2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministersof the new testament; not of the letter,but of the spirit: for the letter killeth,but the spirit giveth life. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 326
2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministersof the new testament; not of the letter,but of the spirit: for the letter killeth,but the spirit giveth life. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 326
“For my strength is made perfect in weakness.”~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~ A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God’s work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God’s warrior marches forth to battle, strong in his own might, when he boasts, “I know that I shall conquer, my… (more…)
“Their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.”~ 2 Chronicles 30:27 ~ Prayer is the never-failing resort of the Christian in any case, in every plight. When you cannot use your sword you may take to the weapon of all-prayer. Your powder may be damp, your bow-string may be relaxed, but the weapon of all-prayer need… (more…)
In God’s Time “For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”~ Habakkuk 2:3 ~ Mercy may seem slow, but it is sure. The Lord in unfailing wisdom has appointed a time for the… (more…)
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subjectunto the higher powers.For there is no power but of God:the powers that be are ordained of God. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 247
“Behold, he prayeth.”~ Acts 9:11 ~ Prayers are instantly noticed in heaven. The moment Saul began to pray the Lord heard him. Here is comfort for the distressed but praying soul. Oftentimes a poor broken-hearted one bends his knee, but can only utter his wailing in the language of sighs and tears; yet that groan has made all the harps… (more…)
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.~ Psalms 119:53 ~ My soul, feelest thou this holy shuddering at the sins of others? for otherwise thou lackest inward holiness. David’s cheeks were wet with rivers of waters because of prevailing unholiness, Jeremiah desired eyes like fountains that he might lament the iniquities of Israel,… (more…)
Heavenly Wealth “No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly” ~ Psalm 84:1 ~ Many pleasing things the LORD may withhold but “no good thing.” He is the best judge of what is good for us. Some things are assuredly good, and these we may have for the asking through Jesus Christ our LORD. Holiness is… (more…)
“I am the Lord, I change not.~ Malachi3:6 ~ It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows. All things else have changed all things are changing. The sun itself grows dim with age; the… (more…)
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.~ Matthew 24.39 ~ Universal was the doom, neither rich nor poor escaped: the learned and the illiterate, the admired and the abhorred, the religious and the profane, the old and the young, all sank in one common… (more…)
Perfection and Preservation “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it”~ 1 Thessalonians 5:24 ~ What will He do? He will sanctify us wholly. See the previous verse. He will carry on the work of purification till we are perfect in every part. He will preserve our “whole spirit, and soul, and body, blameless unto the coming… (more…)
Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your understandingbeing enlightened; that ye may knowwhat is the hope of his calling,and what the riches of the glory of hisinheritance in the saints, King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 329
The church in thy house~ Philemon 2 ~ Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go round Am I a member of the Church in this house? How would father’s heart leap for joy, and mother’s eyes… (more…)