“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” Psalm 23:4 The great value of the twenty-third psalm is found in the matter of accessability to God. Here we have in a very short space and time all that is needed to come to God, our Maker,…
“God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.” Psalm 46:5 When Peter asked the Lord to bid him come and walk on the waves of the sea, as the Lord was doing in the midst of the storm, the Lord Jesus told him…
“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 It is a wonderful reality that God has given to us day and night, designating and making clear that time passes, and there…
“And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.” 1 Samuel 30:6 There are times and moments in life when all of a sudden, the…
“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.” Hebrews 11:11 What is true faith based upon? Is it not the faithfulness of God? What then is faithfulness, and in particular, that which we see…
“And I have put My words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of Mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, ‘Thou art My people.’” Isaiah 51:16 It was in the days of Elijah the prophet in Israel, that…
“For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” 1 Corinthians 4:20 When the Lord Jesus began His ministry, after the wilderness experience of being tempted by Satan, Scripture tells us that He “…returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee.” (Luke 4:14) In the book of Isaiah, we discover the…
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.” Isaiah 55:7 It was said by a veteran missionary to China many years ago, who remained on the mission field…
“For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house…God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.” Genesis 41:51,52 One of the great, and unusual statements, made by the Apostle Paul, which has its application to each of our lives is found in his…
“I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8 When Daniel as a young man was deported to Babylon, along with many of his friends and associates, he was interjected into unwanted circumstances, into an atmosphere which was almost devoid of any…