A holy reverence for God leads to a healthy respect for others. This, says the psalmist, is happy living. Psalm 128 describes the happy results (the real meaning of “blessed”) when a person “fears the Lord” and, as evidence of this, “walks in His ways” (v 1). What does it mean to fear Him? The Hebrew yârê’ can mean what we normally […]
Read More… from October 30, 2026 — The Secret Of A Happy Home
CHRIST the HATER: “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions” (Heb 1:9). They say a good gardener must not only love flowers but hate weeds. Today people have the strange notion that we must love everything. But God’s selection […]
“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God” (1 Cor 2:12). Volvo, the Swedish car company, was dissatisfied with the inefficient lap belt and hired engineer Nils Bohlin to find a […]
“Holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ” (Php 2:16). C.T. Studd, who turned his back on a promising career in England to give his life to worldwide missions, wrote of his early life: “Instead of going and telling others of the love of Christ, I was […]
Have you ever come to an insurmountable obstacle in your journey Home? As this story from the life of Miss Gladys Aylward illustrates, the solution is usually not human ingenuity but childlike faith. […]
Concern takes seriously our responsibilities; worry takes seriously the Lord’s. Don’t confuse the two. With Psalm 127, we’ve reached the midpoint in the 15 Songs of Degrees. The arranger, perhaps Hezekiah, placed this short and sweet psalm by Solomon as the point of the sundial. You can see how the theme fits. Solomon ran God’s […]
Read More… from October 29, 2026 — Building Houses, Building Homes
CHRIST the CLEANER: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean” (Mt 8:2). How this world needs a good cleaning, the kind that only Jesus can give! Percy Ainsworth (1873-1909) was a devoted minister of the gospel in Manchester, England. Though he died of typhoid fever at just 36 years of age, he […]
“Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, ‘O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God…’” (Jdg 16:28). Strange, isn’t it. When we ask of others, we might say something like, “Just this once! I’ll never ask for anything ever again!” But with the Lord? When we need […]
“If our gospel is hid, it is hid to those who are lost” (2 Cor 4:3). Procrastination is very often a main reason why we don’t evangelize as we should. Urgent things push out important things. If we delay for months or years, then tell someone that they are in danger of hell fire, they […]