Gems for the Week
March 18 - 20
"Think on these things." (Philippians 4:8)
- While we are praying for sinners to come to Christ,
He is pleading for us to go to sinners.
- Prayer offers God an opportunity to speak to us,
to give to us, and to work through us.
- The Christian who has no appointed time for prayer
may soon have no time at all for prayer.
- Freedom does not give us the right to do as we please,
but liberty to do as we ought.
- The Christian who pulls on the oars has no time to rock the boat.
- God does not shield us from life's storms;
He shelters us in life's storms.
- Love adapts itself to the wants of those loved. (T.C.N. March 1992)
N.J. Hiebert # 2919
"Beloved if God SO loved us, we ought also to love one another."
(1 John 4:11)
I was meditating on the mighty love of God and drinking in a little of the measureless supply, while seated near a large tank of water. A little wasp flew along and stopped to drink out of that tank - perhaps it was only the tenth part of a drop, but it flew away satisfied. And I thought to myself, I am that wasp. I cannot understand that "SO" of God's love (1 John 4:11); it cannot be measured; but like the little wasp, I can drink to my full. And there, alone with Him, I drank and my soul was satisfied! I went on my way, seeking to show the love of God to others. (Selected)
N.J. Hiebert # 2920
"And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil." (Deuteronomy 33:24)
An American oil executive went to Israel and explored for oil. He found none and returned to America. A friend of his pointed out to him that there was an Old Testament prophecy in the Book of Deuteronomy 33:24, where it is prophesied that the Tribe of Asher would have abundance of oil. The American oil executive got curious, found a map of Israel showing where the 12 tribes of Israel would be located long ago and noticed Haifa was in the old land for Asher, the only spot in Israel he hadn't bothered to check for oil.
He went back to Israel and checked the area around Haifa for oil. To his shock, the tests indicate this is probably the largest single reservoir of oil in the entire Middle East. Israel may have trillions of dollars in oil reserves in Haifa, Israel which would never have been spotted except an ancient prophecy given by Moses recorded in the Book of Deuteronomy 33:24 told exactly where it would be located. Believe the prophecies of the Bible. They are given from God and are true. (The Midnight Cry)
N.J. Hiebert # 2921
