“Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall; but, waiting on the Lord, out of weakness we shall be made strong. Having our hearts and our hopes in heaven, we shall be carried above all difficulties, and be enabled to press [Continue Reading…]
Author Archives: Pastor Jonathan Merica
“Rejoice in the LORD!”
“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” (Habakkuk 3:18) “My Lord Jesus has fully recompensed my sadness with His joys, my losses with His own presence. I find it a sweet and rich thing to exchange my sorrows with Christ’s joys, my afflictions with that sweet [Continue Reading…]
“All Things Are for Your Sakes!” (2 Corinthians 4:15)
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11) “Surely, since God would not spare His own Son one stroke, one tear, one groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it can never be imagined [Continue Reading…]
“Our Eternal Comfort in Heaven!”
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Revelation 21:4) “Ah, believer, it is only Heaven that is above all winds, storms, and tempests; God did not cast [Continue Reading…]
“Keep Looking unto Jesus!”
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrew 12:2) So then, “Let us look upon a crucified Christ, the remedy of all our miseries. [Continue Reading…]
“Do All to God’s Glory!”
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31) “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” (Colossians 3:17) So then, “The whole life of a [Continue Reading…]
“Give Thanks unto the LORD!”
“O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.” (1 Chronicles 16:34) “WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both [Continue Reading…]
“None Given to Christ Shall Be Lost!”
“My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” (John 10:29) “Christ is to be answerable for all those that are given to Him, at the last day, and therefore we need not doubt but that He will certainly employ all [Continue Reading…]
“Be Watchful Against Satan’s Devices!
As a Christian you must “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8) So then, be watchful “Lest Satan should get an advantage . . . for we are not ignorant of his devices.” (2 Corinthians 2:11) “Satan promises the [Continue Reading…]
“Look for God’s Love in Trials!”
“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.” (James 1:3) “Trials no less than comforts are the tokens of God’s love! All is regulated by infinite wisdom. You will find cause to praise Him even for the severe afflictions!” ~ John Newton