My grace is sufficient for you (J. C. Philpot, “Strength Made Perfect in Weakness”) “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in your weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 Not your strength, not your wisdom, not your prayers, not your experience; but “My grace”—My free, My matchless grace, independent of all works […]
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899) “Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne!” Revelation 5:6 “Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. […]
The covenant of grace! (Charles Spurgeon, “The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant!” 1859) “The blood of the everlasting covenant!” Hebrews 13:20 Long before the day-star knew its place, long before God had spoken existence out of nothing, long before angel’s wing had stirred the unnavigated ether, long before a solitary song had disturbed the solemnity […]
The Poor Satisfied! James Smith, 1860 “I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.” Psalm 132:15 It is astonishing, when we think of the greatness and glory of God, that he would pay any attention to such insignificant and vile worms as we are. And yet it would appear from his […]
PROOF AND TRIUMPH OF LOVE “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “He loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 Travelers tell us that it is those palm trees whose stems have been broken by the sweep of the tempest which are generally seen to […]
PROOF AND TRIUMPH OF LOVE “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “He loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 Travelers tell us that it is those palm trees whose stems have been broken by the sweep of the tempest which are generally seen […]
Without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish! (Philpot, “The Love of Christ in Giving Himself for the Church“) “Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. He did this to present her to Himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish! Instead, she will be holy and […]
JEHOVAH’S JEWELS “They shall be Mine, says the Lord, in that day when I make up my jewels.”–Mal. 3:17 That which the merchant regards as most costly, and the bride as most ornamental, Jehovah condescends to employ to illustrate the character and relation of His saints–“My Jewels.” My soul, if, through sovereign grace, you have […]
Why should I cry out if the sun of my prosperity goes down, if in the darkness of my adversity I shall be the better able to count the starry promises with which my faithful God has been pleased to gem the sky? Charles Spurgeon “Thus says the Lord; I remember you, the kindness of […]
Why should I cry out if the sun of my prosperity goes down, if in the darkness of my adversity I shall be the better able to count the starry promises with which my faithful God has been pleased to gem the sky? Charles Spurgeon “Thus says the Lord; I remember you, the kindness of […]