2 Kings 4:26, “Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.” All is well, if it is well with your soul. Henry Venn was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Nehemiah 4:10, “And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.” Rubbish is a human problem, not only in the environment about us, but sadly also...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalms 40:2, “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” On the Rock there can be no sinking. The sinking is in the mire of the horrible dark pit of sin....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John 13:1, “Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.” Concerning the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 8:26, “And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.” It is to be observed that the Lord did not say, “no faith” but...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 73:22, “So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.” This is a sad confession of the great man of God. It even surprises us that he has to make it. It is true however. His attitude and behaviour in the trying...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 34:1 “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” “At all times” is an expression found quite often in Scripture. It implies consistency, not giving up, and allowing nothing to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Luke 1:13, “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.” The prayer of Zacharias had been for a child and probably more...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalms 115:12, “The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us..” It is true that we have not always been mindful of the Lord, as the Word tells us in Deuteronomy 32:18; “Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 16:26, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” John Williams was the famous martyr missionary. In 1839 on the island of Erromanga...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
