Acts 14:17, “Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” God witnesses to all mankind of His majesty and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah 34:16, “Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read.” How innumerable are the glad stories of those who obeying this command turned to God’s Word for solace. The story of Augustine related by his own hand in his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ephesians 1:4, “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” Christians have been chosen not because they are holy but in order to become holy....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Romans 11:36, “For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.” Here the Triune God is said to have a three fold relationship to “all things.” He is the origin of all things,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah 63:9, “In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.” How the Lord feels towards His...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hosea 13:9-10, “O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities?” Early in the morning of his last day on earth, 22nd July 1680, Richard...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 37:37, “Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.” Welsh evangelist Howell Harris died on this day (21 July) 1773. It was said his funeral at Talgarth church was attended by 20,000 people....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Song of Songs 3:8, “They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.” This verse, while about the 60 bodyguards of King Solomon, may have spiritual application to all...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hebrews 11:13, “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” Anne Askew came...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Malachi 3:16, “Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.” God makes...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
