Valiant for Truth

“The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” Daniel 11:32. “The Lord is a man of war, Jehovah is his name.” Those who enlist under His banner shall have a Commander who will train them for the conflict and give them both vigor and valor. The times of which Daniel…

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Word to Him Who Halts

Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. Zephaniah 3:19. There are plenty of these lame ones, both male and female. You may meet “her that halteth” twenty times in an hour. They are in the right road…

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The Mourner Comforted

“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4. By the valley of weeping we come to Zion. One would have thought mourning and being blessed were in opposition, but the infinitely wise Savior puts them together in this Beatitude. What He has joined together let no man put asunder. Mourning for…

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Burdens Cast on Him

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22. It is a heavy burden; roll it on Omnipotence. It is thy burden now, and it crushes thee; but when the Lord takes it, He will make nothing of it. If thou art called still to bear, “he will…

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Implicit Trust

“I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 39:18. Behold the protecting power of trust in God. The great men of Jerusalem fell by the sword, but poor Ebed-melech was secure, for his confidence was in Jehovah. Where else should a man trust…

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Whom, When, How to Deliver

If this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 2 Peter 2:9. The godly are tempted and tried. That is not true faith which is never put to the test. But the godly are delivered out of their trials,…

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