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Dont Envy Evildoers

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                     Shall the imperial eagle, whose undazzled eye drinks in the splendours of a cloudless sun, envy the worm that never rose an inch beyond its native dust? Shall the sun itself envy the flickering rush-light which the feeblest breeze can extinguish? Shall the heaving ocean, bearing on its bosom the richest merchandise and reflecting from its deep blue eye the glories of the firmament, envy the little summer pool, which a passing cloud has poured into a foot-print? Psalm 37 was written by David when he was an old man (Ps.37:25). It gives us the wisdom of an aged man. He addresses a question that has plagued the people of God in every age and that question is why do the wicked seem to prosper while the righteous suffer? This same problem is a theme in Psalm 73 and the book of Job. Why do those who care nothing of God seem to prosper while the righteous suffer? Shouldn't the wicked have all the problems ...

GOD WHEN WILL YOU DO IT

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                 In October 1810 a 20 year old girl in Bradford, England wrote the following words in her journal “If nothing in providence appears to prevent, I must spend my days in a heathen land. I am a creature of God and he has an undoubted right to do with me, as seems good in his sight... He has my heart in his hand and when I am called to face danger, he can inspire me with fortitude and enable me to trust in him. Jesus is faithful; his promises are precious. Were it not for these considerations, I should sink down with despair”.  Ann Hasseltine had received a proposal of marriage from Adoniram Judson, who was shortly to leave for Asia as one of America's first overseas missionaries. And thus commenced one of the greatest dramas of church history; a saga of love, courage, suffering and perseverance. At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson was the first American missionary to Burma. He and Ann married two weeks before they boarded ...

My Redeemer is Alive

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                   Stanley Praimnath was in his office in the South Tower at the World Trade Center when his phone rang. "Are you watching the news?' asked a woman in their Chicago office. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine" he said wondering why she had called. Just then he turned to gaze out the window. The surreal sight of a low-flying jet, heading straight for his tower, disrupted his view. He dropped the phone in mid-sentence and dove to the floor. Curling under his desk he began praying to God, "Lord, help me," he prayed desperately as the aircraft smashed into the tower. The smell of jet fuel was in the air. Equipment was scattered all around with rubble covering the floor and dust in the air. He began clawing his way out. "Lord, I have to go home to my family," he wheezed. Just then he saw a light. "I am here to help you." He thought, "This is my guardian angel! The Lord sent somebody to help me!" Praimnat...

PURIFIER OF SILVER

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             Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study. That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot.   She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit ...