Good Affliction
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” ( Psalm 119:71 ) This seems like a strange testimony. Affliction is often accompanied by complaining or discouragem... More...
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” ( Psalm 119:71 ) This seems like a strange testimony. Affliction is often accompanied by complaining or discouragem... More...
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” ( Revelation 3:22 ) It makes an eternal difference whether a person hears but doesn’t hear or really hears wha... More...
“For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.” ( Hebrews 4:3 ) ... More...
“The righteous are bold as a lion.” ( Proverbs 28:1 ) A holy boldness is imparted to those who seek to speak the truth of God ( Acts 4:31 ). The miracl... More...
“He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.” ( Psalm 148:6 ) In this central psalm of the last five psalms comprising the “Hallelujah” ... More...
“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” ( Galatians 6:14 ) Whenever people speak of &ldqu... More...
“I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.” ( John 10:14 ) The Greek word used here for “shepherd” is the same as for “pastor.” The Lord Jesus, theref... More...
“To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” ( Acts 1:3 ) It is inte... More...
“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a ... More...
“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come into thee shortly: but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” ( More...
“They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.” ( Psalm 106:32-33 ) More...
“And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.” ( Isaiah 25:7 ) Many people feel that every nation should be enc... More...
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” ( 1 Corinthians 9:25 ) Ancient athletes who &... More...
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” ( 1 Peter 2:24 ) When Christ suffered on... More...
“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.” ( 1 John 3:7 ) There is an old spiritual song that has the phrase “ev’ry bod... More...
“For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.” (
“And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel.” ( 1 Kings 11:9 ) The Scriptures have an interesting commentary on Solomon’s life: “When... More...
“The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.” ( Isaiah 50:4More...
“Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.” ( Psalm 100:3 ) As we consider that “the invisible thing... More...
“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” ( Psalm 90:2 ) Surely God’s transcendence is ... More...
“Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” ( Acts 14:17 ) The apostle Pa... More...
“Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” ( James 4:4 ) The phrase “a man is known by the compan... More...
“Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?” ( Psalm 10:1 ) This cry of the psalmist has been echoed times without number by those persecuted for their faith. ... More...
“...when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.” ( 2 Timothy 1:5 ) The ... More...
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness.” ( Matthew 6:33 ) The Pharisees of Jesus’ day were quite religious in their behavior, but our Lord often took them to task beca... More...
“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.” ( Ephesians 4:1 ) The Christian’s calling in Christ is a high calling. Sinc... More...
“Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” ( Lamentations 3:41 ) It is so easy to let our prayers become routine and repetitious, and we need to remember that God list... More...
“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness... More...
“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” ( 1 John 2:28 ) There are many glorious promises associated... More...
“And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.” ( 2 Kings 2:11More...