Always Growing

Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” John 1:50. This is spoken to a childlike believer, who was ready to accept Jesus as the Son of God, the King of Israel, upon one convincing piece of argument. Those who are willing to see…

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Help From Without

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10. Yesterday’s promise secured us strength for what we have to do, but this guarantees us aid in cases where we cannot act alone. The Lord says, “I…

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A Wonderful Guarantee

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10. When called to serve or to suffer, we take stock of our strength, and we find it to be less than we thought and less than we…

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In Calm Repose

“I will make them to lie down safely.” Hosea 2:18. Yes, the saints are to have peace. The passage from which this gracious word is taken speaks of peace “with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground.” This is peace with earthly enemies,…

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Rest On a Promise

There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.” Genesis 28:13. No promise is of private interpretation: it belongs not to one saint but to all believers. If, my brother, thou canst in…

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From Conquest to Victory

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. Romans 16:20. This promise follows well upon that of yesterday. We are evidently to be conformed to our covenant Head, not only in His being bruised in His heel but in His conquest of the evil one. Even under our…

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