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Let your petitions be large. Imitate the example of Alexander’s courtier, who when he was told he might have whatever he chose to ask as a reward for his valor, asked a sum of money so large that Alexander’s treasurer refused to pay it until he had first seen the monarch. When he saw the monarch, he…

A truly good soldier of Jesus Christ knows nothing about difficulties except as things to be surmounted. If his Master bids him perform exploits too hard for him, he draws upon the resources of omnipotence, and achieves impossibilities. Wellington sent word to his troops one night, “Ciudad Rodrigo must…

If this glory is to be had, do we not feel like the heroes in Bunyan’s picture? Before the dreamer there stood a fair palace, and he saw persons walking upon the top of it, clad in light and singing. Around the door stood armed men to keep back those who would enter. Then a brave man came up to one who…

I would compare faith to an emperor who summoned his counselors and judged whether he should go to war by their opinion, but he did it in the following manner: if they warned him that it would be a very fearful war, if they said that the enemy’s cities would never be taken, that the armies on the other…

If one had to be a soldier on the field of battle, it might be a very great assistance to one’s courage to stand side by side with the hero of a thousand fights who had always been victorious. If you had to journey tonight along some dark and lonely road, and an angel came from heaven to walk beside…

Christians are soldiers. If our soldiers were to take it into their heads that they ought never to be seen, a pretty pass things would come to. What are soldiers worth when they shun parade and dread battle? We do not want men who must always be skulking behind a bush, and dare not show themselves to…

It is wonderful what a difference love makes in the person who is possessed with it. A poor timid hen that will fly away from every passerby loves its offspring. When it has its chicks about it, it will fight like a very griffin for its young. And when the love of Christ comes into a timid believer,…

A student at the university, hoping to gain a prize, uses his best endeavors, burns the midnight oil, and strains all his faculties that he may reach the mark that will ensure his passing the examinations. Even thus the Christian with a lively hope devotes himself to obtaining the blessings that God…

You have sometimes seen a widely spreading oak tree cut down, and you have missed its grateful shadow. Yet afterwards you have discovered that many little trees, which would have been dwarfed beneath its shade, have grown more rapidly in its absence. In like manner, the removal of some eminent servant…

Old Hugh Latimer preached before Henry VIII. It was the custom of the court preacher to present the king with something on his birthday, and Latimer presented Henry VIII with a pocket handkerchief with this text in the corner: “God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers” (Heb 13:4)—a very…

He who stands in the thickest part of the battle shall have the highest glory at last. The old warriors would not stand and skirmish a little on the outside of the army, but would say, “To the center, men! To the center!” And they cut through thick and thin until they reached the place where the standard…

It is no new thing for men to attempt to escape the army by pretending to be in bad health, but we must have none of this cowardly malingering in Christ’s army. We must be ready for anything and everything. We must compel ourselves to duty when it goes against the grain. When it is a clear duty, obedience…

Andy Stanley says, “Vision is a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be.”—Jim L. Wilson -- Visioneering: God’s blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Personal Vision, pg 18. Joel 2:28 (NASB) “It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all…

When the SpaceX capsule returned safely to earth in September 2021, returning four amateurs after a three-day journey in space, the group made history as the first space tourists. The four crew members included a billionaire who paid for the trip and his three guests who hoped to show that ordinary people…

A New York woman investigating a cold draft behind her bathroom mirror discovered an entire empty apartment behind the wall. Samantha Hartsoe said she removed the mirror and found a large square hole into a dark room. At first, Hartsoe was afraid to go in, but changed her mind. She said she could not,…

In the very beginning of the blockbuster hit, The Black Panther, King T’Challa (The Black Panther) is sitting on his shaping waiting to drop into battle. Knowing that a woman he liked would be down there, his wise general advised him, “Don’t Freeze.” T’Challa laughs and then responds, “I never freeze.”…

A surprised witness in Russia captured a video of three courageous people traveling down a local river on a chunk of ice. The video was filmed near Novokuznetsk, shows the trio standing on several pieces of ice floating down the river. The people appeared calm and did not seem to consider themselves…

When three-year-old Lydia became afraid to go to daycare because she was being bullied, Batman came to her rescue. Lydia’s mother Erica became concerned because daughter kept coming home with from daycare with bruises on her face, and one day with a black eye that she would not talk about. Erica put…

Sometimes we can be afraid of following Christ in the way we know is right. God has made us, the church, as his outpost in a dangerous world. If we fail to encounter our world, seeking only our safety, we miss the high mark set for us. At Penn State University there is an Outing Club. Students who join…

The seal of the United States of America reflects the early inception of the country and its subsequent history. In its design, the motto E Pluribus Unum, out of many, one. It has been understood to mean that the thirteen colonies became one nation. This has evolved to mean, that out of many peoples,…

University of Rochester quarterback Daniel Bronson’s biggest play was not on the football field. The 21-year-old junior was leaving a restaurant when he saw a man run past a 73-year-old woman and snatch her purse as he passed. Bronson began chasing the man, who dropped the purse but keep running. Bronson…

An interviewer for World Magazine asked John Piper if he thought Christians should talk to the public about Natural Law instead of God to keep from alienating some listeners. Piper answered, “It certainly would be self-defeating for me to leave that (God or more specifically Jesus) out, because my calling…

Rick Nelson, 61, was walking his dog near his Ontario home when a 300-pound black bear charged him. The mama bear was only defending her cub but she bit Nelson in the chest and face. Rick had been a featherweight boxer in his earlier days and he struck the beast in the teeth with a right-hand jab, following…

When sixth-grader Genaro Coronado organized a “See You at the Pole” event at his school, he envisioned being joined by two dozen or so students. He was excited that morning at he headed to school because he had been praying and asking the Lord to bring out other students. When Coronado arrived, he was…

Sometimes a church, or an individual, must risk something in order to accomplish the task pleasing to God. It is much too easy to take the path of least resistance, and if that is all we ever do, we would have left undone the challenging tasks. I like what Neil Simon said, “If no one ever took risks,…