True Discernment

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands. I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land.  –Psalm 143:5-6
These people who have to have truckloads of gadgets to get their religion going, what will they do [...]

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Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.  –Psalm 146:1-2
I suppose it is not of vast importance that the third stanza is so often omitted in the singing of a hymn, but just for [...]

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But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” –Acts 4:19-20
To escape the snare of artificiality it is necessary that a man enjoy [...]

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Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.  –1 John 3:21-22
When we go to God with a request that He modify the existing situation for us, that [...]

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So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” –Isaiah 6:5
Why does God answer prayer? Let’s not imagine that it’s because somebody was [...]

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Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” –1 Samuel 3:10
Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them. Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel [...]

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…The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.  –James 5:16
A second important requirement if the believing church is to be used in God’s ministry is prayer and the response God makes to our prayers
uttered in true faith…. No matter what our stature or status, we have the authority in the family of God [...]

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But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him.  –Habakkuk 2:20
I think we are the busiest bunch of eager beavers ever seen in the religious world. The idea seems to be that if we are not running in a circle, breathing down the back of our own neck, [...]

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I rise before the dawning of the morning, and cry for help; I hope in Your word. My eyes are awake through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word. -Psalm 119:147-148
Briefly, the way to escape religion as a front is to make it a fount. See to it that we pray more [...]

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