"Salt without prescribing how much." -Ezra 7:22
Salt was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties ...
"Whose heart the Lord opened." -Acts 16:14
In Lydia's conversion there are many points of interest. It was brought about by providential circumstances. She w...
"So shall we ever be with the Lord." -1 Thessalonians 4:17
Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are--and how transitory! One moment our eyes ...
"Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor." -Psalm 68:10
All God's gifts are prepared gifts laid up in store for wants foreseen. He anticipates ...
"Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy." -Revelation 3:4
We m...
"Even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." -Romans 8:23
This groaning is universal among the s...
"I have much people in this city." -Acts 18:10
This should be a great encouragement to try to do good, since God has among the vilest of the vile, the most r...
"Behold, all is vanity." -Ecclesiastes 1:14
Nothing can satisfy the entire man but the Lord's love and the Lord's own self. Saints have tried to anchor in ot...
"Thou art all fair, my love." -Song of Solomon 4:7
The Lord's admiration of his Church is very wonderful, and his description of her beauty is very glowing. ...
"Thou hast made summer and winter." -Psalm 74:17
My soul begin this wintry month with thy God. The cold snows and the piercing winds all remind thee that he ...
"Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels." -Revelation 12:7
War always will rage between the two great soverei...
