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CONDITIONS TO PRAYER IF ye ask anything in my name. John 14:14. IF we ask anything according to Hds will. 1 John 5:14. IF ye abide in me . . . ye shall ask, etc. John 15:7. IF I regard iniquity in my h eart, th e Lord will not hear. Psa. 66:18. IF our h earts condemn us not, then have we confidence. 1 John 3:21. — Contributed. THE POWER OF GOD 1 Cor. 1 and 2 1. To th e Saved: “The Preaching of th e Cross is . . . th e Power of God.” 1 Cor. 1:18. “To Them T h at Perish: Foolish ness.” 2. To th e Called: “Christ the Power of God.” 1 Cor. 1:24. “To th e Jew : a Stumbling-Block; to the Greeks: Foolishness.” Vs. 23. 3. So Your F a ith : “Should not Stand in th e Wisdom of Man, b u t in the Power of God.” 1 Cor. 2:5. ■—J. Clyde Stillion. THANK GOD FOR YOU Thes. 1 and 2 1. “Thanks to God always for you all,” — remembering your F aith , Love and Hope. 1 Thes. 1:2, 3. -2 4 “Thank we God w ithout ceasing,”— because you received th e Word of God as it is in T ru th . 1 Thes. 2:13. 3. “W hat Thanks can we render to God again for you,”— for all th e joy wherew ith we joy for your sakes be fore God. 1 Thes. 3:9. 4. “Thank God always for you,’’-^ b e cause your F aith grows exceedingly and your Love abounds' toward each other. 2 Thes. 1:3. 5. “Thanks always to God for you,”— because God has chosen you to sal- , vation, and to believe the T ruth. 2 Thes. 2:13. — J. Clyde Stillion.
HIS PERFECT PEACE OUR PER SONAL PEACE 1. The Price of Peace. 1 Cor. 6:20; Col. 1:20-22. 2. The Possibility of personal peace 2 Thess. 3:16; Phil. 4:6, 7. 3. The Presence of Peace. Isa. 26:3; Phil. 4:6, 7. . 4. The Purpose of Peace. Phil. 4 :7 ; 2 Pet. 3:14. 5. The Power of Peace. Phil. 4:6, 7; Isa. 48:18. 6 . The Results of Peace. (1 ) R ighteousness w ith peace. Isa. ' 32:17. (2) “Quietness and assurance for ever.” Isa. 32:17. ■(3) Clear Conscience and mind. (4) Joy and Rest in th e Lord. Isa. 30:15. 7. The Permanence of Peace. 2 Thess. 3:16; Isa. 26 :3 ; H e b .'13:8, 9; Eph. 2:14. — Joseph T. Larsen. THE STRANGLED L IFE Luke 8 :7 The means u sed:— Thorns, which aré: 1. The Cares of This Life
(a) D ivert A ttention. (b) Draw the H eart. (c) Dethrone the Holy Spirit.
2. The Riches of This Life (a) Give a F alse Picture.
(b) Generate Dissatisfaction. (c) Grasp the Soul.
3. The P leasures of This Life (a) Prom ise Education. (b) P u rsue the Soul.
(c) P ersuade to Indifference.
— H. G. Tovey. “AS I OUGHT TO SPEAK,” Col. 4 :4 1 Cor. 2 1. We Speak Wisdom. 1 Cor. 2 :6 ; Cf. 1 Cor. 1:30; 1 Cor. 2:16. 2. We Speak the Wisdom of God. 1 Cor. 2 :7 ; Cf. Col. 4 :3 ; Rom. 11:33. 3. We Speak . -. . Wisdom . . Which .the Holy Ghost Teacheth. 1 Cor. 2 :13 ; Cf. Vss. 9-14. Study carefully 1 Cor. 1 :1 7 ; 2 :1 6 . — J. C; Stillion.
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