The Name 4/10 Good Friday Faith

Peter and John were hustled to jail. The church prayed for them in "the Name".  They were released.  They went to church.  The entire church prayed that signs and wonders might be done.  How did they pray?  In "the Name".  They used it legally.  The vital response was instantaneous.  The place was shaken as by an earthquake.  Tremendous Name!" ...
The apostles used the Name.  It worked.  The deacons at Samaria used the Name.  The fire flashed.  Believers everywhere, forever, were commanded to use it.  The Name detonated around the world.

-- John G. Lake

The Power of the Name 4/9 Thursday Thoughts

Peter and John instantly grasped the significance of His Name.  Passing into the temple they met a beggar-cripple... Peter commanded: "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk." (Acts 3:6) ... He leaped to his feet, whole.
A multitude rushed up.  They demanded, "In what name, by what name, by what power have ye done this?"  Peter and John replied, "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye slew, whom God raised up."
Matchless name!  The secret of power was in it.  When they used the name, power struck.  The dynamite of heaven exploded.

--John G. Lake

The Church Has Been Robbed 4/8 Wednesday Wisdom

We contend, by the Word of God, that the world and the Church have been robbed of the presence, power, and blessing of Jesus Christ -- a present Healer -- because the Church has falsely taught that the days of miracles are past.  The days of miracles never passed, only in the soul that lost its faith in God.  Where faith is, there ever will be the evidence of God's mighty power to save and heal.

-- John G. Lake

Vessels of Faith 4/7 Tuesday Truth

Jehovah filleth to the brim the vessels faith presents to Him.

-- John G. Lake

Jesus the Magnificent 4/7 Monday Meditation

Jesus has sometimes been made to appear as a little bigot; sometimes an impostor.  The world is still waiting to see Him as He is.  Jesus the magnificent, Jesus the giant, Jesus the compassionate, Jesus the dynamic -- the wonder of the centuries.
Take the shackles off God.
Let Him have a chance to bless mankind without limitations.

-- John G. Lake

Your Spirit Becomes Strong 4/3 Friday Faith

(conclusion)  On the other hand, your spirit life is fruitful and built up and enriched by communion with the Father and by reading His Word.  And your spirit becomes strong and vigorous.  There issues from it a faith that is triumphant and creative.  I venture to say this:  The men and women who are weak in faith, that once were mighty in faith, are so because they have stopped feeding on the Word of God and stopped close, intimate fellowship with the Father.

-- John G. Lake    I apologize.  I had used this quote, randomly out of order, in December.

Your Spirit Is Depleted 4/2 Thursday Thoughts

(continued from 4/1)  The reason people do not have rich, beautiful faith is because their spirit is denied the privilege of communion and fellowship with the Father.  You understand me?  You don't read your Bible; you don't pore over it; you don't live in it; you don't spend any time in fellowship with the Father.  Consequently your spirit is depleted and weakened.  Faith springs out of it and the faith that grows out of it is a sickly plant.  (to be continued)

-- John G. Lake