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

“ Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved .” -John 13:23 [KJV] The bosom of Jesus still pillows the head of the weary, loving disciple of the Lord. There is no real rest for the soul, but in Jesus. Where should the Christ-loved, the Christ-loving disciple lean, with his sins and sorrows, with his weariness and want but upon the bosom of his Lord? It is the place of repose, of faith, and of love. There is room for you there amid the countless ones who fly to it for consolation, safety, and repose. Go and lean with your burden, your grief, and your sin where the beloved disciple reclined; and you shall realize the blessedness of the oneness, confidence, and affection which exist between Jesus and all the disciples whom He loves. -Gospel report by preacher Octavius Winslow

Now may the God of power and grace Attend the people’s humble cry! Lord, you will hear Your children pray, And bring deliverance from on high. You well remember all our sighs; Such love exceeds our deepest hurts; Your love accepts the sacrifice Of humble sighs and broken hearts. Some trust in horses trained for war, And some of chariots make their boasts; Our surest expectations are From you, the Lord of heavenly hosts. You save us, Lord, from helpless fear; Now let our hope be firm and strong, For your salvation will appear, And joy and triumph fill our song! -Author: Isaac Watts -Tune: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." - II CORINTHIANS 4:17 [KJV]   The Hebrew word "glory" literally signifies "weight;" and the Apostle seems to have some allusion to that circumstance by connecting, as he does, the two words together. There is indeed a natural connection between what is weighty and what is solid and substantial. He would thus represent future glory as something solid, lasting, and durable, and therefore utterly distinct from the light, vain trifles of time, and even the passing afflictions of the day or hour. But he seems chiefly to be alluding to the exceeding greatness of that glory which is to be revealed as compared with our present faculties of body and mind and all our present conceptions. It is as though he should say, "In our present imperfect state, with our limited faculties of mind, and our weak, frail tabernacle, we could not b...

“ T HOU ART MY KING , O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Through T hee will we push down our enemies: through T hy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.  For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But T hou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. In God we boast all the day long, and praise T hy name for ever .” -P SALM 44:4-8 [KJV]