Regulated Chastisement

For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord; I will make a full end of all the nations    among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished. Jeremiah 30:11. To be left uncorrected would be a fatal…

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Mission

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant…

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Tears, Then Joyful Harvest

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! Psalm 126:5. Weeping times are suitable for sowing: we do not want the ground to be too dry. Seed steeped in the tears of earnest anxiety will come up all the sooner. The salt of prayerful tears will give the good seed a flavor which will…

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Holy Fear

Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded. Proverbs 13:13. Holy awe of God’s Word is at a great discount. Men think themselves wiser than the Word of the Lord and sit in judgment upon it. “So did not I, because of the fear of God.” We accept the inspired Book…

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