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the bolt of the evening,” but also a moment-by-moment fellowship with the Lord throughout the day. Life is a constant need, therefore it should be a constant prayer (cf. Psa.' 5:3; 92:2; 109:4; Dan. 6:10; 1 Thess. 5:17). Constantine the Great was one.day looking at some statues of noted per sons who were represented standing. “I shall have mine taken kneeling,” said he, “for that is how I Irave risen to eminence.” Thus it is with the Christian. If we would obtain any real power in the Christian life, we must go forward on our knees. The heathen mother takes her babe to the idol temple, and teaches him tb clasp his little hands in the atti tude of prayer long before he can ut ter a word. As soon as he can utter the names of his parents, he is taught to offer petitions before the images. Why is it that so many children grow up in Christian homes without learn ing to pray? Prayer should be •our very breath from earliest childhood and throughout our,lives. Parents may intercede with confi dence for the salvation of their chil dren if they have brought them up in “ the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4; cf. Prov. 22:6). As a Christian father lay dying some one spoke with sadness of several of his, children yet unsaved. The dying man replied, “ I do not have to live to keep tab on the promises of God. I die re lyin g on His Word.” Archimedes said if he could- only find a fulcrum for his lever he could move the world. We have found it! Prayer is .the lever. The divine prom ise is the fulcrum. Pushing down on such a lever we move not only the earth, but heaveri also.
III. THE FAMILY’S BIBLE READING AS INDIVIDUALS. “And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures” (2 Tim. 3:15). A caller found a young mother with her babe in her lap, and her Bible in her hand. “Are you reading to your baby?” was the humorous query. “ Yes,” the young mother replied. “Do you think he understands?” “ I am sure he does not understand now, but I want his earliest memories to be that of hearing God’s Word.” God’s Word is the Sword' of the Spirit. Only by His Word are we puri fied, and strengthened to do His will. It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of reading the Word all through life (cf. 2 Tim. 2:15; Acts 17:11; Heb. 4:12). IV. THE FAMILY’S MEMORIZATION OF THE WORD. John Ruskin, one of the greatest of England’s writers, tells in his auto biography how his mother compelled him to commit to memory great pas sages of the Bible. This he consid ered to be the secret of his entire suc cess as a writer. The home is the place where the habit of storing God’s Word in the heart should be begun and continued throughout life. V. THE FAMILY’S M I N I S T R Y TO OTHERS. God is concerned not only with the development of the individual life, but also with the winning of others. A godly home is the greatest witness in the world for Christ Conclusion A young Chinese student who had just completed h is studies in an American university was entertained in a Christian home. Some one asked him later what had impressed him most in America. He answered quick ly, “The Christian family. I have seen nothing like it in my country.” MAY 16, 1943 TH E CASE FOR M ISSIONS Andrew Derchar, a former student of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, was a missionary in Yugoslavia, from whom word has not been received re cently. His life there was one of hard ship. Earthly possessions were taken from him and often food was with held. He was' once poisoned by the local priest, and thereby almost lost his life. As he walked the streets, endeavoring to preach the gospel of salvation by grace, he was ridiculed by the priest-instigated mobs. Yet, he M a t t h e w 28:16-20 By Conard Sandy Introduction
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