Jeremiah 17:9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Heart-evils are very provoking evils to the Lord. The Schools correctly observe, that outward sins are “sins of great infamy;” but that the heart sins are “sins of deeper guilt.” How severely has the great God declared wrath from…
Job 3:20. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Job 3:26. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. Depression in Job’s Life At this point in Job’s life he was severely depressed. Depression of the spirit…
Job 2:10. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job had been through a lot, up to this point, in a relatively…
Psalms 16:7. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. The Lord has given counsel or instruction to those who want it. Those who do not want counsel will continue in their ways and pay for it. Refusing good counsel is dangerous. It talks…
John 1:9. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Jesus Christ is the true Light that came into the world. He can light every single man, woman, boy, and girl. He provides that light through the word of God, and when he comes into the heart, by faith.…
Esther 3:8. And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them. Christians should stick…
2 Timothy 3:14. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; What some call providential openings, are often powerful temptations. The heart, in wandering, cries, ‘Here is a way opened before me!’ but, perhaps, not to be trodden, but rejected. –…
Ruth 1:1. Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. Elimelech decided to take a short trip to the far country…
Colossians 1:9. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; Knowing the will of God for your life is important. We get the knowledge, wisdom…
Colossians 1:15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Jesus Christ is the image or face of God. Without God, taking on the form of human flesh, we should not be able to know the Son of God. He is the firstborn of not just man, but of every…
Ephesians 1:13b-14 …ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. The Holy Spirit seals us when we get saved. When something is sealed, that does two things. One, it keeps whatever is inside from…
Every good race horse has a handicap – Jack Wood Ecclesiastes 9:11. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time…
Ezra 9:8. And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. There is a window of…
1 Thessalonians 1:6-7. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. Being an ensample is more than just being an example. An ensample is a sample that…