“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;” Romans 5:3. This is a promise in essence if not in form. We have need of patience, and here we see the way of getting it. It is only by enduring that we learn to endure, even as…
Read More“Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” Exodus 4:12. Many a true servant of the Lord is slow of speech, and when called upon to plead for his Lord, he is in great confusion lest he should spoil a good cause by his bad advocacy. In such a…
Read More“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16. Of all the stars in the sky, the polestar is the most useful to the mariner. This text is a polestar, for it has guided more souls…
Read More“But I will rescue you on that day, declares the Lord; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear.” Jeremiah 39:17. When the Lord’s faithful ones are suffering for Him, they shall have sweet messages of love from Himself, and sometimes they shall have glad tidings for those who sympathize with…
Read More‘But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. Exodus 11:7. What! Has God power over the tongues of dogs! Can he keep ours from barking? Yes, it is even so. He can prevent an Egyptian…
Read More“The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hind’s feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.” Habakkuk 3:19. This confidence of the man of God is tantamount to a promise, for that which faith is persuaded of is the purpose of God. The prophet had…
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