His love is in perpetual bloom. It is always in summertime. The roots are deeply buried in Himself; therefore the branches cannot fade.
Read MoreWe too have “[provoked] the Holy One of Israel” and grieved the Spirit of our gracious God by our persistent unbelief; for many a time have we thought, even if we have not said it, “Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?” when His loving, bounteous hand has been preparing and spreading it before us!
Read MoreThe believer will not ultimately be ashamed of their hope in God, of choosing Christ and turning their back on the world, when we come to the end of all things and our lives are forever a demonstration that God was worth our all.
Read MoreThe words of human beings are unstable things. But not so the words of God. They stand forever, as abidingly valid expressions of His mind and thought.
Read MoreJesus Christ himself is to us precept, for he is the way: he is to us doctrine, for he is the truth: he is to us experience, for he is the life. Let us make him the pole star of our religious life in all things.
Read MoreThen shalt Thou rest in us, as now Thou workest in us; and so shall that be Thy rest through us, as these are Thy works through us. But Thou, Lord, ever workest, and art ever at rest.
Read MoreOur communion with God lies in His giving of Himself to us and our giving of ourselves and all that He requires to Him.
Read MoreTake heart…O ye saints, and be strong; your cause is good, God himself espouseth your quarrel, who has appointed you His own Son, general of the field, called ‘the Captain of our salvation,’ He shall lead you on with courage and bring you off with honor.
Read MoreLord, I feel my heart to be weak and prone to wander. My affections are often scattered to the ends of the earth. “Unite my heart to fear Thy name.” Concentrate every thought, every desire, in Thyself, as the one object of attraction.
Read MoreHoliness is the very essence of our identity as believers. Holy is what we are, who we are, and what we become progressively as we pursue holiness on a daily basis. This effort on our part is what Paul called “perfecting holiness in the fear of God” (2 Corinthians 7:1).
Read MoreGod's love is always the same, like himself, without variableness. Though he hides his face, still he rests in his love. For, God did not love you, choose you and call you, for any good he saw in you—but he loved you, and viewed you in Christ.
Read MoreI wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what their Lord is preparing for them.
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