“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” (Prov 17:17). Do I have a friend, a brother or sister, going through a hard time today, who needs a call, a card, a visit, no matter how difficult—was I not born into God’s family for such a time as this? […]
“He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory” (1 Sam 2:8). Who would go looking for the future rulers of the universe in ash heaps and dunghills, except our God—whose own Son qualified for the […]
“Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste” (Song 2:3). Surprise! A delicious Encounter among a forest of others, so sit down near Him today, be refreshed in His […]
“My heart stands in awe of Your word” (Ps 119:161). Does your heart give standing ovations to God’s amazing truths? Selah: “Let me think on that awhile!” Hallelujah: “What thrilling ideas the Lord has!” Amen: “That’s just the way it should be!” […]
Oh, wonderful, wonderful Word of the Lord! True wisdom its pages unfold, And though we may read them a thousand times o’er They never, no never, grow old! Each line has a treasure, each promise a pearl, That all, if they will, may secure; And we know that when time and the world pass away […]
How gentle God’s commands! How kind His precepts are! Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust His constant care. Beneath His watchful eye His saints securely dwell; That hand which bears all nature up Shall guard His children well. Why should this anxious load Press down your weary mind? Haste to your heavenly […]
Whenever the heart is aching And the days are thick with care; Whenever the worry and trouble Seem more than my soul can bear; Whenever it’s dark and dreary, And the way seems rough before, Turn to one of the sweet old chapters Where the dew and the sun are sweet, And the blossoms of […]
Fear not, though the dangers around thee, Come close and look large and grow great; I will make thee a way through the waters Till their force and their fury abate; I will walk through the furnace beside thee And the flame shall not burn, but refine; I have called thee and I have redeemed […]
Eternity! Eternity! That boundless, soundless, tideless sea, Of mysteries the mystery, What is eternity to me? Infinite bliss or misery, Woe past, woe present, woe to be; The fulness of felicity; These are eternity to me. Two voices from eternity! A voice from heaven comes down to me, A voice from hell breaks dolefully, “Life, […]