On the Mount Before God
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. 1 Kings 19:11. This command comes to every one of us who is looking to his discouragements and mourning over his frailties and giving to the world an example of distrust of God, refusing to look and live…. You please the enemy […]
Mementos in Memory’s Halls
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 1 Samuel 7:12. There is more encouragement to us in the least blessing which we receive ourselves than in reading biographical works relating to the faith and experience of […]
Wait for God’s Answer
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:26. There are precious promises in the Scriptures to those who wait upon the Lord. We all desire an immediate answer to our prayers, and we are tempted to become discouraged if our prayer is not […]
Humble, Persevering Prayer
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. James 5:17, 18. […]
Victory Through Watchfulness
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. Mark 14:38. Temptations may be all around you, yet you are safe as long as you do not enter into them. Many of us are overcome by Satan because we walk right into temptation…. It is your business to keep aloof from everyone and everything which […]
Seek God With All the Heart
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee. Zechariah 9:12. We need to educate the soul to lay hold, and hold fast the rich promises of Christ. The Lord Jesus knows that it is not possible for us to resist […]
