“He will be my guide even unto death.” Psalm 48:14. We need a guide. Sometimes we would give all that we have to be told exactly what to do and where to turn. We are willing to do right, but we do not know which one of two roads we are to follow. Oh, for…
Read More“In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.” Psalm 127:2. Ours is not a life of anxious care but of happy faith. Our heavenly Father will supply the wants of His own children, and He knoweth what we have need of…
Read MoreThen Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.” Genesis 48:21. Good old Jacob could no more be with Joseph, for his hour had come to die: but he left his son without anxiety, for he said with…
Read More“Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.” Nahum 1:13. The Assyrian was allowed for a season to oppress the Lord’s people, but there came a time for his power to be broken. So, many a heart is held in bondage by Satan and frets sorely under the yoke.…
Read More“But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’” Genesis 32:12. This is the sure way of prevailing with the Lord in prayer. We may humbly remind Him of what He has said. Our faithful God will never run…
Read More“For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.” Psalm 33:21. The root of faith produces the flower of heart-joy. We may not at the first rejoice, but it comes in due time. We trust the Lord when we are sad, and in due season He so answers our…
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