOSER TO HIM
Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "He took Peter and John and James and went up into a mountain to pray, and as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering . . . they saw his glory" (Luke 9:29, 32). "If I have found grace in thy sight, … Continue reading COME CLOSER TO HIM
REACHING PERFECTION
Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." (Hebrews 2:10). Steel is iron plus fire. The soil is rock, plus heat, or glacier crushing. Linen is flax plus … Continue reading REACHING PERFECTION
PERSISTENT PRAYER
Sir Godfrey Gregg ROMC, OHPM "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;" (Luke18:1). "Go to the ant." Tamerlane used to relate to his friends an anecdote of his early life. "I once he said, "was forced to take shelter from my enemies … Continue reading PERSISTENT PRAYER
WHEN NO ONE HEARS
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WAITING IS HARD
Sir Godfrey Gregg ROMC, OHPM "And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not." (Numbers 9:19). This was the supreme test of obedience. It was comparatively easy to strike tents when the fleecy folds of the cloud were slowly gathering … Continue reading WAITING IS HARD
THE DISCIPLINE OF FAITH
Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." (Mark 9:23). The "all things" do not always come simply for the asking, for the reason that God is ever seeking to teach us the way of faith, and in our training in the faith … Continue reading THE DISCIPLINE OF FAITH
STRENGTHENED WITH PATIENCE
"Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness" (Colossians 1:11). The apostle prays for the Colossians, that they may be "strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness." It is one thing to endure and show the strain on … Continue reading STRENGTHENED WITH PATIENCE
HUMILITY BEFORE GOD
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay … Continue reading HUMILITY BEFORE GOD
HIS EYES TO US
And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? Judges 6:14 The strength-giving power of a look from the eyes of Christ! Gideon was weak enough. He said, quite naturally, "And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, … Continue reading HIS EYES TO US
THE MYSTICAL COURT 