“I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 31:14. Note the “my” which comes twice: “My people shall be satisfied with my goodness.” The kind of people who are satisfied with God are marked out as God’s own. He is pleased with them,…
Read More“For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.” Romans 6:14. Sin will reign if it can: it cannot be satisfied with any place below the throne of the heart. We sometimes fear that it will conquer us, and then we cry unto the Lord, “Let…
Read MoreBut Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29.
Read More“He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber;” Psalm 121:3. If the Lord will not suffer it, neither men nor devils can do it. How greatly would they rejoice if they could give us a disgraceful fall, drive us from our position, and bury us out of memory! They…
Read More“Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.” Ezekiel 34:30. To be the Lord’s own people is a choice blessing, but to know that we are such is a comfortable blessing. It is one thing to hope that…
Read More“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9. Our weakness should be prized as making room for divine strength. We might never have known the power of grace if we had not felt the weakness of nature. Blessed be the Lord for the thorn in the…
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