For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.~Hebrews 12:10 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"My times are in thy hand." Then there is nothing left to chance. Events happen not to man by a fortune which has no order or purpose in it. "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." Chance is a heathenish...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Almost everyone I know makes some kind of religious profession,has some hope of going to heaven when he dies, and attends church,at least occasionally. Yet, I know very few people whose religionhas made any radical change in their lives. Most...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The faithlessness of our own hearts, and the lack of stability in some of our friends, often causes us considerable uneasiness. We are not to be depended upon. I cannot depend on myself — for I am always changing. Nor can I depend on my...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
is to accuse, indict, arraign, and condemn yourself for your unholiness. Greatly lament and mourn over your own unholiness, over your own wickedness. Go to your closet, and fall down before the most high and holy God, and mourn bitterly over . . ....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 7:7: “Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened”. How often do we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.~ 1 John 4:16 The sweeter the truth — the more backward we often are to receive and believe it. Therefore...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CHRIST BLESSING THE DEFICIENT AND CURSING THE SELF-SUFFICIENT “And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Pride is a person having too high an opinion of himself. Pride is the worst viper in the human heart! Pride is the greatest disturber of the soul's peace, and of sweet communion with Christ.Pride is with the greatest difficulty rooted out.Pride is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I know their sorrows~ Exodus 3:7 Thank God for this! I have often said within myself, "No one knows my sorrows — no one can tell what I suffer!" But now I hear, as it were, a voice from Heaven, saying to me, "I know your sorrows!"It is my...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
