Sometime in the past it was said to me, “There is no excuse for a wrong spirit.”  Being jealous, bitter, mad at somebody, bad attitude

Hymn 390: I Need the Mind of Christ   Some verses in Philippians 2:5 that would have inspired that hymn or whoever composed the words,

Hymn 355 Isaiah 61:8, “For I, the Lord, love judgment. I hate robbery for burnt offering and I will direct their work in truth, and

Hymn 10, “Jesus Now and Jesus Ever” I Kings 22:17, “And he said, ‘I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have

Prayer is a very important subject.   It is a Holy Communion with God.  It is the closest, most intimate relationship we can have with our

Isaiah, “I have set my face like a flint.”  I felt that at the time I decided and went home.  I felt the current was

Her companion’s account of Her Testimony I’d like to acquaint you with the youngest sister worker in Germany:  Ruth Sprogis. She is 27 years old,

I Peter 1. I am impressed by verse 2, “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience

If I knew the outcome of my prayers before I prayed them, would I still be willing to pray? I don’t understand how God works,

Hebrews 5:7-9 “Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that

In Luke 8:22, it says, “Now it came to pass on a certain day that He went into a ship with His disciples and said

Hymn 307 Convention is like a clinic.  The heart and mind may be diseased, but are hard places to operate on.  God is the Doctor. 

Nehemiah 8, this was a convention in Nehemiah’s time with fourteen brother Workers on the platform; fifty thousand people standing; meeting started at daylight and

Psalm 36:  The Lord found David’s heart in harmony with His.  It takes a lot of tuning to get our hearts in tune and not

The Tabernacle.  Man likes to see his own fingerprints on words rather than follow God’s blueprints.  Eve let herself be reasoned out of God’s laws. 

I suppose there is no doubt but that our conditions and needs vary quite a bit.  There are quite a variety of conditions existing, and

Let God Himself be our portion and inheritance and fill our cup.  It contains nothing but that which is weighed in an even balance and

(Hymn numbers are updated to the 1981 English edition.) It goes back to the years of 1850, ’51 and ’52, when there was a big

Songs of Solomon 4:12, “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.” God is most anxious that His

In Luke 9th and 10th chapters, Jesus called and sent His disciples to preach.  He called 70 more and sent them two by two.  The

Genesis 8, everything God has created fulfills its purpose but man.  We can either make God glad or sad that He has created us.  Being

Hymn 285, “Wait on the Lord” (Sandy’s choice) Isaiah 40:28-31, we have no confidence in the flesh, but confidence in Him.  Hebrews 10, wait in

I liked reading some verses in John 13:21–2,5 “When Jesus had thus said He was troubled in spirit and testified and said, ‘Verily, verily, I

Lord, separate me to Thy work again tho’ it may mean to leave my friends and kin, if it be for some poor soul to

Sometimes we hear parts of the Scripture quoted. There is a little sign, you often see it on billboards, and it says that the blood

I was born on October 2, 1932. My family are Buddhists. Like all others in our community, they practise religion following the multitude according to

Hymn 181, “Lord, We Love Thy Habitation”   (Prayer) Hymn 4, “O Lamb of God”  Revelations 17:14, “…War with the lamb…” – A slaughter is

Hymn 249, “How Precious Is the Word” (Prayer) Hymn 409, “Alone With God” Matthew 6:6 and Isaiah 6:20, the prayer Jesus gave was a morning

Dear friends, Sunday we had the privilege of being at the Rialto, CA special meeting.  Scott Rauscher (my brother) spoke in the a.m. meeting.  I

Far more important than getting hold of a message is when a message gets a hold of us. Revelations, “And lo, in the midst of

  Romans 8.28. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according

  If we give in to a desire for something, it makes it harder to give it up later, because we learn to love it.

“And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before

BONNIE SYKES I love to see your desire to be here. We sang of choices.  They are important in youth and through-out whole life. They

Hymn 244, “My heart is resting oh my God, I will give thanks and sing” I am so glad that I have made it because

Mark chp1 V40 The leper who came to Jesus. ‘If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.’  Human nature cannot be clean. The nature God

Hymn 211, “My Saviour, How I Love Thy Name” Hymn 318, “As You Journey Home with Jesus”  Refrain:  “On the heavenly manna fed, let your

When we started reading, we all know about the book of Esther, about the King’s banqueting and about when he called his wife, Queen Vashti,

During the week someone sent me an SMS quoting a verse in the Bible and I didn’t have time to look it up. I just

In Matthew 25, Jesus said He’d gather the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. “Then shall the King say unto

In the first book of Kings in the nineteenth chapter and the seventh verse, the Lord said to Elijah “Arise and eat; because the journey

Hymn 327 Since the beginning of this Convention that hymn has been so much in my thoughts, “He who hath led will lead.” I have

Hymn 380 I feel those words we have been singing need to be the earnest prayer and desire of my own heart. Words that David

When I was thinking of something for this meeting, the words came to me, “There is no gain but by a loss,” and Jesus also

Colossians 3:2, “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” Mark 12:30, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with

Proverbs 31:1-10, the words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him, “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far

In the fast moving world of turmoil and tension, With problems and troubles, too many to mention – Our days are so crowded and our

Your willingness to give your testimony has touched my heart deeply. To be ready to honour God, there is nothing that can replace that. I

They are sincere in a world of “put on.” They walk with open face, are transparent, having nothing to hide. They have nothing to fear

I’m only a little sparrow, A bird of low degree… My life is of little value, But the dear Lord cares for me. He gives

Have you ever heard a ‘something’ That brightened up your day, That made the little hard things Just thaw and melt away? There is a

If we give in to a desire to something. it makes it harder to give it up later because we learn to love it. But

Special Meeting – Team 1   Alexander Helms:   John 17:3-5, “And this is eternal life that they might know thee, the only true God,

I am very glad for the opportunity and privilege of being here at Parma today. I have heard of your convention since it began, and

The words of a hymn have been on my mind through the week (Number 233). “The path is full of danger, so let us watch

Perhaps this evening, we could spend a little time talking about some of the work in the Far East. I don’t think the time would

Acts 24:14, “But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing

I would like to read this morning the 5th Chapter of Eph. Verse 22. I would like to talk about the home- life of God’s

Ephesians 5:22, “Wives submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4, “And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath but bring

Eternity is a tremendous place: fellowship with the Father forever, no pain, no more sorrow, and no more darkness. We want to be a part

I Corinthians 13:4-8 gives the characteristics of charity, which is divine love that is only possible with the help of the Spirit. Thinking about these

In Luke 2:7, we read, “And she brought forth her first born Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger;

Perhaps it was early in the morning when two men stood side by side on a mountaintop, providing a view in the direction of the

We should go to God for man, not man for God.  When God is working – we’re on-lookers.  We feel that.  We leave everything up

We are glad to see so many young people here. In a mission this year, we did a count and found half our congregation were

My testimony is the work of God in my life, ” just as I am ,” a struggling soul for life and liberty. It has

In Romans 14:22, it tells us how to be happy. A lot of people these days are forever going up and down the line looking

This is the first day of the week, the day of the week that we remember perhaps more vividly than any time the sacrifice of

We have heard in this convention something about God trusting us and us trusting God. One time after a convention we were cleaning up in

We sang that hymn, number 222, written by Jim Jardine. During the war time, when there was much anxiety around, this hymn expresses his thoughts,

Nicodemus was a religious man who instructed others.  He came to Jesus by night, he was too proud to come during the day.  He asked

One of the reasons we are gathered together is that there is something about us that can’t absorb all that we hear in meetings. I

Quite early this morning, I was reminded of what day this is and of what God’s people who are here would be doing today if

Invitations: Matthew 11, “Come unto me all ye that labour and I will give you rest.” Isaiah, “Come, let us reason together.” God gives us

God fulfills His role as a tender and loving Shepherd when we follow Him. There are conditions. A meeting is helpful to us if we

This is the testimony of Stephen Nefdt told to one of our young workers in Cape Town. He was asked, “Do you have any professing

There have been a few thoughts on my mind at this convention from Matthew 5, 6, and 7. Hymn 395 tells us to watch ‘one

I must say that I’m grateful to be here again. This convention has always been what I’ve thought of as my home convention. I was

I’ve lived the last several months in my own kind of afterglow! Every time Jesus spoke, there was an afterglow. Matthew 10:40-41, “He that receiveth

(not Verbatim) I have been thinking about the Hand of God. Daniel 5:5 In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand,

– sung to the tune of Hymn # 80, “Do Not Fear to Follow Jesus” God so loved His own creation, Looking down from Heaven

1st Kings 8:33-5.4 – Solomon’s Prayer – Prayer is a very important subject. Holy Communion with God. It is a life or death matter held

I would like to speak to you this morning about the fellowship meeting as we find it in the Scripture. I am thankful that God

In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, we were in North Korea. A government official had taken my father’s car away from him and

Lord, give me the right words to say To broken hearts that come my way, To those who have been hurt before That I not

John 17, as Jesus had gathered them all together, after He had said all to them, then He said something about them. The Lord suffers

Esther 9:27-29, “The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it

II Samuel 3. The people of Israel were divided into two peoples, but this is not the will of God. Saul was slain by the

Exodus 2:2-23, Genesis 5-6, Exodus 15, Genesis 47:5, the entrance of the Israelites into Egypt.  This is a picture of a person’s start in life,

Joshua 1, Joshua was now being called to fill the place that Moses had faithfully filled, and nice to notice how God tried to encourage

Ruth 3, an account of a family, and how true hearts are made known. An old woman found herself in adverse circumstances, and she felt

Hymn 284 [This was Sydney’s second to last convention message] Psalms 48 is about knowing Zion the city of God and the city of the

[Sydney’s last Convention message] Hymn 353 I plan to speak about Focus and Vows. Since being on these grounds, someone reminded me of something I

Hymn 251 II Kings 6:15-18, “And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the

John 20:19-24, maybe this was the first Sunday Meeting. It probably was held in the late afternoon. It was the day of the resurrection. A

Hymn 284 We all want happiness. Bumper sticker’s state happiness is – being grandparents; being part of the gang; having a good set of teeth.

In Philemon verse 1, he is called a fellow laborer; in verse 17, he is called a partner; and, in verses 16 and 20, he

‘We are weaving the tapestry that we will wear throughout eternity … a thread each day.’ C.A.   When Jesus was falsely accused, He said

Have we really arrived and let His Spirit in – the Spirit of His Son? Revelations 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.

1 Kings 19 and 2 Kings 2, two servants walking together, Elijah and Elisha. I’ve been thinking of this mantle we read of. In 1