“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.” Hosea 6:1. It is the Lord’s way to tear before He heals. This is the honest love of His heart and the sure surgery of His…
Read More“And I will give him the morning star.” Revelation 2:28. Until the day break and the shadows flee away, what a blessing it is to see in Jesus “the morning star”! I remember when we read in the newspapers the idle tale that the star of Bethlehem had again appeared. On inquiry we found that…
Read More“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.” Proverbs 27:18. He who tends the fig tree has figs for his pains, and he who waits on a good master has honor as his reward. Truly the Lord Jesus is the very best of…
Read More“Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.” Genesis 49:19. Some of us have been like the tribe of Gad. Our adversaries for a while were too many for us; they came upon us like a troop. Yes, and for the moment they overcame us; and they exulted greatly because…
Read More“So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.” Hebrews 13:6. Because God will never leave nor forsake us, we may well be content with such things as we have. Since the Lord is ours, we cannot be left without a friend,…
Read More“And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers.” Deuteronomy 13:17. Israel must conquer idolatrous cities and destroy all the spoil, regarding…
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