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Contentment, a Great Gain
As a denomination, we may again commemorate Thanksgiving Day. This is being done in a difficult time. When we see the world around us, then fear may well fill our hearts. It is a world making itself ready for the judgments of a great and holy God. When we look among ourselves as people of the Net ...
The Only Deliverance for a Soul That Is Bowed Down
The poet of Psalm 42 was experiencing a very difficult time. He felt that the Lord had departed from him, and now there were so many voices, enemy voices, which gave him no rest. They asked, “Where is thy God?” His answer was, “My soul is bowed down.” A soul in such a condition has many questions ...
A Living Complaint
David says in Psalm 61:2, “From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” These are precious words inspired by the Spirit of the Lord. They flow out of the heart of one who sees nothing but darkness, one who can no longer ...
Instruction
In Psalm 42 the poet speaks of a thirsting for the living God. This psalm is known as an instruction. In it the poet gives us a glance into his heart, and he says what God is for him and what he may find in Him.It cannot be said with certainty who the author is of this psalm, but our thoug ...
The Prayer of a Blind Man
When the Lord opens our eyes, then we come to realize what we miss. Possibly if you would ask such a one, “What do you miss?” he would have difficulty answering. He knows he is unhappy. The world and all which before could fill his heart do not mean a thing anymore.As a “missing” person, t ...
A Serious Admonishment at the End of the Year
Again a year lies behind us, a year filled with blessings and sorrows, but also a year full of God’s mercy and goodness. Or is it not His goodness that we, unlike so many others who have been taken away by the cold hand of death, may still be in the day of grace? And what a labor of love the Lord ...
A Prayer for God’s Spirit
David was a man after God’s own heart. Not that he had anything of himself, but the Lord had sought him and found him. The Lord had crowned him with rich blessings, and the Spirit of God was poured out in his heart. The Spirit of God had taught and instructed him.Oh, it is a blessed people ...
A Hope Which Will Never Make Ashamed
This letter was written by Paul and sent to his spiritual son Timothy, who remained behind at Ephesus to care for the church of God in that city. In these opening words, Paul told who he was, what his sending was, but also what his hope was, by the grace of God. Paul was “an apostle of Jesus Chri ...
A Joyful Message
Each word of this text has a wonderful, rich meaning. Let us begin with the word Savior, a word which is the marrow of the Christ - mas message. There is a Savior. There is One who is able to deliver from the greatest evil and bring unto the highest good. "This is a faithf ...
The Living Man's Complaint
I believe all of you who read this have religion, and I am happy to say that, in general, most of you are serious about your religion. But how important it is that we examine our religion! Is it resting upon a solid foundation? Will it have substance when we come to stand upon the shores of etern ...
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