“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below!” —Thomas Ken (1674) Psalm 135 begins with the word Praise! Who should praise Him? His People should! “O you servants of the Lord! You who stand in the house of the Lord” (vv 1-2). Today every believer is a “full-time servant of the Lord” and has unlimited access […]
CHRIST OUR ANCHOR: “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus…” (Heb 6:19-20). Stephen Hopkins is known as the U.S. colony of Rhode Island’s greatest statesman. A surveyor, politician, Chief Justice of […]
“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mt 26:41). As Leonard Ravenhill put it, “A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.” The spirit of a believer, referred to as “that which is born of God” (neuter), always votes for the Lord’s […]
How does human life differ from that of the animals? There are dramatic consequences if man is simply the latest animal in the evolutionary process. Morality then becomes a mere convention. Purpose is nonsensical, for there is no Purposer. Animal existence is the highest goal we can hope for, and life has no real value. […]
Twice His servants are called to bless the Lord; then comes Heaven’s echo: “The Lord…bless you!” Now we have another three-verse song in Psalm 134. You can see how often the psalmist mentions “the Lord” (Yhwh, Jehovah). He has formed a pyramid of praise, like this: “Behold,Bless the LORD,All you servants of the LORD,Who by night stand in […]
CHRIST our PRAYER WARRIOR: “This is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah…” (Deut 33:7). Henry Law writes: “In Judah’s story we read prayer’s mightiest exploits. Mark David. We have a volume of his prayers. And with expiring breath he witnesses, ‘In my distress I called on the Lord, […]
“Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing” (2 Cor 2:14-15). The Anglo-Zanzibar War occurred on August 27, […]
At a luncheon in his honor, Billy Graham told this story: “Albert Einstein was travelling from Princeton by train when the conductor came down the aisle. Einstein reached into his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket, so tried his trousers. It wasn’t there. He looked in his briefcase, but still couldn’t find it. The […]
Oh the fragrance and fruit of unity! “There the Lord commanded the blessing—life forevermore” (Ps 133:3). Forgive me for my enthusiasm, but Psalm 133 has to be one of the greatest revelations from God’s heart in the Bible. It says so much with such an economy of words. It’s no surprise that David—Shepherd, Sovereign, and Sweet Singer […]
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