“He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.” John 14:21 During the ministry of the Lord Jesus, He was asked by a certain scribe which was the…
“‘No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee shalt thou condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of Me.’ saith the Lord.” Isaiah 54:17 For forty years the people of Israel had been living in the wilderness not…
“And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 3:9 It was William Cowper who wrote the following lines: “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants…
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.” 1 Samuel 16:13 In the book of Haggai, though the circumstances vastly differ from those when David was anointed king of Israel, the basic issues were…
“…strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith…” Ephesians 3:17) In one of the great passages of Scripture which speaks of God giving strength to those who have no strength, we read in Isaiah that God “…giveth power to the faint; and to them…
“…I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.” Joel 2:28 God’s way of dealing with men is to speak to them, to their hearts and minds. He does this in such a…
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 In the Apostle Peter’s treatment of the subject of the longsuffering, and patience of God, he prefaces it by saying that…
“That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside Me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.” Isaiah 44:6 For thousands of years now the Lord through the Scriptures has proclaimed, proved, and provided every conceivable means by the Spirit, of revealing to…
“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of Gd spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:21 In the story of Samson related to us in the book of Judges, we find that “…the Spirit of the Lord began to move him…
“And he (Mordecai) brought up Hadassah, that is Ester, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful.” Ester 2:7 Scripture admonishes us to not despise the day of small things, for it is in and through those small, apparently insignificant things, that God works most wonderfully. …