You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Psalm 73:24. From day to day and from year to year my faith believes in the wisdom and love of God, and I know that I shall not believe in vain. No good word of His has ever failed, and I am sure that…
Read More“Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.” John 13:1. This fact is essentially a promise; for what our Lord was He is, and what He was to those with whom He lived on earth, He will be to all His beloved so long as the moon endureth.…
Read More“And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” Isaiah 46:4. The year is very old, and here is a promise for our aged friends; yes, and for us all, as…
Read MoreKeep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5. Several times in the Scriptures the Lord hath said this. He has often repeated it to make our assurance doubly sure. Let us never harbor a doubt about…
Read MoreThough the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10. One of the most delightful qualities of divine love is its abiding character. The pillars of the earth may be moved out of their places, but the kindness…
Read MorePeter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.” Matthew 26:33. “Why,” cries one, “this is no promise of God.” Just so, but it was a promise of man, and therefore it came to nothing. Peter thought that he was saying what he should assuredly carry out; but a promise which…
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