His Name Is My Refuge
Blessings of Consecration The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Proverbs 18:10. The cities of refuge appointed for God’s ancient people were a symbol of the refuge provided in Christ. The same merciful Saviour who appointed those temporal cities of refuge, has by the shedding of […]
He Gives a New Song
Blessings of Consecration And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:3. When the Spirit of God controls mind and heart, the converted soul breaks forth into a new song; for he realizes that in his […]
He Hath Established My Goings
Blessings of Consecration He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. Psalm 40:2. Christian life is more than many take it to be. It does not consist wholly in gentleness, patience, meekness, and kindliness. These graces are essential; […]
God Is My Shield
Blessings of Consecration Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Proverbs 30:5. God’s commandment-keeping people stand under the broad shield of Omnipotence. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of […]
God Leads
Blessings of Consecration And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: and gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord. Psalm 105:43-45. The cloud that was a wall of […]
Peace
Fruit of Consecration Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27. When we receive Christ as an abiding guest in the soul, the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will […]
