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

"But mine eyes are unto T hee, O G OD the Lord: in T hee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute." -P SALM 141:8 [KJV] The very cry is a pledge that the Lord will not leave the soul destitute. Strange though it be to us; it is the light that shews darkness; it is life that makes us feel deadness; nay, more, it is fertility and fruitfulness that make us feel barrenness; it is riches that make us feel poverty; it is God's teaching and presence that make us feel destitution. This very mourning over our barrenness; this very feeling of our inability to do good, is a proof of the life of God in the soul, an evidence of the work of grace in the heart. "Leave not my soul destitute." This is something genuine; this is heart-work; these are the footsteps of the flock; these are the leadings and teachings of God the Spirit in the hearts of the redeemed. These things are saving; these things will lead the soul to eternal glor...

Someone said, “Justice is getting what we deserve, mercy is NOT getting what we do deserve, and grace is receiving what we do not deserve.” Oh, how abundant and abounding is the mercy and grace of God to us! How is it that we do not live in a constant attitude of praise and thanksgiving ( I THESSALONIANS 5:16-17 )? I feel as deeply convicted before God of the sin of ingratitude and murmuring and for being discontented as I do of any other sin. To find fault with the good providence of God is COVETOUSNESS, which is idolatry ( COLOSSIANS 3:5 ). There’s no need for me to list our spiritual, material, and physical blessings. Anyone with an understanding of God’s holiness and man’s sin can rejoice that he is not now in eternal darkness. Anyone with eyes to see the dreadful effects of Adam’s fall can rejoice that all of these afflictions are not visited upon him. Anyone who is aware of the poverty and want which much of the world’s population experiences ought to give tha...

The phrase “And it came to pass” as far as I can find, is one of the most used phrases in all the Bible. Over 1680 times we find these words written on the pages of Holy Scripture. Every time we hear or read the words, “And it came to pass” may we be reminded that God has, is, and will always cause all things to come to pass by His own sovereign purpose, providence, and pre-destinating power, and AFTER THE COUNSEL OF H IS OWN WILL (E PHESIANS 1:11) ! God can cause “All things to work together for good to them that love God, to them who are THE CALLED according to H IS PURPOSE ” simply because He controls all things (R OMANS 8:28) . David wrote, “But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased” (P SALM 115:3) . The next time you read “And it came to pass” in the Scriptures, or the next time something “Comes to pass” in your life, remember WHY it came to pass and never forget WHO caused it to come to pass. -Gospel report by pre...

"And so were the churches established in THE FAITH , and increased in number daily." -A CTS 16:5 [KJV] Oh what an inestimable mercy it is for a man to know the truth for himself by divine teaching and divine testimony; to have it applied to his heart by a gracious influence and a heavenly power, so as to know for himself what salvation is, whence it comes, and above all to enjoy a sweet persuasion that this salvation has reached his heart! He will then know where to go in the hour of trouble, to Whom to resort when sorrow and affliction come into his house, or illness or infirmity shake his tabernacle. He will not be a stranger to the throne of grace, nor to the sweetness of the covenant ordered in all things and sure. But there will be given him from above, out of the fulness of Christ, such grace and strength as will support him in the trying hour. It is by these gracious dealings upon his soul, that a believer becomes "stablished in the faith....