“Remember me, O my God, for good!” (Neh 13:31). Three times in this prayer, Nehemiah asks the Lord to remember him. Did he think God would forget him? No. This idea that God remembers His own is common in Scripture. “God remembered Noah” (Gen 8:1) after the flood; He “remembered Abraham” (Gen 19:29) after the […]
“For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb 4:12). The paradox of the Bible is this: At the same time it […]
The willingness to be, and to have, just what God wants for us would set our hearts at rest. Following the Feast of Tabernacles, there was still more to learn from the Law. So “on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their […]
CHRIST our EXAMPLE: “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 Jn 2:6). The Lord Jesus was the only person wise enough to make up His own mind about everything. But He never did. He only did what the Father gave Him to do. How can […]
“In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah” (Ps 44:8). C.H. Spurgeon was traveling by train to a preaching engagement, but, having hurried to catch it, he discovered he left his ticket and money at home. The only other occupant in the compartment noticed him fumbling in his pockets and […]
Here is the conversion story of Charlotte Elliott, author of “Just as I Am.” Dr. Cesar Malan of Geneva, visiting in the Elliott home, asked Charlotte if she knew herself to really be a Christian. She was in poor health and often harassed with severe pain, which tended to make her irritable. She resented the […]
One big difference bet ween saints and sinners is where they go to satisfy their inner hunger. One day wasn’t long enough for the heads of these households. They knew there was more in the Word! It’s wonderful to see them spiritually hungry. This is the attitude that brings true revival: I want everything God […]
CHRIST the ULTIMATE WINNER: “He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet” (1 Cor 15:25). “But now we do not yet see all things put under Him” (Heb 2:8). Bernard Travaieille writes: “There was no gymnasium on our seminary campus, so we played basketball in a nearby public school. The janitor, […]
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” (2 Cor 9:8). All grace—let’s see. Does God’s abounding grace provide enough so we have all we need for all circumstances in order to do all the […]