“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will…” Hebrews 13:20 One of the great themes of the Bible is the matter of “peace.” There are…
“There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for Mine anointed.” Psalm 132:17 In one of David’s great psalms concerning worship, and the testimony of God as a result of such worship, he writes of finding “…a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of…
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14 When the Lord Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman many years ago, who had come to the Jacob’s…
“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.” Habakkuk 2:1 One of the greatest qualities, and qualifications, for Jesus choosing His disciples, was the matter of teachableness, that willingness to be…
“Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.” Jude 24 One of the great, permanent ministries of the Father and the Son, administered and accomplished by the Holy Spirit, is that of “keeping.” In what is called the…
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity (love), these three; but the greatest of these is charity (love).” 1 Corinthians 13:13 There is coming a day when faith will become sight, and as the Apostle Paul expressed it: “…But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away…for…
“Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.” Ephesians 6:16 In Paul’s first letter to his son in the faith, Timothy, he wrote concerning waring a “good warfare,” specifically fighting the “good fight of faith.” (1 Tim. 6:12) An essential objective and…
“And it came to pass, that in the morning watch, the Lord looked upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, and took off their chariot wheels…” Exodus 14:24 There are several examples in the Scriptures when we find men, armies,…
“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…