God`s love / Mercy

Trust His heart — even when you can’t trace His hand!

Posted by on July 11, 2020 at 11:13 pm

Trust His heart — even when you can’t trace His hand! (John MacDuff, “The Promised Land!” 1859) “And He led them forth by the right way — that they might go to a city of habitation.” Psalm 107:7 God’s thoughts are not as our thoughts — neither are His ways as our ways! This truth […]

JEHOVAH’S JEWELS

Posted by on July 11, 2020 at 11:12 pm

JEHOVAH’S JEWELS Octavius Winslow “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, […]

One perfect sweet!

Posted by on July 11, 2020 at 11:10 pm

One perfect sweet! (The following is by Spurgeon) “You are fairer than the children of men.” Psalm 45:2 The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and his life is all along but one impression of the seal. He is altogether complete; not only in his several parts, but as a gracious all-glorious […]

A FATHER’S eye beaming

Posted by on April 26, 2020 at 8:56 am

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear him, upon those who hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death. Psalm 33:18-19 Octavius Winslow A FATHER’S eye beaming with tenderness upon a rebellious, wandering child, inviting, welcoming his return—what adamant can resist it? The deepest, bitterest, truest grief for sin […]

Christ, the Everlasting Father

Posted by on March 1, 2020 at 4:31 am

(From Octavius Winslow’s, “Christ, the Everlasting Father”) The everlasting love of Christ never veers, never chills, and knows not the shadow of a change. Measuring Christ’s love to us by our love to Him, we often imagine that it must necessarily be affected by the cold, chilling atmosphere of our hearts; that when our love […]

I will heal your backslidings

Posted by on March 1, 2020 at 4:29 am

John MacDuff “I will heal your backslidings.” —Hosea 14:4 Wandering again! And has He not left me to perish? Stumbling and straying on the dark mountains, away from the Shepherd’s eye and the Shepherd’s fold, shall He not leave the erring wanderer to the fruit of his own ways, and his truant heart to go […]

Does God Love Everyone?

Posted by on February 2, 2020 at 8:12 am

Does God Love Everyone? In answering this question many go straight to John 3:16 for the answer. The verse reads “ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Many will answer this question based on the verse […]

“We love him because he first loved us.” -1 John 4:19

Posted by on January 12, 2020 at 8:30 am

“We love him because he first loved us.” -1 John 4:19 There is no light in the planet but that which proceeds from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which comes from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, […]

A Father’s hand!

Posted by on November 27, 2019 at 10:51 am

A Father’s hand! (Octavius Winslow) “My times are in Your hand!” Psalm 31:15 Our times of adversity are also in God’s hand. As every sunbeam that brightens, so every cloud that darkens, comes from God. We are subject to great and sudden reverses in our earthly condition. Joy is often followed by grief; prosperity is […]

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved

Posted by on November 27, 2019 at 10:48 am

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber…                                                      (Psalms 121:3) Your warfare, it seems, still continues; and it will continue while you remain here. But He is faithful that promised to make us more than conquerors in the last conflict, then we shall hear the voice of […]