"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

“ LORD, lift T hou up the light of T hy countenance upon us.” -P SALM 4:6 [KJV]   The cry of the Church has always been, “LORD, lift T hou up the light of T hy countenance upon us.” You may often feel as if immersed in the very shadow of death, and say with Heman, “I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am a man that hath no strength” ( PSALM 88:4) ; but the very feelings of death, the chill at your heart, and the cold sweat upon your brow, make you long for the appearance of H im W ho is THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE ; and W ho can in one moment whisper, “Fear not; I am alive for evermore and have the keys of hell and of death.” You may be pressed down at times with the power of unbelief, and think and say there never was a heart like yours, so unable to believe, so doubting at every step; but this deep conviction of your wretched unbelief, which is the Spirit’s work to shew (J OHN 16:9) , only makes you long for that living faith of which Christ H im...

“ The trials, afflictions, persecutions and heartaches of this world are to believers much like the hornets sent by God to gradually drive out the Canaanites from the promised land. The repeated stings of life in a sin-cursed world make God's people ready and willing to leave this world for the presence of God. Not only to be simply rid of these things but to be with Christ who delivered us from this present evil world.” -Gospel report by preacher Gary Shepard Sovereign Grace Baptist church of Jacksonville, North Carolina USA Audio Gospel Sermons and Contact Information here: https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=allsovgrace