For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16. Of all the stars in the sky, the polestar is the most useful to the mariner. This text is a polestar, for it has guided more souls…
Read MoreBut I will rescue you on that day, declares the Lord; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear. Jeremiah 39:17. When the Lord’s faithful ones are suffering for Him, they shall have sweet messages of love from Himself, and sometimes they shall have glad tidings for those who sympathize with…
Read MoreJesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4. If God so willed it we could live without bread, even as Jesus did for forty days; but we could not live without His Word. By that Word we were created,…
Read More“He will be my guide even unto death.” Psalm 48:14. We need a guide. Sometimes we would give all that we have to be told exactly what to do and where to turn. We are willing to do right, but we do not know which one of two roads we are to follow. Oh, for…
Read MoreIn vain you rise early and stay up late,toiling for food to eat — for he grants sleep to those he loves. Psalm 127:2. Ours is not a life of anxious care but of happy faith. Our heavenly Father will supply the wants of His own children, and He knoweth what we have need of…
Read MoreThen Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.” Genesis 48:21. Good old Jacob could no more be with Joseph, for his hour had come to die: but he left his son without anxiety, for he said with…
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