: FAITHINTERSECTION :

"Seldom are your critics actually disappointed with you. They are usually disappointed with themselves, their circumstances, or God. You are simply a convenient target.”

No care, but all prayer. No anxiety, but much joyful communion with God. Carry your desires to the Lord of your life, the guardian of your soul. Go to Him with two portions of prayer and one of fragrant praise. Do not pray doubtfully, but thankfully. Consider that you have your petitions, and therefore thank God for His grace. He is giving you grace; give Him thanks. Hide nothing. Allow no want to lie rankling in your bosom; “make known your requests.” Run not to man. Go only to your God, the Father of Jesus, who loves you in Him. This shall bring you God’s own peace. You shall not be able to understand the peace which you shall enjoy. It will enfold you in its infinite embrace. Heart and mind through Christ Jesus shall be steeped in a sea of rest. Come life or death, poverty, pain, slander, you shall dwell in Jesus above every ruffling wind or darkening cloud. Will you not obey this dear command? Yes, Lord, I do believe thee; but, I beseech thee help mine unbelief.

"He who lives without prayer - he who lives with little prayer - he who seldom reads the Word - he who seldom looks up to heaven for a fresh influence from on high - he will be the man whose heart will become dry and barren; but he who calls in secret oh his God - who spends much time in holy retirement - who delights to meditate on the words of the Most High - whose soul is given up to Christ - such a man must have an overflowing heart; and as his heart is, such will his life be."

Christmas Morning Meditation

"And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible?" Jeremiah 15:21 Note the glorious personality of the promise- I will, I will. The Lord Jehovah himself interposes to deliver and redeem his people. He pledges himself personally to rescue them. His own arm shall do it, that he may have the glory. Neither our strength nor our weakness is taken into the account, but the lone I, like the sun in the heavens, shines out resplendent in allsufficiency. Why then do we calculate our forces, and consult with flesh and blood to our grievous wounding? Peace, ye unbelieving thoughts, be still, and know that the Lord reigneth.

They won't pay a cent to hear you laughing They might pay a little to hear you cry If you do it long enough they might even pay attention But they still won't pay respect until you die, die

I went to the dinner-table in a home, and the people said, "We wish you would pray for our sons and daughter. We have tried to bring them to Christ. We do get them to come to meeting with us, but they are getting less and less interested." I said, "I am sorry; we must pray for them." There had just been a change of pastors in that church, and I had come to help the new pastor in some meetings, and as the dinner was passed around I said, "This new pastor of yours seems a fine godly man." The mother said, "I haven't any use for him; he doesn't know how to dress for one thing, and he murders the king's English." The father said, "Yes, we are most disappointed in him." And then the two boys and the girl went for them and said, "We would like to know why you expect us to go to church." After the meal I said to the father, "How do you expect your boys and your girl to be interested in spiritual things when you tear the messenger of Christ to pieces over the dinner-table?" Let us be careful, let us value one another, and remember that we each have our place to fill, and let us seek to fill it to the glory of God