“But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:42 Dear Ones: Life can be a very complicated and oppressive mass of confusion with regard to purpose, philosophy, and means of living. If we are to be able to put our foot down…
“Behold My servant, whom I uphold…He shall not fail nor be discouraged.” Isaiah 42:1,4 Dear Ones: Where does the power to “be” and to “do” come from? For the disciple of Christ, that one who sits at Jesus’ feet to learn His ways, he grasps in an ever-increasing manner that his ONLY source for every…
“…and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.” Exodus 3:2 Dear Ones: Do we really believe that God can work in our hearts, and in those around us? Do we believe that He can do the miraculous thing that God alone can do? If the Lord Jesus…
“And the Lord went His way, as soon as He had ceased talking with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.” Genesis 18:33 Dear Ones: In Genesis 18, we find Abraham seated in the door of his tent “in the heat of the day.” We do not know exactly what time this was, but it…
“If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to you? Follow thou Me.” John 21:22 Dear Ones: As far as I can see, there was, and has been, only one Apostle Peter. There was only one Elijah, though John the Baptist would come in the spirit and strength of Elijah. There…
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.” Matthew 16:25 Dear Ones: It was Jim Elliot, missionary to the Auca Indians, who once wrote: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.” Of what…
“…Where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people will be my people, and your God my God: where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death separates me from you.” Ruth 1:17…
“For you have need of patience (endurance), that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:36 Dear Ones: After the Lord had called Gideon to deliver Israel, there came a significant battle where the enemy was routed. Gideon and his three hundred men were in necessary pursuit, but…
“And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Matthew 7:25 Dear Ones: In our present time, there are many, very many, waves and winds of culture and circumstances that could, and would, toss us about,…
“…And the publican, standing afar off, …smote upon his breast, saying, ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ ‘…this man went down to his house justified.’” Luke 18:13,14 Dear Ones: Jeremiah writes very descriptively concerning the true condition of the human heart without God: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who…