“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) So then, “We must believe that God is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what [Continue Reading…]

“This new man is ‘created after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness.’ (Ephesians 4:24) This new man is the ‘second man, the Lord from Heaven . . . Put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the old man.’ (Romans 13:14) To put on Christ is to put [Continue Reading…]

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3) “Value God and His love more than all the world, though there were millions of them. He valued you before the world, and therefore is beforehand with you [Continue Reading…]

“But by the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” (1 Corinthians 15:10)   John Newton, the author of the hymn, “Amazing [Continue Reading…]

“For all the promises of God in Him (Christ) are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20) That is, “all the promises of God in the Gospel . . . are in Christ fully and immutably performed” unto the glory of God.” (Joseph Hall) “All God’s promises [Continue Reading…]

“The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth. It is the one business for which the earth exists. To it all politics, all war, all literature, all money making ought to be subordinated; and every parent especially ought to feel, every hour of the day, that next to making [Continue Reading…]

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3) “O Beloved! There is in your crucified Saviour, Jesus Christ, something proportionate to all your straits, needs, necessities, and desires. He is bread to nourish you, a garment to [Continue Reading…]

Evidently, Timothy grew up in a home where he learned the Scriptures during family devotions. Paul said to Timothy, “I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.” (2 Timothy 1:5) “And that from [Continue Reading…]

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” (1 Peter 5:8) The devil “promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he [Continue Reading…]

“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto your testimonies.” (Psalm 119:59) “Serious meditation represents everything in its true color. It shows the evil of sin, and the luster of grace. By holy thoughts, the head grows clearer and the heart better. If men would step aside a little out of the noise and hurry of business, and [Continue Reading…]