“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7. No care but all prayer. No anxiety but much joyful communion…
Read More“For I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” Acts 18:10. So long as the Lord had work for Paul to do in Corinth, the fury of the mob was restrained. The Jews opposed themselves and blasphemed; but they…
Read More“And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,” Deuteronomy 28:13. If we obey the Lord, He will compel our adversaries to see…
Read More“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.” James 4:8. The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will He reveal Himself to us. When the prodigal comes to his father, his father runs to meet him. When the wandering dove returns to the ark, Noah puts out his hand to…
Read More“The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing.” Psalm 41:3. Remember that this is a promise to the man who considers the poor. Are you one of these? Then take home the text. See how in the hour of sickness the God of the poor will bless the man who cares for the…
Read More“If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.” Proverbs 3:24. Is the reader likely to be confined for a while to the bed by sickness! Let him go upstairs without distress with this promise upon his heart “When thou liest down, thou shalt not be…
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