Isaiah 54:2-3 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: spare not, lengthen your cords… How are you going to strengthen the stakes? 1. By faith in Almighty God. This is His work. 2. By the power of believing prayer. A beloved Japanese convert and trainer of native teachers said with his dying breath, "Advance on your knees." 3. By a firm confidence in this Gospel as the Gospel of Christ, and that this Word is the Word of God. 4. We must have sanctified giving. 5. Holy living. Stanley says that he owes to the months he spent with Livingstone the transformation of his character; and yet Livingstone never said a word to him about his soul's salvation. (A. T. Pierson, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; |
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