“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23 The great value and privilege of prayer is that it brings us truly to God, especially when that approach to God…
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto Me that is to be a ruler in Israel: whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2 In Martin Luther’s great hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, he speaks…
“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring.” Isaiah 44:3 If there is one evidence of expectant faith, it is rejoicing, rejoicing in the Lord. Why? The believer who truly comes to grips…
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of the hearing of the words of the Lord.” Amos 8:11 During the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness at the outset of his ministry, one of…
“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things.” Romans 8:32 The God of the Bible is a God of abundance, fullness, and completeness. In Paul’s writings we discover that all the fulness of God resides in Christ, bodily.…
“For the prophecy came not in old times by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved upon by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:21 When we take the written, inspired pages of Scripture, and read them, do we truly understand their importance, and the means by which God…
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song: He also is become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2 sp There is a great hymn which begins: “When morning gilds the skies, my heart awakening cries, ‘May Jesus Christ be praised.’” Why is this…
“Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?” Micah 7:18 If it were not for the awfulness of sin, and our conscience because of it, and if we had pure hearts and clean hands as we approach God in truth, there would…
“For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:19 The Apostle Paul was a most remarkable man, and we discover why in His writings, and the testimony of Christ within him, and through Him to God and to those around…
“I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8 There is such a thing as intensity when one speaks of faith. It is that refusal to look at other things when one is looking at Christ. Why? Because in that vision of…