Abiding in Obedience, in Love

“If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.” John 15:10. These things cannot be parted?abiding in obedience and abiding in the love of Jesus. A life under the rule of Christ can alone prove that we are the objects…

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Light in Darkness

“You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light.” 2 Samuel 22:29. Am I in the light? Then Thou, O Lord, art my lamp. Take Thee away and my joy would be gone; but as long as Thou art with me, I can do without the torches of time and the candles…

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Wilderness Communion

“I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.” Hosea 2:14. The goodness of God sees us allured by sin, and it resolves to try upon us the more powerful allurements of love. Do we not remember when the Lover of our souls first cast a spell upon us…

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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…

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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…

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