So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and please in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and...

Luke tells about two women named Mary and Martha. Martha reminds me of the many Christians who have gotten trapped in the busyness of life. Now while they were on their way, it occurred that Jesus entered a certain village, and a woman named Martha received and...

I loved the place of prayer so much that I almost went too far in my pursuit of it. I developed the attitude, "I don't want to do anything but be with Jesus." Everything else in my life became a burden. I'd perform all the routine activities of life, such as sleep,...

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4 KJV) I set my sights to remain on this earth—and to keep other servants of God here—until my earthly life of service to the Lord has...

I recently heard a marvelous testimony of a mother in Russia during the communist era. This testimony provides a modern-day example of the spiritual blessings that can be accessed by getting over into the realm of God's Spirit through prayer. This mother was a...

I can tell you in three words why the manifest presence of God is so crucial to us right now. It changes us. And for us to become the glorious Church the New Testament tells about, fully transformed "unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph....

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." (John 8:12)As a dearly beloved child of God, I never have to be pressured by the needs around me. I need never be...

"Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment…"(Isa. 26:20))Oh, what a mighty, piercing Word this is from the Father! He is calling us to lock ourselves away to spend moments alone with Him. So...