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R. A.
Torrey
We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy
to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we
accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much
machinery but few results
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Heinrich
Bullinger
The Gospel has lost none of its ancient power. It is as much
today as when it was first preached, 'the power of God unto
salvation.' It needs no pity, no help, and no handmaid. It
can overcome all obstacles, and break down all barriers. No
human device need be tried to prepare the sinner to receive
it, for if God has sent it no power can hinder it; and if He
has not sent it, no power can make it effectual
Dr. A. T.
Pierson
From the day of Pentecost, there has been not one great
spiritual awakening in any land which has not begun in a
union of prayer, though only among two or three; no search
outward, upward movement has continued after such prayer
meetings declined.
Consider
God's one way to himself is Christ—there are not two ways or
three ways. |
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It was the time of the Great Depression, and now out of work
Joe struggled to care for his wife and two children. He
found a broken pushcart in a dump and repaired it, and every
day and far into the night he pushed his cart around the
city looking for any discarded thing he could find that he
might be able to sell. He became a familiar figure around
the city dumps, searching desperately through the discarded
trash, along with dozens of others who were just as
desperate. He could never bring himself to go home at night
until he had groceries or money he could bring his family,
no matter how little. Before the depression, Joe and his
family had gone to church every Sunday morning and Wednesday
evening, faithfully, joyfully, rejoicing in the Lord of
their salvation. But now all his time was used in keeping
his family alive. Yet every day, no matter where he was in
the city, at exactly noon he would manage to be near a
church. They were all open in those days, and Joe would put
his pushcart near the door where he felt it would be safe
for a few minutes, hurry to the front of the church, stand
quietly for a few moments, and then look toward Heaven and
say, "Hello, Jesus, this is Joe." Then he would hurry back
to his pushcart and continue his unending search for
anything to keep his family alive.
Then a whooping cough plague swept through the city,
taking Joe's wife and children with it, and weakening him so
badly that he could no longer push his cart far enough to
find anything. He lost his one-room apartment, and had to
live in the streets. They found him one day in an alley,
barely breathing, and took him to the charity ward of the
city hospital. There his life continued to drain from him.
Yet even in his growing weakness, Joe always had a gentle
smile on his face, as if he had a secret only he knew, and
even as his life faded more each day, he continually cheered
the patients around him, even the nurses. One day the ward's
Head Nurse said to him, "Joe, how can you be so happy all
the time, even as sick as you are? You're always cheering up
everyone in the ward, but with all your family gone no one
ever comes to see you to cheer you up."
"Oh, that's where you're wrong," Joe said, "I have a
visitor every day."
"Why, Joe," the nurse said, "I've never seen anyone visit
you."
"Oh, yes," Joe said. "Every day at exactly noon, my
visitor comes and stands at the foot of my bed and says,
"Hello, Joe, this is Jesus." |
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I'm just finishing the R. A. Torrey book, The Holy
Spirit: Who He Is and What He Does. it will be published
as a Bridge-Logos Pure Gold Classic. Beverlee started
proofreading it yesterday. The title section of the book
is too short for a PGC, only about 70,000 words, so I've
added several of what I believe are some of Torrey's best
teachings: The Deity of Jesus Christ, The Power of the
Blood, The Power of the Holy Spirit, The Power of Prayer,
The Power of the Word of God, The Place of Prayer in
Evangelism, and Keep Praying Until God Answers.
It's going to be a good book that will bring the fullness
of the Holy Spirit and the enduement of power into the life
of any Christian who does what Torrey says to do. And the
added teachings will take any Christian to a new spiritual
level. Be sure to get the book when it's published.
Haven't yet finished my own book, Christ Is God's
Everything for You, and the deadline is getting close:
March 1. God willing, and if the creek don't rise, I'll get
it done on time.
Like always, Beverlee and I would appreciate your prayers
for us and our work.
Harold J. Chadwick |
