“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 If there is one evidence of expectant faith, it is rejoicing, rejoicing in the Lord. Why? The believer who truly comes to grips…
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of the hearing of the words of the Lord.” Amos 8:11 During the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness at the outset of his ministry, one of…
“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things.” Romans 8:32 The God of the Bible is a God of abundance, fullness, and completeness. In Paul’s writings we discover that all the fulness of God resides in Christ, bodily.…
“For the prophecy came not in old times by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved upon by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:21 When we take the written, inspired pages of Scripture, and read them, do we truly understand their importance, and the means by which God…
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song: He also is become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2 sp There is a great hymn which begins: “When morning gilds the skies, my heart awakening cries, ‘May Jesus Christ be praised.’” Why is this…
“Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?” Micah 7:18 If it were not for the awfulness of sin, and our conscience because of it, and if we had pure hearts and clean hands as we approach God in truth, there would…
“For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:19 The Apostle Paul was a most remarkable man, and we discover why in His writings, and the testimony of Christ within him, and through Him to God and to those around…
“I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8 There is such a thing as intensity when one speaks of faith. It is that refusal to look at other things when one is looking at Christ. Why? Because in that vision of…
“…the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away.” 1 Kings 19:10 When the Lord called Elijah to be the principle prophet by whom He would speak to Israel…
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of faith…” Hebrews 12:1 In Matthew’s gospel, he gives…