WORSHIP “Oh come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For He is our God; And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand” (Psalm 95:6-7). Worship, by far, is the most important of all...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
GRACE “By grace are you saved”: Ephesians 2:8 In all fourteen epistles attributed to the Apostle Paul (I include Hebrews), either in the salutation or conclusion, he invokes the grace of God upon the Church. He does so without any explanation...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONVERSION Conversion: the turning around of a sinful, rebellious soul certainly does not lie in the will of unregenerate men. If your soul is ever turned to God and His Christ it will be accomplished by Omnipotence. Joseph Alleine in his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
TEACH US TO PRAY “And it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1) As we enter a New Year I, as this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
HAPPINESS Happiness, what a fulfilling and filledfull grace to start the New Year, what a glorifying grace to the witness of our Father. Happy is the man in Psalm 1: the blessed or happy man negatively lives in a world such as ours and with a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
PAUL’S JOY IN CHRIST Though we, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, are to despise hypocrisy, there is a genuine gladness and gaiety in the Christian spirit that ought to be manifested. I delight in Christ, in what I have in Christ and what...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
PROFITING FROM THE SCRIPTURES “All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable …” II Timothy 3:16 When you are reading or listening to the Word of God taught or preached what is your objective? Many have varying reasons and for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
DAVID’S SWEET CONSOLATION Psalm 3:5-8 “I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who set themselves against me all around. Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For You have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD I’m reading from Psalm 3 and verse 3 where David uses three relative clauses to describe his Lord. The first one is “But Thou, O LORD, art a shield for me.” The word shield in the Hebrew means more than shield, David...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
TROUBLES IN BUNCHES Family trouble is the worst of troubles, in Psalm 3 David flees from Absalom his son. “And Absalom sent for Ahithophel, (David’s counselor/advisor), while he offered sacrifices, and the conspiracy was strong; for the people...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
