“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity, for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” Psalm 37:1 When Christ began His ministry the day of His baptism by John the Baptist, at the Jordan River, He entered into a…
“And they said one to another, ‘Did not our heart burn within us while He talked to us by the way, and while He opened to us the Scriptures?” Luke 24:32 When Christ speaks to us, He always does so by the Holy Spirit, as the hymnwriter put it, “…in accents clear and still.” He…
“Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin,…wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:2,7 There is no perfect man, born on this earth, apart from the Lord Jesus, how has not sinned, and does sin. And yet, in the eyes of God, we are called upon to…
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Matthew 25:23 In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the believers living in Rome in his day, he wrote concerning “…the first fruits of the…
“…and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?” Romans 10:14,15 God gave to Isaiah a remarkable vision of Himself. In that vision, Isaiah saw God seated upon a throne, in His absolute power…
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 One of the most important chapters in the Bible with regard to fruitfulness, is that found in John’s gospel, chapter fifteen. It is there that Christ lays the foundation for grasping God’s way of…
“and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at.” Zechariah 3:7,8 What must it have been like to be in the company of the Apostle Paul when he wrote his…
“…Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 One of the great lessons that David began to learn, and live by when he was a shepherd, was to fight fear, resist,…
“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no strength He increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29 Why is it that Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth,” and then: “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall…
“Now this, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.’” Hebrews 12:27 There are several times in Scripture when we read where God said: “Yet once more I shake not only the earth but also…