A Thankful Heart Psalm 69:30-36. 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 33 For…
I Have Tried You In The Furnace Of Affliction. I Have Tried You In The Furnace Of Affliction. — Isaiah 48 : 10 Comfort yourself, tried believer, with this thought: God says, “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” [KJV]. Does not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of…
The Relinquished Life “I am crucified with Christ.” Galatians 2:20 No one is ever united with Jesus Christ until he is willing to relinquish not sin only, but his whole way of looking at things. To be born from above of the Spirit of God means that we must let go before we lay hold,…
…if we hold firmly till the end the confidence, we had at first…. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence, we had at first. (Hebrews 3:14) Often the last step is the winning step. In Pilgrim’s Progress the greatest number of dangers were lurking in the…
They Ate Of The Fruit Of The Land Of Canaan That Year. Joshua 5 : 12 Israel’s weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No moremoving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: They came to the land that flowed with milk and honey, and they ate the old corn…
Redeeming the time “Redeeming the time” (Eph. 5. 16). Two little words are found in the Greek version here. They are translated “ton kairon” in the revised version, “Buying up for yourselves the opportunity.” The two words ton kairon mean, literally, the opportunity. They do not refer to time in general, but to a special…
Dangerous Distractions That Displease The Lord 1 Corinthians 7:35. Distractions are subtle but powerful elements that seek to prevent believers from full engagement in our devotion and consecration to God. They seek to thwart the full manifestation of God’s work upon a believer’s life. The context in this chosen Bible text is based on the…
Insufficiency of man “…he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.” (Gen. 32:25) God in sundry times, and in divers manners often ‘disjoint’ the thigh of many of his children, to make them limp. The thigh representing their strength and their…
Distinguishing Mark Of God’s Children Romans 8:14. One key distinguishing mark of a son or daughter of God is how well they respond to the leading of the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:14). In 2024, you must prioritize being led by the Holy Spirit so that you achieve all that is in the plan and the…
