“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;". Ephesians 4:1-2 The meek man, according to Luther, is the sweet-tempered man. Meekness and lowliness are the two aspects of the same [...]
“That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.” Philemon 1:6 This one-chapter epistle of Paul to his friend Philemon is essentially a personal request by Paul that Philemon forgive his runaway slave, Onesimus, and receive him back into “the church [...]
“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God…”1 Corinthians 2:12 What is a Christian? I am never tired of putting forward that question, because I think that of all things that are misunderstood in the world today, this is the one that is most misunderstood. What [...]
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints [...]
"For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever”. 2 John 2 Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself—no human or infernal power can dislodge it! We do not entertain it as a guest, but as [...]
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6 No anxiety ought to be found in a believer. Great, many and varied may be our trials, our afflictions, our difficulties, and yet there should be no anxiety under any [...]
"Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Ephesians 5:20 "Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." Hebrews 13:15 Some people seem born with a sullen and feverish temper, and it is very difficult for them to brighten into smiles [...]
“…it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.” Psalm 100:3 Get right in your thinking about yourself; then think of yourself in your relationship to God. And the moment you do so, you will realize that you are utterly dependent upon [...]
" Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments..." Isaiah 52:1 Put on strength. We have not to purchase it, or generate it by prayers and resolutions, but simply to put it on. As we awake in the early morning hour and have to pass out into the arena [...]
“Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.” Jeremiah 32:41 How heart-cheering to the believer is the delight which God has in His saints! We cannot see any reason in ourselves why the Lord should [...]
“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” John 15:11 The Christian owes it to the world to be supernaturally joyful. In this day of universal apprehension when men's hearts are failing them for fear of those things that are coming [...]
“Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!” Psalm 120:5 As a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry "Woe is me." Jesus did not pray that you should be taken out [...]
