Working While It Is Day

“And unto the one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.” Matthew 25:15 In the context of the Christ’s teaching of the last days, He addresses also the issue of the characteristics of the kingdom of God.  These…


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Signs Of Readiness

“I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him. I called him but he gave me no answer.” Song of Solomon 5:6 Sometimes in a believer’s life, it takes time to understand what the great…


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Justice, Judgment, And Mercy

“I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto Thee, O Lord, I will sing.” Psalm 101:1 It was in the Sermon on the Mount, when comparing the pursuit of the necessities of life with spiritual objectives, that Jesus would command: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things…


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Loving God

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:10 In one of Charles Wesley’s great hymns concerning the love of God, he begins like this: “O Love divine, what hast thou done! Th’incarnate God hath died for…


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The Response To God’s Goodness

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.” Psalm 100:4,5 It is a remarkable thing that the eternal King, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and the sole…


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Having The Mind Of Christ

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 It was Katie B. Wilkinson, who wrote in the first…


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Christ The Great Physician

“Behold, I will bring it health and cure and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.” Jeremiah 33:6 In David’s great Psalm 103, he writes concerning the “benefits” of God, or His blessings, and the necessity of not forgetting them.  Specifically concerning diseases, he writes that the…


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