Abiding in Obedience, in Love

“If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.” John 15:10. These things cannot be parted — abiding in obedience and abiding in the love of Jesus. A life under the rule of Christ can alone prove that we are…

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Solace, Security, Satisfaction

“If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire.” 2 Samuel 23:5. This is not so much one promise as an aggregate of promises…

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Plentiful Refreshment

“Their soul shall be as a watered garden.” Jeremiah 31:12. Oh, to have one’s soul under heavenly cultivation; no longer a wilderness but a garden of the Lord! Enclosed from the waste, walled around by grace, planted by instruction, visited by love, weeded by heavenly discipline, and guarded by divine power, one’s favored soul is…

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