"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"That H e might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the L ORD doth man live." - DEUTERONOMY 8:3 [KJV] This is the grand lesson which we have to learn in our wilderness journey—"that man doth not live by bread only," that is, by those providential supplies which relieve our natural wants. Thanks be to God for any bread that he gives us in His kind and bountiful providence. An honest living is a great mercy. To be enabled by the labour of our hands or by the labour of our brain to maintain our families and bring them up in a degree of comfort, if not abundance, is a great blessing. But God has determined that His people shall not live by bread only. They shall be separated from the mass of men who live in this carnal way only; who have no care beyond earthly possessions, and the sum of whose thoughts and desires is, what they shall eat, and what they shall drink, and wherewithal the...

"Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you" -I S AMUEL 12:22 [KJV] The word "ceasing" means to forsake, leave off, let alone, or be unoccupied. Samuel says that to forsake praying for God's people is sin. To leave off coming to God in humble supplication for the lost is sin. To let alone the throne of grace, to which every child of God is privileged to come freely, is to foolishly forfeit our only hope and strength. To be unoccupied in begging mercy from God for others, is horribly sinful for those who have received mercy. God forbid us from ceasing to pray for each other. God make us to be like our dear Savior, who ever lives to make intercession for us! "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" [JAMES 5:16 ] . - Gospel report by preacher Eric Richards