A Birthday Meditation How great has been the Mercy of my God to me—a poor, worthless, ill-deserving worm! I trace His goodness from my birth to the present moment. I was born in a land of Gospel Light—when I might have been born in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Bread Cast Upon the Water “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” (Ecclesiastes 11:1) This Scripture alludes to a method of sowing seed in many eastern countries ‘upon the waters,’ that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Sinless Savior “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.” (1 Peter 2:22) Here is a glorious personage set before us as sinless – a Sinless Savior, “In whose mouth there was no guile.” How can we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A Righteousness in Which God Himself Cannot Find a Flaw We must have a righteousness in which Jehovah Himself cannot find a flaw, a righteousness which Jehovah cannot mend, a righteousness which neither sin nor Satan can mar and unless we have on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Taking the Kingdom of God by Force “...the kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matt. 11:12) These words describe the eager rush of the crowds of Galilee and Judea, first to the preaching of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As Safe as I Can Be In Jesus—I am as safe as I can be and very happy—a sinner saved by Grace! Free grace and free love is all my theme. In the past week I have had deep conflict, many storms—but sweet interminglings of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Sweet Buy! “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Filled With Wrath “And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath...” (Luke 4:28) What were the things that the people in the synagogue heard that caused them to express such wrath? And who was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Righteousness Seated in Heaven One day as I was passing into the field, this sentence fell upon my soul: ‘Thy Righteousness is in Heaven.’ And with the eyes of my soul I saw Jesus at the Father’s right hand. ‘There,’...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John Bunyan John Bunyan was born in 1628 at Elstow near
Bedford, England. Then after
years of spiritual struggle, he found salvation in
Christ and began to preach to...
Soul and Spirit “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23) God is the Source and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
