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

“ For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to Whom be glory for ever. Amen.” - ROMANS 11:36 [KJV] Is there anything that comes to pass in the life of a believer (or an unbeliever) that is not appointed, ordained and purposed by God? According to this verse, all things originate with, are determined by and are brought to pass BY GOD. That being the case, why do His people complain of things which He brings into our lives? Why do we murmur like those who don’t know God? Discontentedness gives evidence of our depravity and the inconsistency of our faith. If we believe He sovereignly rules all things, let us not grumble about what He does, for what He does is good, right, according to His eternal will and for our welfare. If we rely on Him to always do what is best for us, then let us cease moaning about our troubles and rest in Him Who does all things well. Nothing is more damaging to our testimony and daily walk before others than to say that

“ Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." - II CORINTHIANS 1:3, 4 [KJV] What comfort we who are the people of God can find in these verses above. God is our Father, He is called the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. The self-existent one, Jehovah, the great I AM, is our comfort. He comforts us in times of sorrow. He comforts us in times of distress. He comforts us in trials and tribulations. Beloved, He comforts us at all times. We see then, we who are comforted by God are able to comfort others, our brothers and sisters in Christ, by telling them and reminding them how God Himself has comforted them and us at all times. Never forget that you are not alone when you go through trials, as a believer in Christ our great God is ev

"Thou hast set our iniquities before T hee, our secret sins in the light of T hy countenance." -P SALM 90:8 [KJV] Thus Moses the man of God testified, and so Job found it: "For T hou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth" [ J OB 13:26 ] . But though the Lord sets His people's sins in the light of His countenance, and brings them to bear with weight and power upon their conscience, and thus for a time at least lets them sink and fall into distress and grief, He will support them under the heavy load, that they may not altogether be crushed by it.   I do think, that if there is one single grace more overlooked than another in the Church of God at the present day, it is the grace of repentance. Though it lies at the very threshold of vital godliness, though it was one main element in the gospel that Paul preached, for he "testified both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance toward