“Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.” 2 Samuel 7:29. This is a promise pleaded, and so it yields double instruction to us. Anything which…
Read More“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“Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.” Psalm 110:3. Blessed be the God of grace that it is so! He has a people whom He has chosen from of old to be His peculiar portion.…
Read More“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17. What a word is this! Jehovah God in the center of His people in all the majesty of…
Read More“And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.” Deuteronomy 33:12. Yes, there is no safety like that which comes of dwelling near to God. For His best beloved the Lord…
Read More“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” Psalm 92:12. These trees are not trained and pruned by man: palms and cedars are “trees of the Lord,” and it is by His care that they flourish. Even so it is with the saints of the Lord: they…
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