“When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.” Proverbs 16:7. I must see that my ways please the Lord. Even then I shall have enemies; and, perhaps, all the more certainly because I endeavor to do that which is right. But what a promise this is!…
Read More“The desires of the righteous shall be granted.” Proverbs 10:24. Because it is a righteous desire it is safe for God to grant it. It would be neither good for the man himself, nor for society at large, that such a promise should be made to the unrighteous. Let us keep the Lord’s commands, and…
Read More“He shall choose our inheritance for us.” Psalm 47:4. Our enemies would allot us a very dreary portion, but we are not left in their hands. The Lord will cause us to stand in our lot, and our place is appointed by His infinite wisdom. A wiser mind than our own arranges our destiny, The…
Read More“Who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” Philippians 3:21. Often when we are racked with pain and unable to think or worship, we feel that this indeed is “the body of our humiliation,” and when…
Read More“For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:34. When we know the Lord, we receive the forgiveness of sins. We know Him as the God of grace, passing by our transgressions. What a joyful discovery is this! But how divinely is this promise worded: the Lord promises…
Read More“No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 31:34. Truly, whatever else we do not know, we know the Lord. This day is this promise true in our experience, and…
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