“In you the fatherless find compassion.” Hosea 14:3. This is an excellent reason for casting away all other confidences and relying upon the Lord alone. When a child is left without its natural protector, our God steps in and becomes his guardian: so also when a man has lost every object of dependence, he may…
Read More“The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.” Proverbs 3:33. He fears the Lord, and therefore he comes under the divine protection even as to the roof which covers himself and his family. His home is an abode of love, a school of holy training,…
Read More“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.” Isaiah 44:3. Our dear children have not the Spirit of God by nature, as we plainly see. We see much in them which makes us…
Read More“You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:15. Paul was chosen to see and hear the Lord speaking to him out of heaven. This divine election was a high privilege for himself; but it was not intended to end with him; it was meant to have…
Read More“And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.” Zechariah 13:9.…
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