The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.Deuteronomy 28:12. This refers first to the rain. The Lord will give this in its season. Rain is the emblem of all those…
Read MoreThe next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29. “Jesus did not come to live as an example of how to die as a martyr, but as a substitute, taking the place that we deserve in order that…
Read MoreOne of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised. Joshua 23:10. Why count heads? One man with God is a majority though there be a thousand on the other side. Sometimes our helpers may be too many for God to work with them, as was the case with Gideon, who could…
Read MoreFor he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. 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 not cry in…
Read MoreAnd this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12. “If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to…
Read MoreThough I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you 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, and what is the trouble? What doth my…
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