Soldiers on Life’s Battlefield
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12. When souls are converted, their salvation is not yet accomplished. They then have the race to run; the arduous struggle is before them to “fight the good […]
Who Has Control of My Life?
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23, 24. God leads His people on, step by step. He brings them into positions which are calculated to reveal the motives of […]
The Work of Heart-keeping
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23. Diligent heart-keeping is essential to a healthy growth in grace. The heart in its natural state is a habitation for unholy thoughts and sinful passions. When brought into subjection to Christ, it must be cleansed by the Spirit […]
Beware of the Hard Heart
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness. Psalm 95:7, 8. No man can even once devote his […]
The Sign of the New Heart
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26. One of the most earnest prayers recorded in the Word of God is that of […]
Summertime With God
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Song of Solomon 2:11, 12. This lovely morning all nature appears fresh and beautiful. Earth has put […]
