“So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 As was the manner and means of God, when He created the world, so it is…
“Thus saith the Lord, ‘In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee.” Isaiah 49:8 In Psalm 69, the Psalmist speaks of “an acceptable time,” as that point at which the Lord, in His wisdom and mercy, God answers his prayer. The important point with regard…
“And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I can remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2 In the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of John, the Lord Jesus says: “I am the vine, and…
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4 The Lord Jesus, speaking in the context of what would transpire in the “last days” before His coming, used several illustrations to communicate certain vital truths to the believer. In one of…
“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.” Matthew 6:13 One of the basic truths, and blessings, of fellowship with Christ, is the aspect of Him leading the believer. In David’s great Psalm 23, we read: “…He leadeth me…
“And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come. And let him that heareth, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17 Throughout Scripture there is the call of God for every man to come to Him, draw nigh to God, believe…
“In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ concerning you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Roman believers, in his description of those who were under the wrath of God by deliberate choice, he wrote a most revealing truth: “Because they knew not God,…
“Our Father which art in heaven; Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9,10 In Paul’s letter to the believers in Colosse, he wrote: “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right…
“How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let might right hand forget her cunning.” Psalm 137:4-5 It was a terrible memory of the Babylonians coming and destroying Jerusalem. It was in Jerusalem that God had chosen to have the first temple built, and that by…
“Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.” Isaiah 41:15 The history of America is a miraculous one. It began in the hearts and spirits of those, who throughout the ages, have longed for liberty…