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Show I CONFERENCE OF I HE. CHURCH I TONIGHT I - H WL "That God More Our Wills to Be- BB fieve" was the topic at the week of I H9 prayer meeting In the First M E. j 9jfl church last night. The pastor said ! Faith is a necessity for achieve-nient, achieve-nient, in any walk of life Unbelief I MB' paralyzes our wills, foreshortens our H progress, forestalls our achievements BL- and mocks at our aspirations We jV will never be better than we believe Hj It possible for us to be. If wo are to HB attempt great things for God we must RHI , expect great things from God. 'Unbelief dishonors God It wasi H I unbelief in Israel that grieved God, H and unbellei that grieved Christ, an'! BU unbelief that brought from Him HI vere denunciation, and unbelief thai HHv the gospels and epistles reveal as the BHJl basic sin. Unbelief thwarts God. for HJHJ Christ could do no mighty work In, Nazareth because of their unbelief How many rreal things i;ol would like to do for us if we would only have the faith thut gives Him a chance For faith we need the help of the spirit, for the carnal mind finds It difficult to believe. Faith Is more a matter of the will than of the intellect. It Is an attitude of submission, sub-mission, of committing ourselves, of trusting ourselves to God. of acting as though God were true To such will come also intellectual and heartfelt confidence In tlip eternal verities Dr Talbott will lead the meeting tonight and hold Quarterly ennffrcnoe. The meetings will continue till Friday Fri-day night. |