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A very wonderful possibility opens up before us in a consideration of the nature of the Victorious Life. Surely our hearts are stirred with new longing and desire as we contemplate the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ for each of His followers to be a centre of radiating life and power — a witness…

A year ago life was good, full and rich. I couldn’t have asked for more. My marriage was great. My sons were doing well and had wonderful wives. The first grandchildren were on the way. My ophthalmology practice was at its peak. Life couldn’t be better. With life going on so well I didn’t have…

“That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” – John 3:6. “And everything will live wherever the river goes.” – Ezek. 47:9 “To be spiritually minded is life and peace.” – Rom. 8:6 “Christ lives in me.” – Gal. 2:20 “But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain…

[In her book, Ascent to the Tribes, veteran missionary Isobel Kuhn describes five “drumbeats” that symbolize essential principles for spiritual growth and and navigating interpersonal conflicts.] . “Living in such unhandy primitive quarters, don’t your earthen vessels ever jar each other?” “What about personality rubs?” There is no easy cure-all answer. We would say with…

The Exchanged Life A Letter from J. Hudson Taylor to his sister, Amelia. CHlNKlANG, October 17th, 1869 MY own dear Sister – So many thanks for your long dear letter … I do not think you have written me such a letter since we have been in China. I know it is with you as…

“All-Sufficient Grace” by John Gill (1697-1771) “My grace is sufficient for thee” (2 Cor. 12:9); the Lord always hears and answers His people sooner or later, in one form or another, though not always in the way and manner they desire; but yet in such a way as is most for His glory and their…

“And so it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being.’ The last Adam [Christ] became a life-giving spirit’” (1 Corinthians 15:45). . Jesus is the federal head of his elect [His people]. As in Adam, every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest, because he is the covenant head and…

“…The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God…” Galatians 2:20 When the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood,[1] He first of all said, “Live”; and this He did first, because life is one of the absolutely essential things in…

“HOW TO OVERCOME SIN – SCRIPTURALLY” Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) “Power From on High” In every period of my ministerial life I have found many professed Christians in a miserable state of bondage, either to the world, the flesh, or the Devil. But surely this is no Christian state, for the apostle has distinctly said:…

THE BELIEVER’S DELIVERANCE SHOWN IN ROMANS Chapters 5-8 (originally published by Overcomer Literature Trust) CHAPTER 1: ON ROMANS chapter 5 From Death to Life The whole Epistle of Paul to the Romans is briefly announced in chapter 1, as ” the Gospel of God “, and its structure is simple enough, for there are three…