[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0614":3},"JUNE 14\r\nI have prayed that your own faith may not fail(Luke 22:32).\r\nChristian, take good care of thy faith, for recollect that faith is\r\nthe only means whereby thou canst obtain blessings. Prayer cannot\r\ndraw down answers from God's throne except it be the earnest prayer of the man who believes.\r\nFaith is the telegraphic wire which links earth to Heaven, on which  God's messages of love fly so fast that before we call He answers, and while we are yet speaking He hears us. But if that telegraphic  wire of faith be snapped, how can we obtain the promise?\r\nAm I in trouble? I can obtain help for trouble by faith. Am I\r\nbeaten about by the enemy? My soul on her dear Refuge leans by faith.\r\nBut take faith away, then in vain I call to God. There is no other\r\nroad betwixt my soul and Heaven. Blockade the road, and how can I communicate with the Great King?\r\nFaith links me with Divinity. Faith clothes me with the power of\r\nJehovah. Faith insures every attribute of God in my defense. It\r\nhelps me to defy the hosts of hell. It makes me march triumphant  over the necks of my enemies. But without faith how can I receive anything from the Lord?\r\nOh, then, Christian, watch well thy faith. \"If thou canst believe,  all things are possible to him that believeth.\" --C. H. Spurgeon.\r\nWe boast of being so practical a people that we want to have a\r\nsurer thing than faith. But did not Paul say that the promise was\r\nby FAITH that it might be SURE? (Romans 4:16.) --Don Crawford.\r\nFaith honors God; God honors faith.",1783499793117]