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godly men enjoy His sunshine and drink His refreshing
water and breathe His life-giving air.
Prayer is the sum total of our power with God. God
is employed through the prayer of faith. Prayer still
opens the windows of Heaven, still moves the sun, still
holds back the plague, tumbles stone walls, divides the
sea, opens prison doors, shakes houses, and raises the
dead.
It always seemed strange to me that some people be-
lieve the moon controls the ocean tides and that the
stars control man's destiny—but they can't believe God
controls anything. True Christians use faith to extract
the goodness of God and to determine all future direc-
tions. Faith invites the pencil of the Holy Spirit to write
all God's promises indelibly on the heart that they never
be taken for granted or forgotten.
4. Total Security
One of God's greatest promises is security. But God
gives not only security but liberty. He allows us to go
forth in safety. We carry our security around with us.
We don't go away to safety, as if to hide. We go forth in
it. In the middle of all trouble and calamity, we walk in
liberty. We are as safe in all the fires of trial as the
three Hebrew children were. They went forth, in safety,
into the furnace. Thank God for security—anytime,
anywhere!
It appears at times that God is not working for us
and that He stands calmly by without sympathizing with
our trouble. But God's Word says He is "a very present
help in time of trouble" (Psalms 46:1). He is a right
now, right here, God! If we can know such great prom-
ises, we can intelligently claim them. That is not blind
faith or devout ignorance. No—instead we can shout,
with deep knowledge, "I know whom I have believed,
and I am persuaded. . .
The worst fear in all the world is to think God is no
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water and breathe His life-giving air.
Prayer is the sum total of our power with God. God
is employed through the prayer of faith. Prayer still
opens the windows of Heaven, still moves the sun, still
holds back the plague, tumbles stone walls, divides the
sea, opens prison doors, shakes houses, and raises the
dead.
It always seemed strange to me that some people be-
lieve the moon controls the ocean tides and that the
stars control man's destiny—but they can't believe God
controls anything. True Christians use faith to extract
the goodness of God and to determine all future direc-
tions. Faith invites the pencil of the Holy Spirit to write
all God's promises indelibly on the heart that they never
be taken for granted or forgotten.
4. Total Security
One of God's greatest promises is security. But God
gives not only security but liberty. He allows us to go
forth in safety. We carry our security around with us.
We don't go away to safety, as if to hide. We go forth in
it. In the middle of all trouble and calamity, we walk in
liberty. We are as safe in all the fires of trial as the
three Hebrew children were. They went forth, in safety,
into the furnace. Thank God for security—anytime,
anywhere!
It appears at times that God is not working for us
and that He stands calmly by without sympathizing with
our trouble. But God's Word says He is "a very present
help in time of trouble" (Psalms 46:1). He is a right
now, right here, God! If we can know such great prom-
ises, we can intelligently claim them. That is not blind
faith or devout ignorance. No—instead we can shout,
with deep knowledge, "I know whom I have believed,
and I am persuaded. . .
The worst fear in all the world is to think God is no
135
