“For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.” Romans 6:14. Sin will reign if it can: it cannot be satisfied with any place below the throne of the heart. We sometimes fear that it will conquer us, and then we cry unto the Lord, “Let…
Read More“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:14. It ought not to be difficult for us to humble ourselves, for what have we to be proud of? We ought…
Read More“Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm37:4. Delight in God has a transforming power and lifts a man above the gross desire of our fallen nature. Delight in Jehovah is not only sweet in itself, but it sweetens the whole soul, till the longings of the…
Read More“As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.” Psalm 17:15. The portion of other men fills their bodies and enriches their children, but the portion of the believer is of another sort. Men of the world have their treasure in this world, but…
Read MoreThen Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Genesis 50:24. Joseph had been an incarnate providence to his brethren. All our Josephs die, and…
Read More“He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.” Psalm 111:5. Those who fear God need not fear want. Through all these long years the Lord has always found meat for His own children, whether they have been in the wilderness, or by the brook Cherith, or in captivity, or in…
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