“You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.” Deuteronomy 28:3. So was Isaac blessed when he walked therein at eventide to meditate. How often has the Lord met us when we have been alone! The hedges and the trees can bear witness to our joy. We look for such blessedness again.…
Read More“My God will hear me.” Micah 7:7. Friends may be unfaithful, but the Lord will not turn away from the gracious soul; on the contrary, He will hear all its desires. The prophet says, “Keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. A man’s enemies are the men of his…
Read More“And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.” Joel 2:32. Why do I not call on His name? Why do I run to this neighbor and…
Read More“For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.” Psalm 9:18. Poverty is a hard heritage; but those who trust in the Lord are made rich by faith. They know that they are not forgotten of God, and though it may seem that they are overlooked…
Read More“All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” John 6:37. Is there any instance of our Lord’s casting out a coming one? If there be so, we would like to know of it; but there has been none, and there never will be.…
Read More“For the Lord will not cast off for ever.” Lamentations 3:31. He may cast away for a season but not forever. A woman may leave off her ornaments for a few days, but she will not forget them or throw them upon the dunghill. It is not like the Lord to cast off those whom…
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