Honor God

“Them that honor me I will honor.” 1 Samuel 2:30. Do I make the honor of God the great object of my life and the rule of my conduct? If so, He will honor me. I may for a while receive no honor from man, but God will Himself put honor upon me in the…

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Are the Children In?

“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.” Isaiah 44:3. Our dear children have not the Spirit of God by nature, as we plainly see. We see much in them which makes us…

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A Constant Witness

“You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:15. Paul was chosen to see and hear the Lord speaking to him out of heaven. This divine election was a high privilege for himself; but it was not intended to end with him; it was meant to have…

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The Dross Purged

“And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.” Zechariah 13:9.…

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Return from Backsliding

“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent” Job 22:23. Eliphaz, in this utterance, spoke a great truth, which is the summary of many an inspired Scripture. Reader, has sin pulled you down? Have you become like a ruin? Has the hand of the Lord…

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Justice Satisfied

“When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” Exodus 12:13. My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the Lord’s sight of it which secures my safety. Even when I am unable to behold it, the Lord looks at it and passes over me because of it.…

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