Encouraging Oneself In God

“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…

The Faith-Filled Christ

“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…

The Power Of The Word

“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…

Protocol To Power

“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…

Forgetting And Fruitfulness

“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…

Lessons From Babylon

“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…

The Essential Of Christ’s Power

“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Ephesians 3:20 On the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit of God was poured out “upon all flesh,” there was the fulfillment of the promise of the Savior: “…and ye…

Power In Peril

“The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.” Psalm 37:14 One of the great characteristics of David as a man, and specifically, as a man of God, is that he was very objective in his…