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61.) Quiet Talks on Prayer 14 - Dissolving Views.
      Let me rapidily sketch those fifteen mentions of the gospel writers, attempting to keep their chronological order. The first mention is by Luke, in chapter three. The first three gospels all tell of Jesus' double baptism, but it is Luke who adds, "and praying." It was while waiting in prayer that He received the gift of the Holy Spirit. He dared ...read more

62.) Quiet Talks on Prayer 15 - Deepening Shadows.
      We shall perhaps understand better some of the remaining prayer incidents if we remember that Jesus is now in the last year of His ministry, the acute state of His experiences with the national leaders preceding the final break. The awful shadow of the cross grows deeper and darker across His path. The hatred of the opposition leader gets constantl ...read more

63.) Quiet Talks on Prayer 16 - Under the Olive Trees.
      The twelfth mention is made by Luke, chapter twenty-two. It is Thursday night of Passion week, in the large upper room in Jerusalem where He is celebrating the old Passover feast, and initiating the new memorial feast. But even that hallowed hour is disturbed by the disciples' self-seeking disputes. With the great patience of great love He gives th ...read more

64.) Quiet Talks on Prayer 17 - A Composite Picture.
      It may be helpful to make the following summary of these allusions. 1. His times of prayer: His regular habit seems plainly to have been to devote the early morning hour to communion with His Father, and to depend upon that for constant guidance and instruction. This is suggested especially by Mark 1:35; and also by Isaiah 50:4-6 coupled with Jo ...read more

65.) Quiet Talks on Prayer 18 - Footnotes
      [1] John 15:16. [2] "Demon Possession," by J. L. Nevius. [3] Psalm 24:1. [4] Psalm 29:10. [5] Genesis 1:26, 28. Psalms 8:6. See quotations of this, referring to the Man who will restore original conditions, in 1 Cor. 15:27. Ephesians 1:32, Hebrews 2:8. Psalms 115:16. [6] John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11. [7] Revelation 11:15. [8] John ...read more

66.) Quiet Talks On Service - Table Of Contents
      Quiet Talks On Service by S. D. Gordon Author of "Quiet Talks on Power," and "Quiet Talks on Prayer" 1906 Contents      Table Of Contents     1. Personal Contact with Jesus: The Beginning of Service     2. The Triple Life: The Perspective of Service     3. Yokefellow ...read more

67.) Quiet Talks On Service 1 - Personal Contact With Jesus: The Beginning of Service.
      (John i:35-51.) The Beginning of an Endless Friendship. About a quarter of four one afternoon, three young men were standing together on a road leading down to a swift-running river. It was an old road, beaten down hard by thousands of feet through hundreds of years. It led down to the river, and then along its bank through a village scatteri ...read more

68.) Quiet Talks On Service 2 - The Triple Life: The Perspective of Service.
      (Luke ix:1-6; x:1-3, 17; John xx:19-23; Matthew xxviii:18-20.) On An Errand for Jesus. You remember there were four times that Jesus picked out a group of men, and sent them on a special errand. About the middle of the second year of His public life, He chose out twelve men and commissioned them for a special bit of work. Six months before th ...read more

69.) Quiet Talks On Service 3 - Yokefellows: The Rhythm of Service.
      (Matthew xi. 25-30; Luke x:1, 17, 21-24.) The Master's Invitation. It was about six months before the tragic end that Jesus sent out thirty-five deputations of two each. He was beginning that slow memorable journey south that ended finally at the cross. These men are sent ahead to prepare the way. By and by they return and make a glad exultan ...read more

70.) Quiet Talks On Service 4 - A Passion for Winning Men: The Motive-power of Service.
      (Mark vi:30-34.) A Day off. One morning toward the end, in the midst of His busiest campaigning, Jesus was very tired. It is one of the touches of His humanness. So He said to His disciples, "Let us take a day off." And they could see the sense of it. They were tired too. So they got a boat, and boarded her, and set sail, and headed out acros ...read more

71.) Quiet Talks On Service 5 - Deep-Sea Fishing: The Ambition of Service.
      (Luke v:1-11.) A Water Haul. Jesus was very fond of the outdoors. The Gospels have a woodsy smell. He taught in the synagogues, but He seemed to prefer the open air. He would go out on a country road, or down by the beach of the Galilean lake, and the people would eagerly gather around Him, and He would talk to them. One morning He had gone d ...read more

72.) Quiet Talks On Service 6 - Money: The Golden Channel of Service.
      (Luke xvi:1-18.) [16] Touching a Limitless Circle. There is an inky shadow over the home of God. There is a sharp pain tugging at the heart of God. It's a family matter; a family disgrace. One of God's family has gone off from the home circle and made a bad mess of things. Such an affair is always a source of great grief, especially where the ...read more

73.) Quiet Talks On Service 7 - Worry: A Hindrance to Service.
      (Psalm xxxvii:1-11; Matthew vi:19-34, Philippians iv:6-7. American Revision.) Fear Not. There is nothing commoner than worry. Everybody seems to worry. Men worry. Women worry. It is commonly supposed that women worry more than men. I doubt it. After watching both pretty closely under all sorts of circumstances I doubt it. Yet if it be true th ...read more

74.) Quiet Talks On Service 8 - Gideon's Band: Sifted for Service.
      (1 Corinthians i:18-31; Judges vi and vii.) God Wants the Best. Salvation is for all. Service is for those chosen for it. All may serve. That all do not is simply because service requires qualities which all do not have. Yet, again, all may have them who will, for the required qualities are heart qualities. And every one of us can cultivate t ...read more

75.) Quiet Talks On Service 9 - Footnotes
      [1] 1 John i:1. [2] 2 Corinthians iii:18. [3] Frances Ridley Havergal. [4] Exodus xxi:2-6, Leviticus xxv:39-43; Deuteronomy xv:12-18. [5] Psalm xi:6-8; Hebrews x:5-7. [6] Isaiah 1:4-6. [7] John v:19, 30; vi:38, 57; vii:16-17, 28; viii:28, 29. [8] John Sullivan Dwight. [9] Mark i:41; Matthew ix:36; Mark vi:34 (with Matthew xi ...read more

76.) Quiet Talks with World Winners - Table of Contents
      Quiet Talks with World Winners By S. D. Gordon Author of "Quiet Talks on Power," "Quiet Talks About Jesus," "Quiet Talks on Personal Problems," Etc. Contents     Table of Contents A. World-winning     1. The Master Passion     2. The Master's Plan     3. The U ...read more

77.) Quiet Talks with World Winners 1 - The Master Passion
      The Earliest Calvary Picture. There's a great passion burning in the heart of God. It is tenderly warm and tenaciously strong. Its fires never burn low, nor lose their fine glow. That passion is to win man back home again. The whole world of man is included in its warm, eager reach. The old home hearth-fire of God is lonely since man went awa ...read more

78.) Quiet Talks with World Winners 2 - The Master's Plan
      Will the World Be Won? The great passion of God's heart is a love-passion. Love never fails. It waits and, if need be, waits long; but it never fails to get what it is waiting for. Love sacrifices; though it never uses that word. It doesn't know it is sacrificing, it is so absorbed in its gripping purpose. There may be keen-cutting pain, ...read more

79.) Quiet Talks with World Winners 3 - The Urgent Need
      Three Great Groups. The human heart is tender. It answers quickly to the cry of need. It is oftentimes hard to find. In Christian lands it is covered up with selfishness. And in heathen lands the selfishness seems so thickly crusted that it is hard to awaken even common humanitarian feeling. But that heart once dug out, and touched, never fai ...read more