“Nothing in this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God.” —A.W. Tozer There is so much happy truth in the last few verses of Psalm 16 that we’ll have to stay a little longer in this garden of delights. Did I say “garden”? Yes, that’s just where it happened! “Now […]
Read More… from February 26, 2026 — The Pleasures On The Other Side
CHRIST the AMEN: “These things says the Amen…” (Rev 3:14). “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us” (2 Cor 1:20). Paul has just explained to the Corinthians that, in seeming exception to Christ’s own instructions, “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and […]
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me” (Ps 51:10). What a practical two-pronged request! Lord, get me back on track, and then help me to keep going on it! This petition is crucial, for, as H.A. Ironside says: “This is the secret of so many unanswered prayers. […]
“Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound” (Rom 5:20). About the year 1900, evangelist Peter Bilhorn received a song, “The Bird with the Broken Wing.” Using the idea that “The bird with the broken pinion Never soars as high again,” it warned that a “life that sin had stricken, Never soared as high again.” […]
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end” (Eccl 3:11). No wonder this world can’t fill our hearts—the Creator built the capacity for eternity inside us, so of course only God, […]
Look back and thank the Lord; look ahead and trust the Lord; look up and talk with the Lord. There are about 100 quotations or direct allusions to the Psalms in the New Testament. We might not think to use the Psalms as the basis for apologetic arguments, but that’s exactly how they are often […]
Read More… from February 25, 2026 — The Benefits Of Trusting
CHRIST our SYMPATHIZER: “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses” (Heb 4:15). Blessed double negative! Yes, He can, and does, sympathize with His struggling people. Never is this seen more clearly than in the words, “Jesus wept.” L.W.G. Alexander writes: More wonderful words than these are nowhere found […]
“Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies” (Ps 119:22). Reproach means to be disgraced; contempt, to be disrespected. In a world that emphasizes perception rather than reality, and reputation more than character, it should be the desire of the believer to ruthlessly avoid anything that would bring dishonor on the […]
John Stott writes: “Note the recognizable sequence in the Gospels. When Jesus saw someone in need He had compassion, and when He had compassion He invariably acted. His compassion was aroused by the sight of need, and always issued in the alleviation of need. What His eye saw, His heart felt; and what His heart […]