Tag: December 2016

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Study of the Book of Ecclesiastes

(Remember Now Thy Creator)

– Cultivating Patience

Ecclesiastes 7:7-10

Ecclesiastes 7:7-10 (KJV) 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

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Isaiah 49:8-12 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

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Labouring In Prayer (Luke 18:1-8)

The burdens of life can often be so overwhelming at times that they threaten to rob the believer of his confidence in God’s ability to help him through yet another impasse. Our Lord Jesus teaches us never to stop praying even in the toughest of circumstances.

Prayer is the believer’s power with God. Persistence in prayer is not the natural habit of the believer. Our prayer life is evidence of true faith. It gives hope to the children of God who are going through much tribulations. When we stop praying, we stop believing. When we pray, God gives us faith. Faith keeps us praying and praying strengthens our faith, paradoxical but true. This is the mysterious interplay of man’s responsibility and God’s sovereignty.

Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.

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