"description":"I do not expect to say anything upon this subject which will interest those who have no love for the Church of God; but those who belong to her, and who are spending their lives to promote her welfare because she is the bride of Christ, will, I trust, find something in what I say which will interest and perhaps encourage them. I shall come at once to the text, and notice that, first, we must expect a measure of decrease in the Church; but then, secondly, we may expect a great increase in the Church; and, thirdly, from what this text has to say upon that subject, and for other reasons also, we ought to be encouraged to seek the increase of the Church of God.",
"description":"This was the word God gave to Israel when they were in a very difficult situation. They were in exile in Babylon. At the time Jeremiah gave this word there were also other false prophets saying that it would go bad with them in exile. But they were false prophets. Jeremiah told them to be obedient and God would be with them and give them a hope and a future in the foreign godless country. So they went into exile and found it to be a godless nation. But God rose up mighty men of God like Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. And they shook that nation through their lives and testimony and God's Word spread through that nation through their testimony. Not that they didn't meet up with difficulties, but as they remained faithful to God He delivered them and through it glorified God.",
"description":"Sometimes the ways in which God works are painful and difficult to understand, but He has only one desire \u2013 to bring us home to Himself. The true story of a German couple who lost their son, will help us to understand this better.",
"description":"Sometimes the ways in which God works are difficult to understand, but He has only one desire \u2013 to bring us home to Himself. The true story of a German couple, who lost their son, will help us to understand this better.",
"description":"November 20, 2005. This is a message for the discouraged. The enemy will come with lies to discourage us and that lie is to get us to think that we have labored in vain because of unanswered prayers and shattered expectations. It is very dangerous to allow this lie to fester in our heart. The Holy Spirit will awaken our spirit and mind to the truth that God will not fail us and that the verdict of our life is in His hands.",
"description":"Helen Roseveare spoke this message in 1975, sharing candidly of personal tests and trials she underwent while serving as a medical missionary in the Congo (now Zaire), including pride, marital longings, prolonged illnesses, and beatings, rape and imprisonment by rebel forces. The cost of declaring the glory of the Lord Jesus costs all our heart, soul and body. \"The branch,\" Roseveare says, \"had to lose its leaves and flowers to become an arrow;\" such is the privilege of sharing in the sufferings of the Lord Jesus.",