The Blossoming In The Desert

“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.” Isaiah 35:1 Moses was approximately eighty years old when God called him to be the instrument by which Israel would be delivered from the salvery of Egypt.  For forty years Moses had lived in…


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My House Or God’s House

“Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.” Haggai 1:8 Christianity is often expressed by the preferences revealed in it.  For example, the Lord Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, said:  “Seek ye first the…


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Clean Hands And A Pure Heart

“Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin…Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:2,7 In Charles Wesley’s great hymn, “Soldiers Of Christ Arise,” he writes: “Leave no unguarded place, no weakness of the soul, Take every virtue, every…


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Christ Our Teacher

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 The day is upon us where there is no other choice than to believe the Lord Jesus’s words,…


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Standing At The Door

“For He saith, ‘I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 We all know that a door is a point of entrance, exit, or simply a passage.  That door,…


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The Active Anointing

“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” Psalm 23:5 Many have been the commentaries and writings on the subject of Psalm 23.  It has to rank in its simplicity and yet, profoundness, with some of the greatest of all writings. …


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