When the great busy plants of our cities Have turned out their last finished work; When our merchants have sold their last order, And dismissed the last tired clerk; When our banks have raked in their last dollar, And paid out their last dividend; When the Judge of earth shall say, “Closed for the night,” […]
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners […]
Oh, what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world Contented I will be. How many blessings I enjoy, That other people don’t! To weep and sigh because I’m blind I cannot and I won’t. —Fanny J. Crosby […]
For feelings come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the word of God, Naught else is worth believing. Though all my heart should feel condemned For want of some sweet token, There is One greater than my heart Whose word cannot be broken. I’ll trust in God’s unchanging word Till soul […]
What does it mean this wood So stained with blood; This tree without a root That bears such fruit; This tree without a leaf So leaved with grief? What does its height proclaim Whose height is shame; Its piteous arms outspread Where death lies dead; And in the midst a heart Cleft wide apart? Though […]
“Oh, that My people would listen to Me…” (Ps 81:13). God has no communication problem, and if we ask Him to speak every morning to us through His Word, He won’t disappoint us. […]
“And Peter answered Him and said, ‘Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water. So He said, ‘Come’” (Mt 14:28-29). If we want to be overcomers instead of undergoers, we need to believe that standing on Jesus’ word is safer than riding in a boat any day. […]
“And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands” (Ps 90:17). The Law of Transformation reveals that we become like those we consistently admire, and this transformation is maximized by most admiring the Agent of Ultimate […]
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isa 26:3). Elastic minds move in many directions but, if pinned on the Lord, will find rest in the midst of life’s upsets by making Him our Home Base. […]