“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers…What is man that You are mindful of him?” (Ps 8:3-4). Knowing long before it was written that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father” (Jas 1:17), Ezra declared: “Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put such […]
CHRIST the REWARDER: “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me” (Rev 22:12). It cannot be mercenary to labor for rewards if the Lord Jesus offers them as an incentive. Paul writes: “There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me […]
“I cling to Your testimonies; O Lord, do not put me to shame! I will run the course of Your commandments, for You shall enlarge my heart” (Ps 119:31-32). Notice the strong verbs that David uses here. There is nothing passive or half-hearted about his commitment. When it comes to the Word of God—especially the […]
I was at a friend’s in Vancouver when two Mormons approached. As we engaged in conversation, I felt led to ask the older of the two, who was carrying the discussion, if he could say he loved the Lord Jesus. “I don’t know what you mean,” he replied. “Do you mean, do I admire him?” […]
CHRIST our FRIEND: “No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends” (Jn 15:15). In difficult times, when the days are dark, we know He is with us and we know He has His purposes! Andrew Murray, born in South […]
“The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore…” (Lk 12:7). Dr. Helen Roseveare tells of a young woman who died at a Congolese mission hospital, leaving a premature baby and a two-year-old daughter. They had no incubator. A midwife went to fill the hot water bottle, but it burst! The […]
Robert Candlish (1806-1873), renowned Scottish preacher, was described thus by his biographer, William Wilson: “Destitute of natural oratorical gifts and somewhat ungainly in his manner,” he nevertheless “riveted the attention of his audience by a rare combination of intellectual keenness, emotional fervor, spiritual insight and power…of character and life.” In his book, Prayer of a […]
CHRIST is called “the EVERLASTING FATHER” (Isa 9:6). What can this mean? Some have suggested that these words were changed slightly by some biased Jewish scribe to confuse the reader into thinking this verse is describing God the Father and not His Messiah, the Child born and the Son given. But the words could well […]
“My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together” (Ps 34:2-3). “It is told in the Old Testament to the blame of Jeroboam, that ‘he made an house of high places, and made […]