T. Austin-Sparks

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21.) "The Lord is With Him" (1 Samuel 16:18)
       "Then answered one of the young men and said, Behold I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and the Lord is with him" (1 Samuel 16:18). This verse gives us six features of the life of David, the man who came to be describ ...read more

22.) "Thy Way Was in the Sea" (Psalm 77)
       Reading: Psalm 77 The heading of this psalm shows that it was contributed by Asaph, who was David's choir master - the leader of the singers. Quite a number of psalms are attributed to him, and in this one he was in real trouble; he was a man of music who had lost his music, a song leader whose only song was a lament. We do not know the actual ...read more

23.) "Whither the Tribes Go Up"
       (Psalm 122:4) "Gather my saints together" (Psalm 1:5). It was a beautiful thought in the mind of God when, in His Divine economy, He prescribed for the periodic convocations of His people. Away back in the time of Moses He commanded that all the males in Israel should journey three times in every year to some place of His appointment (Deute ...read more

24.) "Ye Are My Friends" (John 15:13-16)
       Among the various titles by which Christians were called in the New Testament surely the most wonderful is that given by the Lord Jesus - "Ye are my friends": "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call you servants; for the se ...read more

25.) A Child Over the Nations
       Reading: Jeremiah 1 This title has nothing to do with a youth's conceited idea of his own importance, but the very reverse of any such idea, for it indicates how God selected a weak and insignificant instrument through whom He could bring His own throne to bear upon the nations. The rule committed to Jeremiah was a spiritual one, and God still ...read more

26.) A God That Hideth Himself
       "Verily, Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour" (Isa. 45:15). It is as though the Prophet was suddenly overawed and struck with amazement at what he was being made to prophesy! In the midst of his ministry something of its wonder broke upon himself and he interjected this ejaculation. Leaving, for the present, muc ...read more

27.) A Good Warfare (1 Timothy 1:18)
       "This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that by them thou mayest war a good warfare" (I Timothy 1:18). "Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses" (I Timothy ...read more

28.) A Jigsaw Puzzle
       A Message to Young Christians - and Others "In whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:21). "...for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfec ...read more

29.) A Man in the Glory (Hebrews 2:5-12)
      Reading: Hebrews 2:5-12. This portion of the Scriptures is a condensation of all that the Bible, and especially the New Testament, is about. It is a strange thing to say, yet it is quite true, that at this late hour in the New Testament dispensation our greatest need, as the people of God, is to know what we have come into, what Christ means, an ...read more

30.) A Saviour to the Uttermost (Hebrews 7:25)
       "Wherefore also He is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Heb. 7:25; RV). Howsoever viewed, this is a great and heartening statement. The ability of our Lord Jesus Christ to save at all times and in all circumstances is the sheet anchor of the faith of G ...read more

31.) A Vital Ministry in a Day of Transition (Matthew 11:13-14)
       ''Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord'' (Malachi 4:5). ''For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John." ''And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come'' (Matt. 11:13-14). Elijah and John the Baptist are in view in these passages of Scripture ...read more

32.) Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91)
       "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1). It is most instructive and inspiring to read the Psalms, when we remember that they would have formed the main spiritual food for the Lord Jesus, when, as a Man, He walked this earth. So many of them light up with meaning and help ...read more

33.) About Theodore Austin-Sparks
       T. Austin-Sparks was born in London, England in 1888 and was educated in both England and Scotland. At the age of 25 he was ordained as a pastor, however, a few years later his "career" took a decidedly different direction when a crisis brought him to a place of brokenness and he left the denomination with which he was involved and dropped the ti ...read more

34.) All Things in Christ
      We take the Epistles and we think of them as having to do within the building of the Church and the churches, the superstructure of Christianity, and so we take the technique of the Acts and the Epistles as a technique, as a system of doctrine and a system of practice, a system of Christian order, and the Epistles become - and have become for so ma ...read more

35.) Alone? - Not Alone!
       From "This Ministry" - Messages given at Honor Oak - Volume 3 "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord" (1 Kings 18:22). "I, even I only, am left" (1 Kings 19:10,14). "Yet will I leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal" (1 Kings 19:18). "Then he mustered... seven thousand" (1 Kings 20:15). "Eli ...read more

36.) An Apostle's Supreme Ambition (Philippians 3:10)
       "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death" (Philippians 3:10). There are few words in his writings which reveal how committed to the Lord Jesus this man was. The whole context is one consummate outpouring of his heart to the One whom he said had "apprehende ...read more

37.) An Appreciation of T Austin-Sparks
       Reprinted from "A Witness And A Testimony" magazine, July-August 1971. After forty years of active association with brother Austin-Sparks in the things of God, it fell to me to lead the praiseful funeral service on April 19th, 1971 when a large number gathered at Honor Oak to magnify the Lord for our brother's long life and fruitful service. ...read more

38.) An Open Heaven (Revelation 22:4)
      "His servants shall serve him; and they shall see his face" Revelation 22:4 With the book of Genesis and the book of the Revelation we have the whole bound of human history and, as we read through the Scriptures, the matter which governs in this long record of human life is that of THE FACE OF GOD. The expulsion from the garden (Genesis 3:24) ...read more

39.) Attaining Unto The First Three (2 Samuel 23:8-12,19)
       "These are the names of the mighty men whom David had... Adino... Eleazar... Shammah" (II Sam. 23:8-12). "(Abishai) was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three" (II Sam. 23:19). We are not so much concerned at the moment with the details of the exploits of these three men as with the fact that David had a number of ...read more