The sword of Divine justice buried in His sinless heart! (Henry Law) Holy Father,We blush to lift up our eyes unto You, O God of all grace and love. Shame and confusion of face humble us to the very dust. Wherever You have been boundless in mercy-we have been abundant in sin! We cannot measure our ingratitude. We […]
THE GLORY OF GOD’S GRACE Ephesians 2: 8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Salvation—beginning to end—is by God’s grace. God elected a people unto salvation by grace, the very opposite of works. (Rom 11: […]
“Awake, O North Wind; and Come, Thou South; Blow Upon My Garden” – Song of Solomon 5:1 The people of God are called the temple of God, the city of God, the garden of the Lord where the Lord dwells and walks among them. Just as the Lord first put man in a garden and walked with him there, the Lord […]
Lord, I am a poor, blind child! By Octavius Winslow “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:he shall gather the lambs with his arm,and carry them in his bosom,and shall gently lead those that are with young.” Isaiah 40:11 Jesus leads those who are burdened, and need a skilful, sure and gentle shepherd. Our journey to Heaven is across […]
God’s Goodness Often Misunderstood Many times, God’s goodness is mistaken for His displeasure. But the truth is this: everything the Lord does for His people is good. He can do nothing but good, it is His nature. Romans 8:28 says: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to […]
“Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the […]
John Newton’s Letters Difficulties and snares April 15, 1776.My dear Sir,I often rejoice on your behalf. Your call out of the world was a singular, comfortable instance of the power of grace. And when I consider the difficulties and snares of your situation, and that you have been kept in the middle path, preserved from undue compliances […]
THE PRECIOUSNESS OF THE PROMISESBy Spurgeon The promises of God are to the believer an ‘inexhaustiblemine of wealth’. Happy is it for him if he knows how tosearch out their secret veins and enrich himself withtheir hidden treasures. They are an ‘armoury’, containing all manner of offensive anddefensive weapons. Blessed is he who has learned to […]
What flowers of mercy! Spurgeon, “David’s Holy Wonder at the Lord’s Great Goodness”What flowers of mercy havebloomed in our pathway! Let us thank God for the mercies we donot see- the innumerable dangers fromwhich we are preserved; the great needswhich are supplied before we know themto be needs; the needs which the Lordour God is pleased to […]
Precious!Every individual believer is precious in the sight of the Lord. A shepherd would not lose one sheep,nor a jeweller one diamond,nor a mother one child,nor a man one limb of his body. Neither will the Lord lose one of his redeemed people.However little we may be, if we are the Lord’s, wemay rejoice that we are […]