Do You Feel Lost in the Crowd?

‘The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.’—Luke 18:11 ‘He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me wi‮…

‘Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed:  he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;’—Hosea 12:4 ‘Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.’—Genesis 32:24

‘A certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.’—1 Kings 22:34 ‘I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt‮…

‘All wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.‘And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.‘…‘And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.’—Luke 8:52–55