Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Let us learn to see and acknowledge God's hand in all we have and in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
. . . that I may gain Christ. - Phil. 3:8 All that a man can have in this life or in the next is Christ. Other things can be gained, but they fall through the fingers. They melt. They are shortly stripped away at death if not sooner. The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A Letter from John Newton to his Wife My dear wife, I hope you will make good use of the Bible and the throne of grace to preserve you from being infected by the spirit of the world. Ah! what a poor vain thing is the world! We have both found it...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of sticks, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole bundle at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear friend,I hope that you have found your trials so sweetened and so sanctified by God's blessing, that you have been enabled to rejoice in them! Whatever may be the immediate causes of your troubles, they are all under the direction of His...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious” Psalm 66:2It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not. Praise is God's most righteous due and every Christian, as the recipient of His grace, is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Our Lord cautioned His people to take heed to what they hear. Nothing can be more necessary than to be on guard against error. But the caution how we hear was also necessary for the following reasons:1. Because many hear sermons in a wrong way and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing, a very beautiful woman." 2 Samuel 11:2At that hour David saw Bathsheba. We are never out of the reach of temptation! Both...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Few words have been used more inaccurately and loosely in recent years than has "love." With a great many people, it is but a synonym for moral laxity, weakness of character, a taking the line of least resistance, a quiet tolerating of what is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"I am a stranger and sojourner!" Psalm 39:12This world is not our rest. Here we have no continuing city. We are intended for another state. Our journey lies through the world, but our home is beyond it. We are here for a time to do good, and to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
