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Restless Heart Leads to a Reckless Life Warren Wiersbe makes the observation, “The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless…the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless … Continue reading “Wait”

The Waiting Soul Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord, And cheer me from the north; Blow on the treasures of thy word, And call the spices forth! I wish, Thou knowest, to be resign’d, And wait with patient hope; But hope delay’d fatigues the mind, And drinks the spirits up. Help me to reach … Continue reading “Waiting”

Quote •      Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given. – G. … Continue reading “Waiting, on God”

Resource •      Eerdmans’ Handbook to the History of Christianity, (Guideposts; Carmel, NY, 1977), pp. 315-317. Waldensian Doctrine The Waldensians are an example of how one group can suffer persecution and still survive and prosper. How did they do it for nearly 800 years? The answer lies at the core of the Waldensian doctrine: they focused … Continue reading “Waldensians”

Quote •      A storekeeper in Maine refused to buy a salesman’s wares. “You must remember, young fellow,” he said, “that in this part of the country every want ain’t a need.” Source unknown

Years of Peace A group of academics and historians has compiled this startling information: Since 3600 B.C., the world has known only 292 years of peace! During this period there have been 14,351 wars large and small, in which 3.64 billion people have been killed. The value of the property destroyed is equal to a … Continue reading “War”

Believer’s Warfare •      Internal, with the flesh Gal. 5:17 •      Not after the flesh 2 Cor. 10:3 •      With the armor of light Rom. 13:12 •      External, with the world John 16:33 •      Not by resistance but submission James 4:7 •      With the armor of righteousness 2 Cor. 6:7 •      Infernal, with the devil Eph. … Continue reading “Warfare, the Believer’s”

The Leash Goes Slack Robert, an experienced sky diver, was readying himself for a jump when he spotted another man outfitted to dive wearing dark glasses, carrying a white cane and holding a seeing-eye dog by a leash. Shocked that the blind man was also going to jump, Robert struck up a conversation, expressing his … Continue reading “Warning, Warnings”

Wash Your Hands! In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six young mothers to the scourge of “childbed fever.” A doctor’s daily routine began in the dissecting room where he performed autopsies. From there he made his way to the hospital to … Continue reading “Washing”

Battle of the Somme Though the world has largely forgotten it, July 1 is the anniversary of one of the worst military catastrophes in human history. It is called the Battle of the Somme, and it took place in France during the First World War. On that day the Allied commander, General Douglas Haig, foolishly … Continue reading “Waste, cf. Useless”