God Is a Sanctuary

Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.’ Ezekiel 11:16. Banished from the public means of grace, we are not removed from the grace…

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Tender Comfort

As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem. Isaiah 66:13. A mother’s comfort! Ah, this is tenderness itself. How she enters into her child’s grief! How she presses him to her bosom and tries to take all his sorrow into her own heart! He can tell her all, and…

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Despise Not Thy Youth

“Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.” Jeremiah 1:6-7. Jeremiah was young and felt a natural shrinking when sent upon a great errand by…

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1 Kings 9

Click here to view this Bible Study. God’s answer to Solomon. (1-9): God’s second appearance to Solomon. God warned Solomon, now he had newly built and dedicated the temple, that he and his people might not be high- minded, but fear. After all the services we can perform, we stand upon the same terms with…

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Going Out with Joy

About Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and you, Issachar, in your tents. Deuteronomy 33:18. The blessings of the tribes are ours; for we are the true Israel who worship God in the spirit and have no confidence in the flesh. Zebulun is to rejoice because Jehovah will bless his “going out”; we also see a promise…

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