“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:19 Dear Ones: It is quite logical that if the Holy Spirit is in the heart, and the fruit of the Spirit’s presence and action is “love, joy, and peace,” then it is certainly…
“For the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 Dear Ones: In the great hymn, “Full Salvation! Full Salvation,” we find these tremendous words: “Care and doubting, gloom and sorrow, Fear and SHAME are mine…
” (They) …were forbidden of the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia…they tried to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit did not allow them.” Acts 16:6-7 Dear Ones: Believing in God can be a real problem, especially when we approach the issue from a physiological perspective. For example, let’s look at a vase…
“He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increases strength.” Isaiah 40:29 Dear Ones: In Jesus’ model prayer in Matthew 6, He uses this phrase: “…in earth, as it is in heaven.” (v.10) How can His name be hallowed, His kingdom come, and His will be done, ON EARTH…
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 Dear Ones: How could anyone doubt the love of God who considers that Christ gave that which was most precious…His life, not to mention the suffering endured prior and during the crucifixion? Fanny Crosby wrote the following: “All the…
“…I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain.” John 15:16 Dear Ones: There is coming a day when every believer, disciple of Christ, will be judged, not with regard to God’s wrath and condemnation, but with regard to the QUALITY of the…
“And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, ‘It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.’” Genesis 41:16 Dear Ones: It was O. Hallesby who once said, “God doesn’t use many men these days; they are too big.” What did he mean by this, and is it true? The story of Joseph in…
“Today, if you will hear His voice…harden not your hearts.” Hebrews 4:7 Dear Ones: One of the great messages of Genesis 1, where we are looking at the creation of the world and universe, is this: when God speaks, there is a result. This is a consistent principle and reality seen throughout Scripture, spanning thousands…
“Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all of his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” Matthew 6:28-29 Dear Ones: In one of the stanzas of the “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” we…
“And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, ‘Fear not; I am the first and the last.’” Revelations 1:17 Dear Ones: One of the great proofs of Christianity, and the veracity of Scripture, is the fact that the followers of…