God balances our lives by giving us enough blessings to keep us happy and enough burdens to keep us humble.
God answers prayer, not just to meet the needs of his burdened children but to bring glory to his name through the answers. That’s one reason why God permits difficulties in our lives, so that his min...
Everyone has days of trouble. When circumstances entrap you and trouble closes around you, pray to the Lord. He knows how to turn your trouble into triumph. Although He may not answer your prayers the...
Even if we can’t respect the person in the office, we must respect the office (Rom. 13:1–7; 1 Peter 2:13–17). You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people (Ex. 22:28 NKJV).
Edwards was never content to have only book knowledge of God. He sought to experience God in his own life in a personal way. He was not an ivory-tower theologian, spinning webs of words. He always cen...
Dr. J. H. Jowett said, Ministry that costs nothing accomplishes nothing. If there is to be any blessing, there must be some bleeding.
David Dickson, whose commentary on the Psalms has been reissued by Banner of Truth and is worth owning.
Daily I have asked Him to feed me from His Word, and there has always been bread in the cupboard.
Charles Spurgeon used to say, Little faith will take your soul to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your soul. It is not enough that we long for heaven during times of suffering, for anybod...
But the Christian with the submissive mind does not expect others to serve him; he serves others. He considers the good of others to be more important than his own plans and desires.
But it is not the length of life that counts—it is the depth and strength of life.
But in His grace, He has given us the privilege of prayer so that we might share in His great
Biblical hope means confidence in the future. It’s a confidence born of faith. Faith, hope and love go together (1 Cor. 13). When we have faith in God, we claim His promises, and they give us hope for...
As you study the book of Isaiah, you will discover that the prophet interspersed messages of hope with words of judgment. God remembers His mercy even when declaring His wrath (Hab. 3:2), and He assur...
As we begin each day, we trust we’ll still be around at the end of the day. What happens in between depends on how we start in the morning and how we end in the evening. Verses 1 and 2 describe an ide...
Amy Carmichael’s principles for prayer: (1) We don’t need to explain to our Father things that are known to him. (2) We don’t need to press him, as if we had to deal with an unwilling God. (3) We don’...
A child of the devil is someone who rejects Jesus Christ but practices religion as a counterfeit Christian.
The more we live in God’s Word, the stronger our faith will become.
The deepest kind of fellowship is not based on race or family relationship; it is based on the spiritual life we have in Christ.
Some of this occurred when God defeated Assyria and delivered Jerusalem (Isa. 37). But the ultimate fulfillment is still future; all military material will be destroyed (9:5) because the nations will...