“I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man — the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities.” Hosea 11:9. The Lord thus makes known His sparing mercies. It may be that the reader is now under heavy…
Read More“The Lord remembers us and will bless us: He will bless his people Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,” Psalm 115:12. I can set my seal to that first sentence. Cannot you? Yes, Jehovah has thought of us, provided for us, comforted us, delivered us, and guided us. In all the movements of…
Read More“Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.” Psalm 32:10. O fair reward of trust! My Lord, grant it me to the full! The truster above all men feels himself to be a sinner; and lo, mercy is prepared for him: he knows himself…
Read MoreBut you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but…
Read More“You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.” Deuteronomy 28:3. So was Isaac blessed when he walked therein at eventide to meditate. How often has the Lord met us when we have been alone! The hedges and the trees can bear witness to our joy. We look for such blessedness again.…
Read MoreWhen the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy…
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