“In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.” Isaiah 30:15. It is always weakness to be fretting and worrying, questioning and mis-trusting. What can we do if we wear ourselves to skin and bone? Can we gain anything by fearing and fuming? Do we not unfit ourselves for action and unhinge our minds for…
Read More“Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.” Psalm 37:3. Trust and do are words which go well together, in the order in which the Holy Spirit has placed them. We should have faith, and that faith should work. Trust in God sets us upon holy doing: we…
Read More“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Mark 9:23. Our unbelief is the greatest hindrance in our way; in fact, there is no other real difficulty as to our spiritual progress and prosperity. The Lord can do everything; but when He makes a rule that according to our faith so…
Read More“Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.” John 12:26. The highest service is imitation. If I would be Christ’s servant I must be His follower. To do as Jesus did is the surest way of bringing honor to…
Read More“The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.” Psalm 29:11. David had just heard the voice of the Lord in a thunderstorm and had seen His power in the hurricane whose path he had described; and now, in the cool calm after the storm, that overwhelming power by which…
Read More“He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” Isaiah 33:16. The man to whom God has given grace to be of blameless life dwells in perfect security. He dwells on high, above the world, Out of gunshot of…
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