Heartcry Journal - Issue 32

Fri, Jul 1, 2005
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Includes articles from James Murphy, Bill Elliff, Life Action, and John Piper

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Tue, Sep 13, 2005
James Murphy
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Heartcry Journal - Issue 32

Why I Pray for Revival

In a genuine revival, masses of people experience the glory of God in extraordinary ways. Christians are captured by the magnetic field of God’s greatness, and their whole lives are oriented toward Him. Like the molecules in a magnetized bar of iron, they point unerringly toward the great magnetic north of God’s glory with every breath, every thought, every minute of their lives. In revival, Christians worship in spirit and in truth. The Bible becomes a precious revelation of God to them, opening up new vistas of His excellencies. Worship services spontaneously lengthen because people don’t want ...

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Tue, Sep 13, 2005
Bill Elliff
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Heartcry Journal - Issue 32

Personal Meditation on a Powerful Text

Everything in Your Life is About Faith - Everything!    “Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness” Genesis 15:6, NASB    Everything in your life is about faith. Everything. The trajectory of your life is determined by the authenticity of your belief in God. If you genuinely believe right now that God is Sovereign and good and knows what He’s doing, you are not upset with the difficulties of life.

If you believe that He is a Provider who knows your needs before you ask Him and will freely give you all things ...

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Tue, Sep 13, 2005
Life Action
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Heartcry Journal - Issue 32

Were It Not for the Call

It had been nine months since I had left my last pastorate, and I was well into the search for a next assignment. I had mailed countless résumés and followed up on all inquiries, but to no avail. Not one other pastor called with a word of encouragement, or to find out if we were making it alright, or just to let us know they were praying for us. At times it felt as though the “heavens were as iron,” as if my prayers seemed to be just echoing from the ceiling. As David said in Psalm 73 ...

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Tue, Sep 13, 2005
John Piper
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Heartcry Journal - Issue 32

The Power of a Father's Prayer

John Paton was a missionary to the New Hebrides, today called Vanuatu, in the South Seas. He was born in Scotland in 1824. I write about him because of the courage he showed throughout his eighty-two years of life. I want to be courageous in the cause of Christ. I want you to be. And I especially want my children to be. So I ponder courage in others. Where does it come from? When I dig for the reasons that John Paton was so courageous, one reason I find is the deep love he had for his father. The tribute ...

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