"Who of God is made unto us wisdom." — 1Co 1:30 Man's intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus...

"Just, and the justifier of him which believeth." — Rom 3:26 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Conscience accuses no...

"I sleep, but my heart waketh." — Son 5:2 Paradoxes abound in Christian experience, and here is one-the spouse was asleep, and yet she...

"For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken...

"Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe." — Mar 9:23 A certain man had a demoniac son, who was afflicted with a dumb spirit. The...

"Accepted in the beloved." — Eph 1:6 What a state of privilege! It includes our justification before God, but the term "acceptance" in...

"When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I." — Psa 61:2 Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in...

"Let Israel rejoice in him." — Psa 149:2 Be glad of heart, O believer, but take care that thy gladness has its spring in the Lord. Thou...

"Gather not my soul with sinners." — Psa 26:9 Fear made David pray thus, for something whispered, "Perhaps, after all, thou mayst be...

"I will rejoice over them to do them good." — Jer 32:41 How heart-cheering to the believer is the delight which God has in his saints! We...

"In the evening withhold not thy hand." — Ecc 11:6 In the evening of the day opportunities are plentiful: men return from their labour,...

"The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon." — Jdg 7:20 Gideon ordered his men to do two things: covering up a torch in an earthen pitcher, he...

"For this child I prayed." — 1Sa 1:27 Devout souls delight to look upon those mercies which they have obtained in answer to supplication,...

"The liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free." — Gal 5:1 This "liberty" makes us free to heaven's charter-the Bible. Here is a choice...

"And they follow me." — Joh 10:27 We should follow our Lord as unhesitatingly as sheep follow their shepherd, for he has a right to lead...

"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." — Gal 5:25 The two most important things in our holy religion are the life of...

"Encourage him." — Deu 1:38 God employs his people to encourage one another. He did not say to an angel, "Gabriel, my servant Joshua is...

"Bring him unto me." — Mar 9:19 Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in...

"Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?" — Job 7:12 This was a strange question for Job to ask of the Lord. He felt...

"Partakers of the divine nature." — 2Pe 1:4 To be a partaker of the divine nature is not, of course, to become God. That cannot be. The...