“For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.” Psalm 72:12. The needy cries; what else can he do? His cry is heard of God; what else need he do? Let the needy reader take to crying at once, for this will be his wisdom. Do…
Read More“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of…
Read More“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.” Psalm 138:7. Wretched walking in the midst of trouble. Nay, blessed walking, since there is a special promise for it. Give me a promise,…
Read More“If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth.” Ecclesiastes 11:3. Why, then, do we dread the clouds which now darken our sky? True, for a while they hide the sun, but the sun is not quenched; He will shine out again before long. Meanwhile those black clouds are filled with…
Read More“I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.” Isaiah 45:2. This was for Cyrus; but it is evermore the heritage of all the Lord’s own spiritual servants. Only let us go forward by faith, and our way…
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