We thank God for bringing us safely through another year. It has been difficult with the Covid pandemic, but the Lord has undoubtedly blessed and protected us. Let us enter the New Year by trusting in the One who has led us safely thus far, and let us “press toward the mark for the [...]
For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your reward. Isaiah 52:12 Security from Yesterday. “God requireth that which is past.” At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has [...]
Christmas is a time of gift-giving. There is the planning, purchasing, and preparation, then the happy time when family and friends get together to enjoy each other’s company and kindness. Gifts are usually wrapped in either decorative paper or a distinctive bag. Reading this week in Micah, I came upon the words, “Wrap it [...]
"All the fulness of the Godhead bodily." Colossians 2:9 The ability to package immense Bible truths within a very few words was a gift given Paul by the Holy Spirit. And probably no greater example is found than this statement that in Christ dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. At this season when [...]
Dr. Larry Saunders arranged a Canada-wide session of prayer on Sunday, December 12. Using the modern Zoom technology people from the Canadian Free Presbyterian churches joined at 4.00 pm for an hour and a half’s special prayer for Canada. After a short word of exhortation from the Rev. Cranston, about seventy gathered for prayer [...]
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 Rightly so! We have the angelic warrant for rejoicing because Christ is born. It is a truth so full of joy that it caused the angel who came [...]
Paul was deeply conscious that God had set him apart. His birthplace, his heritage, his education from birth – all contributed to his service for Christ. Tarsus, his hometown, represented the ideal union between the cultures of the east and west. Jewish, Greek and Roman influences co-existed. His Roman citizenship gave him the rights [...]
The same lesson is taught in a very striking way in the second passage in Luke to which I have already referred, Luke 18:1-8: “And He spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared [...]
Religion can be found anywhere. Some find religion in nature, or in psychology, or in intellectualism. Some can find religion in egotism, humanism, and even in atheism. But you will find Christ, and the salvation of your soul, only in the Word of God, a medium despised by the majority in the world today. [...]
“O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.” Psalm 65:2 There come times in each life when loneliness overshadows like a cloud, and no one is there to listen and provide counsel. Or perhaps there is some problem so personal and intimate that it seems unfitting or too embarrassing to share [...]
An old saint of God prayed the following at a prayer meeting, ‘Oh, Lord, we will praise thee with an instrument of ten strings.” [Psalm 144:9]. Those present in the meeting wondered what the ten strings were. but they soon discovered them as the brother continued in prayer. “We shall praise Thee with [...]
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;" Ecclesiastes 9:10 "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do" refers to works that are possible. There are many things which our heart findeth to do which we never shall do. It is well it is in our heart; but if we would be eminently [...]
