I pray God, says the apostle, that you be strengthened, that you might live out of faith in the abiding Christ within you. Is that your prayer? Is that your heartfelt need after a week? Do you pray, “Lord, strengthen the life of Christ in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“There is an education of great value, which results from the contact of life with life. Students often get more from each other and from their personal relations with their teachers — than they get from books. It is so in all...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Election is the unchangeable purpose of God, whereby, before the foundation of the world, He hath out of mere grace, according to the sovereign good pleasure of His own will, chosen from the whole human race, which had fallen through their own...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Godly parents are such as live a God-fearing life with their children. They bring forth their children in the consciousness that the Lord has counted them worthy to bring forth children for His covenant. Thus they live already before their...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God. It is an activity of holy thought,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We find a great deal of help and comfort in the Psalter. This versafication of Psalm 63 seems appropriate for today. Satisfaction in God: 1. O Lord, my God, most earnestlyMy heart would seek Thy face,Within Thy holy house once moreTo see Thy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"When I speak of growth in grace, I only mean increase in the degree, size, strength, vigour and power of the graces which the Holy Spirit plants in a believer’s heart. I hold that every one of those graces admits of growth, progress and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“ Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude. But believers are not compared to bears or lions or other animals that wander alone. Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]