ISo shall we ever be with the lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:17. While we are here the Lord is with us, and when we are called away we are with Him. There is no dividing the saint from His Savior. They are one, and they always must be one: Jesus cannot be without His own people,…
Read MoreBut the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out. Joshua 17:18. It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for then a man goes forth to…
Read MoreAnd they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4. Oh, that these happy times were come! At present the nations are heavily armed and are inventing weapons more and more terrible, as if the…
Read MoreAnd he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. Revelation 21:5. Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on her Sunday…
Read MoreIt shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. Zechariah 14:7. It is a surprise that it should be so; for all things threaten that at evening time it shall be dark. God is wont to work in a way so much above our fears and beyond our hopes that we…
Read MoreIn 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…
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