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Charles Spurgeon: Among Lions - sound and timely words for Christians living in year 2020

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“My soul is among lions.” Psalm 57:4 Some of you cannot say this and you ought to be very thankful that you are not obliged to do so. Happy are you young people who have godly parents and who dwell in Christian families. You ought to grow like the flowers in a conservatory, where killing frosts and biting blasts are unknown. You live under very favorable circumstances. Your soul, I might almost say, is among angels, for you dwell where God is worshipped, where family prayer is not forgotten, where you can have a kindly guidance in the hour of difficulty and comfort in the time of trial. You dwell where angels come and go and God Himself deigns to dwell. Happy young people to be in such circumstances! How grateful and how holy you ought to be! I want all who dwell where everything helps them, to recollect the many gracious ones who dwell where everything hinders them. You who live near the Beautiful Gate of the temple must not forget the many who are sighing in the tents of Kedar. If...

Burden for revival and a call to prayer

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In a book titled The Turn of the Tide , Vernon Higham wrote that once we have faced the potential of revival nothing else will do.   He added, "His touch alone will suffice.  We have no option in the matter.  Only revival will meet our need... We try to bring little buckets of blessing... but what is this in a drought?  We need a drenching. We need showers of rainfall from heaven and the only one who can provide them is God."  Are you burdened for revival?  Each week a growing number of men- laypeople and pastors - from a variety of denominations gather together to pray for revival.   We would like to invite you to come.  We meet on Friday nights at Faith Presbyterian Church at 8 pm and pray into the night.   We believe God is burdening others across our nation to seek Him for revival.  If you are one of those men we want you to come and pray with us.  If you are coming from a distance please let us know so that we can pr...