2008-01-06T13:54:22-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/a.b.+simpson/ http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=4615 2008-01-06T13:54:22-05:00 Abraham's faith reposed in God Himself. He knew the God he was dealing with. It was a personal confidence in One whom he could utterly trust. The real secret of Abraham's whole life was in his friendship with God. He knew God to be his great, good and faithful Friend. Taking Him at His word, he step http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=5434 2008-01-06T13:52:20-05:00 In a very real sense we thank God when we thank His people. Gratitude felt and expressed becomes a healing, life-building force in the soul. Something wonderful happens within us when gratitude enters. We cannot be too grateful, for it would be like loving too much or being too kind. And if we are t http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=6384 2008-01-06T13:02:50-05:00 The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power, sufficient to convince the most incredulous mind of the existence of the Great Designer. There are enough evidences of supreme skill in the structure of the human... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=4427 2008-01-06T13:01:46-05:00 King Solomon left among his wise sayings a prescription for sick and sad hearts, and it is one that we can safely take. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. Joy is the great restorer and healer. Gladness of spirit will bring health to the bones and vitality to the nerves when all... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=4513 2008-01-06T13:00:27-05:00 The figure here is of a beautiful, fruitful enclosure, not a wilderness. Garden soil is cultivated soil, very different from the roadside or wilderness. The idea of a garden is culture. The ground has to be prepared, to be broken up by ploughing, to be mellowed by harrowing. All the stones have... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=4598 2008-01-06T12:59:28-05:00 The dove is in the cleft of the rock-the riven side of our Lord. There is comfort and security there. It is also in the secret places of the stairs. It loves to build its nest in the high towers to which men mount by winding stairs for hundreds of feet above the ground. What a glorious vision... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=4644 2008-01-06T12:58:17-05:00 0 man of desires was the divine character given to Daniel. The thought is translated in the King James version, A man greatly beloved. But it literally means, 0 man of desires. Desire is a necessary element in all spiritual forces. It is one of the secrets of effectual prayer. What things... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=16438 2008-01-03T21:16:22-05:00 Pentecost means that the Deity came to mankind to give Himself to man, that man might breathe Him in as he breathes in the air, that He might fill men. Dr. A. B. Simpson used an illustration which was about as good as any I ever heard. He said, "Being filled with the fullness of God is like a bottle