For I will give the command, and I will shake the people of Israel among all the nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will reach the ground. (Amos 9:9) Every sifting comes by divine
Continue reading...For your Maker is your husband—Yahweh Almighty is his name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. Isaiah 54:5 Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours
Continue reading...16 From there they continued on to Beer, the well where Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.” 17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing
Continue reading...Help, Lord. Psalm12:1 The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, but seasonable, succinct, and suggestive. David mourned the fewness of faithful men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication–when
Continue reading...We are covered with shame, Yahweh, because we have sinned against you. (Daniel 9:8) A deep sense and clear sight of sin, its heinousness, and the punishment which it deserves, should make us lie low
Continue reading...Delight in the Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4) The teaching of these words must seem very surprising to those who are strangers to vital godliness, but to the sincere
Continue reading...Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O LORD. (Psalm 36:6, NLT) How great is God? His righteousness is as high as the
Continue reading...Remove far from me vanity and lies. (Proverbs 30:8) O my God, be not far from me. (Psalm 38:21) Here we have two great lessons–what to deplore and what to implore God for. The happiest state of
Continue reading...Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Revelation 22:17) Jesus says, “take freely.” He wants no payment or preparation. He seeks no recommendation from our virtuous emotions.
Continue reading...He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. (2 Timothy 1:9) The apostle uses the perfect tense and says, “He
Continue reading...You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. (Daniel 5:27) It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God’s Word. You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of
Continue reading...There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war. (Psalm 76:3) Our Redeemer’s glorious cry of “It is finished,” was the death-knell of all the adversaries
Continue reading...You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me. (John 5:39) Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the
Continue reading...If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. (Romans 14:8) If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the
Continue reading...Search the Scriptures. (John 5:39) The Greek word here rendered search signifies a strict, close, diligent, curious search, such as men make when they are seeking gold, or hunters when they are in earnest
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