“Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.” Psalm 76:10. Wicked men will be wrathful. Their anger we must endure as the badge of our calling, the token of our separation from them: if we were of the world, the world would love its…
Read More“For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5. A moment under our Father’s anger seems very long, and yet it is but a moment after all. If we grieve His Spirit, we cannot look for His…
Read MoreThen people will say,“Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.” Psalm 58:11. God’s judgments in this life are not always clearly to be seen, for in many cases one event happeneth alike to all. This is the state of probation, not of punishment or reward. Yet at…
Read MoreThen people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.” Psalm 58:11. God’s judgments in this life are not always clearly to be seen, for in many cases one event happeneth alike to all. This is the state of probation, not of punishment or reward. Yet…
Read More” “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you…
Read More“And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” 2 Kings 6:16. Horses and chariots and a great host shut up the prophet in Dothan. His young servant was alarmed. How could they escape from such a body of armed men? But the prophet had…
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