“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” Gen. 8:22. Isn’t it an interesting thought that the seasons that bring so much change and variety to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God has especially promised to be with us in old age. “Hearken unto me … which are carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Adulthood brings many challenges to life. God is faithful in the midst of all of those challenges to guide, direct, sustain, and provide. God's provisions for the nation of Israel are a testimony of God's faithfulness to every adult. Psalms 105...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God is faithful at our birth; he is faithful in our childhood, and he remains faithful throughout our youth. Solomon concluded his inquiry into the meaning of life by saying, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth” (Ecc....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God is not only faithful from the beginning, but he is faithful throughout the years. Take the example of Timothy (2Tim. 1:5). Timothy's faith was an outflow of his grandmother's faith, who “passed it along” to his mother, who, in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The fact that God is faithful means that he can be trusted. Mankind can trust God all the way from birth to the hearse. We can trust God in life and in death. In one sense, we are all born trusting in God's provisions. Birth itself is a miracle...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I recently uncovered a textbook from my Bible College Days titled Bible Manners and Customs. I don’t remember being overly fond of the laborious details in that book! But there was a purpose for its study. It brought to light the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There are many Bible characters that had struggles with worry or anxiety: *Martha (Luke 10:41) “thou art careful and troubled about many things” Martha was burdened by service and ministry. She allowed the cares of life to come between...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
My front yard in the month of August is usually a desert of brown- dry, crunchy, brown grass. Our lives are like that grass of the field. “As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth” Psa. 103:15. And...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I suffered a spiritual discouragement recently, and I allowed my mind to wander with worry longer than I should have. Then I called on the Lord in prayer, and He said, “Take no anxious thought.” And I turned my mind to the passage in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]