“Hallowed be Thy name.”—Matthew 6:9. To hallow the name of the Lord requires that the words in which we speak of the Supreme Being be uttered with reverence. “Holy and reverend is His name.” Psalm 111:9. We are never in any manner to treat lightly the titles or appellations of the Deity. In prayer we enterContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The LORD’s Prayer, Part 3”
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Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The LORD’s Prayer, Part 2
“When ye pray, say, Our Father.”—Luke 11:2. Jesus teaches us to call His Father our Father. He is not ashamed to call us brethren. Hebrews 2:11. So ready, so eager, is the Saviour’s heart to welcome us as members of the family of God, that in the very first words we are to use in approaching God HeContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The LORD’s Prayer, Part 2”
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The LORD’s Prayer, Part 1
“After this manner therefore pray ye.”—Matthew 6:9. The Lord’s Prayer was twice given by our Saviour, first to the multitude in the Sermon on the Mount, and again, some months later, to the disciples alone. The disciples had been for a short time absent from their Lord, when on their return they found Him absorbedContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The LORD’s Prayer, Part 1”
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 22
“Be not therefore anxious for the morrow…. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”—Matthew 6:34, R. V. If you have given yourself to God, to do His work, you have no need to be anxious for tomorrow. He whose servant you are, knows the end from the beginning. The events of tomorrow, which areContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 22”
Self-Love? Hmmm
Self-love? Please. . . No! Self-love is dangerous without God. Without God, that love is based upon lies and death—the character of Satan. In every way, it puts self first. Without God, that self-love is the world’s love, based on their standards, not God’s law—His whole Word, including the Ten Commandments. God has demonstrated HisContinue reading “Self-Love? Hmmm”