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Preaching with Power

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 3:1, 2, R.S.V.

John the Baptist in his desert life was taught of God. He studied the revelations of God in nature. Under the guiding of the Divine Spirit, he studied the scrolls of the prophets. By day and by night, Christ was his study, his meditation, until mind and heart and soul were filled with the glorious vision.

He looked upon the King in His beauty, and self was lost sight of. He beheld the majesty of holiness and knew himself to be inefficient and unworthy. It was God's message that he was to declare. It was in God's power and His righteousness that he was to stand. He was ready to go forth as Heaven's messenger, unawed by the human, because he had looked upon the Divine. He could stand fearless in the presence of earthly monarchs because with trembling he had bowed before the King of kings.

With no elaborate arguments or finespun theories did John declare his message. Startling and stern, yet full of hope, his voice was heard from the wilderness: "Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 3:2. With a new, strange power it moved the people. The whole nation was stirred. Multitudes flocked to the wilderness. . . .

In this age, just prior to the second coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven, such a work as that of John is to be done. God calls for men who will prepare a people to stand in the great day of the Lord. . . . As a people who believe in Christ's soon appearing, we have a message to bear--"Prepare to meet thy God." Amos 4:12. Our message must be as direct as was the message of John. He rebuked kings for their iniquity. Notwithstanding that his life was imperiled, he did not hesitate to declare God's word. And our work in this age must be done as faithfully.

In order to give such a message as John gave, we must have a spiritual experience like his. The same work must be wrought in us. We must behold God, and in beholding Him lose sight of self.

Maranatha p. 116

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Prayer Requests

February 9--Josephine has a growth on her eyelid that despite what her doctor said is getting worse and she needs to see a specialist.  Please pray God will guide and

lead her and open the door for her to be seen by the right doctor and that God will

heal her eye.  thanks,  Carol

February 9---Please pray that God will open all the doors and free up all the aviation work that needs to be done in Venezuela.  Satan has tried to stop the mission aviation and we needs God's intervention. Carol

February 9---Missy requests prayer for family and friends and co-workers that they might receive comfort at this time.  Dr. Duncan, one of the physicians in Missy's office, died suddenly at home yesterday morning, while on an exercise machine.  Jeanie

February 9---we decided to make bigger our church, so we will go through reconstruction, because with patients and 2 groups of students is around 150 people all together and there is not enough place for every body, so this summer we will be doing reconstruction of the church at Novi. Please pray for God’s blessing, and that God will provide for our needs and for strength to do this in short time. Svitlana.

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