“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” —C.S. Lewis We proposed an outline for Psalm 51 as follows: the Problem (vv 1-6); the Process (vv 7-12); the Proclamation (vv 13-15); and the Praise (vv 16-19). Look at the Problem. David uses three words to describe the […]
JESUS NEVER FAILS: ““Behold! My Servant whom I uphold…He will not fail nor be discouraged” (Isa 42:1, 4). Charles Spurgeon tells the following story: I shook hands after the sermon this morning with a good missionary of Christ from West Africa. He has been there 16 years. I believe they reckon four years to be […]
“Remember me, O my God, for good!” (Neh 13:31). Three times in this prayer, Nehemiah asks the Lord to remember him. Did he think God would forget him? No. This idea that God remembers His own is common in Scripture. “God remembered Noah” (Gen 8:1) after the flood; He “remembered Abraham” (Gen 19:29) after the […]
“For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb 4:12). The paradox of the Bible is this: At the same time it […]
Our God answers tears and sighs and longings as if they were prayers. He sends blessings to us through breezes and smiles and precious thoughts. Oh, and eggs, too. […]
“You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.” Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!” […]
We need a better King than David, One who never sinned, but who also can make us clean. The Sunday School teacher pinned a large bedsheet up in the classroom. In the lower corner was a blot where he had accidentally spilled ink. “What do you see, boys?” he asked. They all pointed to the […]
CHRIST our EXAMPLE: “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 Jn 2:6). The Lord Jesus was the only person wise enough to make up His own mind about everything. But He never did. He only did what the Father gave Him to do. How can […]
“In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah” (Ps 44:8). C.H. Spurgeon was traveling by train to a preaching engagement, but, having hurried to catch it, he discovered he left his ticket and money at home. The only other occupant in the compartment noticed him fumbling in his pockets and […]