A Thorough Conversion Sometimes God’s answer to our prayer isn’t quite what we expected. Jonathon Goforth, the great missionary evangelist to China found this when praying for Christian Chinese leaders to be raised up. He was at the end of a twenty-nine day, three meetings a day preaching campaign in Changte. Over a thousand people
God’s Better Plan When one door closes we should look for another to open. Jonathon Goforth, the great missionary to China in the late 1800’s and early 1900, learnt this many times. Deteriorating health forced a return to his birthplace, Canada, when Jonathon was 56 years old. He soon recuperated but his missionary sending Board
Kingdom Miracles Some Christians might have one or two testimonies in their lifetime of God opening a second door when the first had closed but for Jonathon Goforth, the celebrated missionary to China, looking for the next door to open became a way of life. Jonathon was 67 years old and while as strong as
Persistently Faithful When is age a barrier? Jonathon Goforth, the great missionary-evangelist to China and Manchuria, was 71. Only a few years earlier, sitting in his favourite broken chair by the stove for warmth in outback Manchuria, he had begun weeping thinking of the wonderful life God had given him. “Isn’t it grand to be
The Story of “Mr Fury” When Jonathon Goforth led Chang-San to Christ he had no idea what a price this young man would pay for his new faith. The Goforth’s had given the better part of their lives as missionaries in China through the latter part of the 1800’s and first part of the 1900’s,
God’s Justice ‘In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commends all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead’ Acts 17:30,31
He Walked on the Water When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not joined them. A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When they had rowed three
The Work of God: Believe Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give
Jesus, the Real Bread So they asked him, “What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the
I AM Then Jesus declared. “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry. And he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 This is the first of seven “I am” statements in John’s gospel:I am the bread of life (6:35,48,51) · I am the light
