"Keep not back." — Isa 43:6 Although this message was sent to the south, and referred to the seed of Israel, it may profitably be a...

"Grow up into him in all things." — Eph 4:15 Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same...

"God, my maker, who giveth songs in the night." — Job 35:10 Any man can sing in the day. When the cup is full, man draws inspiration from...

"Babes in Christ." — 1Co 3:1 Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little,...

"Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." — 1Sa 15:22 Paul had been commanded to slay utterly all the Amalekites and their cattle....

"Thy paths drop fatness." — Psa 65:11 Many are "the paths of the Lord" which "drop fatness," but an especial one is the path of prayer....

"He shall gather the lambs with his arm." — Isa 40:11 Our good Shepherd has in his flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the...

"And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul." — 1Sa 27:1 The thought of David's heart at this time was a...

"With thee is the fountain of life." — Psa 36:9 There are times in our spiritual experience when human counsel or sympathy, or religious...

"Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine." — Joh 21:12 In these words the believer is invited to a holy nearness to Jesus. "Come and dine,"...

"But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck." — Exo 34:20...

"But who may abide the day of his coming?" — Mal 3:2 His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there...

"And be not conformed to this world." — Rom 12:2 If a Christian can by possibility be saved while he conforms to this world, at any rate...

"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord." — Php 3:8 Spiritual knowledge of Christ will...

"Love is strong as death." — Son 8:6 Whose love can this be which is as mighty as the conqueror of monarchs, the destroyer of the human...

"Godly sorrow worketh repentance." — 2Co 7:10 Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too...

"The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost." — Joh 14:26 This age is peculiarly the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, in which Jesus cheers...

"I will meditate in thy precepts." — Psa 119:15 There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech....

"Whom he did predestinate, them he also called." — Rom 8:30 In the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these...

"Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens." — Lam 3:41 The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a...