Posts by George Stiekes
Thanksgiving
Dr. Alexander Whyte of Edinburgh, Scotland, was famous for his pulpit prayers which always included words of thanksgiving. One stormy morning a member of the congregation thought to himself, “The preacher will have nothing to thank God for on a wretched morning like this!” Dr. Whyte began his prayer, “We thank Thee, O God, that…
Read MoreThe Testing of Faith
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: I Peter 1:7 The word “trial” [δοκίμιον / dokimion] refers to a testing, that which reveals the trustworthiness of…
Read MorePraying for One Another
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin…
Read MoreGod Hears Us When We Pray
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error (I John 4:6). And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he…
Read MoreThe Danger of Sleeping
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Sleeping is part of God’s wonderful plan for our lives. God created the body with the need to recharge, repair and refresh itself and this is what takes place when we sleep. However, there is a right…
Read MorePrecious Faith
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:1 1 Peter 1:1 begins with “Peter,” while 2 Peter 1:1 begins with “Simon Peter.” Peter was always Simon from the time of…
Read MoreThe Satisfied Soul
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Isaiah 58:11 The New Testament equivalent to this passage are the words of Jesus Christ in John 7:37-39. If…
Read MoreTrue Religion
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:26-27 I…
Read MoreWhat Do We Do Now?
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee (Psalm 102:1). I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication (Psalm 142:1). Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all…
Read MoreSuffering Wrongfully
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but…
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