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July 2018
Jeremiah's mightiest promise came to him
when he was shut up in the inner court of the prison,
and the Chaldeans were thundering at the gates of the
city, and all earthly hope was cut off. It was then, that
God made him step out before the people and
perform the mightiest act of faith of his whole life by
purchasing the field in Anathoth, as the pledge of the
restoration of the land (Jer 32:1-15).
One of Christ's sweetest parables is the story of
the friend at night, the hour of service past, the house
closed, the family in bed, the time too late for any
reasonable hope of help, but it was then that the friend
proved himself a friend indeed, and rose and gave
him as much as he needed (Luke 11:1-13).
wonderful passage: “For we do not want you to be
unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in
Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our
strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we
felt that we had received the sentence of death. But
that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God
who raises the dead. He delivered us from such a
deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have
set our hope that he will deliver us again” (2 Cor 1:8-
10).
Surely, with these examples before us, we need
not fear to pray for the impossible; to claim our
Master's glorious promise, “All things are possible
for one who believes” (Mark 9:23). And again, “ For
truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of
mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move
from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will
be impossible for you” (Matt 17:20; cf. 21:21).
Beloved, do you have a loved one or friend
beyond the reach of all human help? Pray for the
impossible! Have you a temptation that you have
been unable to overcome and that has for many a year
baffled, defeated, and trampled you in the dust? Pray
for the impossible!
Have you a physical infirmity beyond the reach
of human skill, threatening your life and destroying
your usefulness? Pray for the impossible! Have you
trials and difficulties in your pathway too hard for
you to bear and too difficult for any human power to
remove? Nothing is too hard for God, pray for the
impossible! (Matt 19:26).
Do you long to work for God? Are your
resources cramped? Is your strength insufficient?
Does it seem too vast for even the highest faith and
the strongest hand? God loves a hard work and
chooses the weak things to confound the mighty (1
Cor 1:26-31) pray for the impossible and you yet
shall sing with a joyful heart:
“Nothing is too hard for Jesus,
No man can work like Him.”
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O F I N T E G
It was when Paul reached a physical condition
of helplessness and self-despair and having the
sentence of death in himself that he was able to rise
to the very height of faith and victory, and write that
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