“And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” Psalm 50:15. This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion — “the day of trouble.” It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one which came before…
Read More“So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.” John 16:22. Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return!…
Read More“The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil.” Zephaniah 3:15. What a casting out was that! Satan has lost his throne in our nature even as he lost his seat in heaven.…
Read More“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” 1 Peter 5:6. This is tantamount to a promise: if we will bow down, the Lord will lift us up. Humility leads to honor; submission is the way to exaltation. That same hand of God which presses us…
Read More“And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’” Acts 13:34. Nothing of man is sure; but everything of God is so. Especially are covenant mercies sure mercies, even as…
Read More“And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.” Hosea 2:16-17. That day has come. We view our God no more…
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