Devotional “O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.” (Psalm 117:1-2) Psalm 117 is especially noteworthy for two reasons. First, it is the middle chapter of the Bible, [...]
Devotional “And the word of the LORD came unto Elijah, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.” 1 Kings 17:8-9 The leading of God is not always clear to our understanding or satisfying to our pride, [...]
Devotional “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” (Isaiah 43:2). Bridge there is none: we must go through the waters and [...]
Devotional "Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain:"— Zechariah 4:7 At this hour a mountain of difficulty, distress, or necessity, may be in our way, and natural reason sees no path over it, or through it, or round it. Let faith come in, and straightway the mountain [...]
Devotional “And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.” (Zechariah [...]
Devotional “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” (Colossians 1:9) In this prayer, Paul sought for the Colossian Christians the full knowledge [...]
Devotional "...in thy light shall we see light." Psalm 36:9 No lips can tell the love of Christ to the heart till Jesus Himself shall speak within. Descriptions all fall flat and tame unless the Holy Ghost fills them with life and power; till our Immanuel reveals Himself within, the soul sees Him [...]
Devotional Paul has four of these "faithful sayings." The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." The next is in 1 Timothy 4:8-9, "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the [...]
Devotional "And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?" Luke 24:38 "Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?" The Lord cares for all things, and the [...]
“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you” [I Peter 1:4] Because we are elect, regenerate, and redeemed, we have a living hope of a glorious inheritance. Peter lifts the minds of his readers away from the reproaches, persecutions, and afflictions of this present world [...]
Devotional "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 10:32 Gracious promise! It is a great Joy to me to confess my Lord. Whatever my faults may be, I am not ashamed of Jesus, nor do I fear to declare the [...]
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them” [Isaiah 8:20]. We must learn to judge all things by the written Word of God. The Lord has given the Bible to us as the only infallible rule of [...]
