Psalm 112:7, “He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.” Here is the description of the God fearing man. One who is calm, firm, content, anchored. This heart is not driven about, disturbed and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Job 30:28, “I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.” This day (26th November) 1731 the famous Christian poet William Cowper was born. His death nearly seventy years later in 1800 was sad because he...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalms 11:5, “The LORD trieth the righteous.” That the Lord tries the righteous is most necessary. Necessary for a believers sanctification and for God’s glory. The furnace refines a believer. True ore must go into the fire to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Job 12:7, “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee.” Job here tells us that the birds and the animals can be our teachers. There are endless stories of animal instinct as...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Proverbs 3:6, “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” We all have many turns to take and decisions to make. Life lays before us endless choices. It is so easy to go down a wrong path or take a step that leads...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Isaiah 49:16, “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.” Did you ever write on your hand something that you had to do and did not want to forget? If it is on your hand you will see it...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hebrews 6:18, “...we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge...” What is a Christian? A Christian is one who has fled for refuge to Jesus Christ alone. The Old Testament cities of refuge were provided for those who...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalms 85:8, “I will hear what God the LORD will speak...” Here the psalmist adopts a good attitude as he comes to God’s word, namely, to be a listener. This is the spirit with which to enter God’s house and with which...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Luke 18:13, “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” On this day, 13th November (in 1836) the evangelical minister...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up”...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
