“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” [Philippians 4:6,7] No care, but all prayer. No anxiety, but much joyful communion with [...]
Devotional “Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4 The last half of this verse is well known because of Paul's use of it in three of his epistles (Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38). Those who know church [...]
Paul and Silas were doing a good work at Philippi. They met Lydia at the riverside where women resorted to pray, and through their preaching, she became a Christian. Then the poor demoniac girl was delivered from awful satanic oppression. But a good work does not please everyone, and the girl’s masters, who [...]
Devotional Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. James 4:8 The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will He reveal Himself to us. When the prodigal comes to his father, his father runs to meet him. When the wandering dove returns to the ark, Noah puts out [...]
Paul was no stranger to suffering. He gave a catalogue [2 Corinthians 11:25] of the afflictions he endured as he preached the Gospel of Christ – a total of 190 lashes laid upon his bareback in five separate scourgings; three times beat with rods; stoned once; shipwrecked three times; imprisoned several times; and in [...]
Devotional "He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." Luke 18:1 C. H. Spurgeon said that the key to the meaning of the parable of the widow who kept crying to the unjust judge until he finally responded to her is found hanging [...]
The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus Road is about as dramatic a change in a man’s life, as you will ever see. Saul the persecutor of Christians becomes Paul the preacher of Christ. The one going to Damascus on a mission of destruction is smitten by the power of God and [...]
Devotional Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold I cannot speak; for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Jeremiah 1:6-7 Jeremiah was young and [...]
The rich young ruler came to Jesus with a sincere request; “Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” [Mark 10:17ff.]. Jesus answered him and said, “One thing thou lackest.” He had several other things, but one thing was missing. He had lots of money, but wealth cannot purchase salvation. [...]
Devotional "In thee the fatherless findeth mercy." Hosea 14:3 This is an excellent reason for casting away all other confidences and relying upon the Lord alone. When a child is left without its natural protector, our God steps in and becomes his guardian: so also when a man has lost every object of [...]
The Christian need never expect the world to applaud his efforts, even when engaged in so lofty an occupation as preaching the Gospel of Christ. Paul has time on his hands while in Athens waiting for Silas and Timothy to join him. [Acts 17]. As he looks upon that ancient city with its grand [...]
Devotional "I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely." Revelation 21:6. The grace that is in Christ Jesus must, from its very nature, be unpurchasable. It implies absolute poverty in the creature and infinite affluence in God. Could it, by any possibility, be purchased, [...]
