Continue in prayer." - Colossians 4:2 It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in...
"Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." - 2 Peter 3:18 "Grow in grace"-not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in...
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." - Genesis 1:4 Light might well be good since it sprang from that fiat of...
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." - 1 Peter 5:7 It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel-"HE careth for me." Christian! do...
"For me to live is Christ." - Philippians 1:21 The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and...
The iniquity of the holy things." - Exodus 28:38 What a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for...
"I will be their God." - Jeremiah 31:33 Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is...
"There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness." - 2 Timothy 4:8 Doubting one! thou hast often said, "I fear I shall never enter heaven." Fear not! all the...
"These have no root." - Luke 8:13 My soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been...
Morning ... <!-- References:-->2 Timothy 4:8 There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. Doubting one! thou hast often said, "I fear I shall never enter...
"Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber" - 1 Kings 22:48 Solomon's ships had...
"Mighty to save." - Isaiah 63:1 By the words "to save" we understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete...
"Do as thou hast said." - 2 Samuel 7:25 God's promises were never meant to be thrown aside as waste paper; he intended that they should be used. God's gold is...
"I will help thee, saith the Lord." - Isaiah 41:14 This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: "I will help thee." "It is but a small...
-- "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion." - Revelation 14:1 The apostle John was privileged to look within the gates of heaven, and in...
"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." - Hebrews 4:9 How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here! Here he...
"I sought him, but I found him not." - Song of Solomon 3:1 Tell me where you lost the company of a Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find...
"Abel was a keeper of sheep." - Genesis 4:2 As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and...
"And so all Israel shall be saved." - Romans 11:26 Then Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell...
"There fell down many slain, because the war was of God." - 1 Chronicles 5:22 Warrior, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this verse with...
"The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." - Psalm 126:3 Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to...
Ezekiel 15:2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? These words are for the humbling of...
Psalm 89:19 I have exalted one chosen out of the people. Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that...
Psalm 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. God delivers His people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From, and out of....
Isaiah 63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us. And canst thou...
Matthew 6:26 Your heavenly Father. God's people are doubly His children, they are His offspring by creation, and they are His sons by adoption in Christ. Hence...
... John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received. These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for "in...
Colossians 1:28 Perfect in Christ Jesus. Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which...
2 Corinthians 4:18 The things which are not seen. In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and...
