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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 ...
A Pastoral Letter
Dear Congregations,The Synod of June 1994 made a decision to share with you its deep concern about the world conformity creeping into our denomination. When we see the multiplying of sin in our days, then we must say with the prophet Jeremiah, “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a ...
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 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 ...
The Way that Leadeth Through the River (1)
I want to take you with me to the other side of the Jordan, to the soft, glowing hillside overlooking the river. There we see the nation of Israel encamped before the Jordan river for the second time. Perhaps you will say, “For the second time?” Yes, forty years ago they were also at this place, ...
The Way that Leadeth Through the River (2)
This way is such a wonderful way. It is so wonderful, because after three days God Himself would open the way through the river. For all of us there must come a time that we know something of that wonderful way. Outside of this there is no way, outside of this there is no ...
The Way That Leadeth Through the River (3)
Joshua 3:4 This portion of Scripture shows us that it is a way which has never been traveled before. We see the entire nation of Israel walking upon the way, not walking single file, for you must not think the Lord opens a narrow way. It is true, ...
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 ...
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