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

"The religion of Christ is the religion of JOY. Christ came to take away our sins, to roll off our curse, to unbind our chains, to open our prison house, to cancel our debt; in a word, to give us the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Is not this joy?  Where can we find a joy so real, so deep, so pure, so lasting? There is every element of joy; deep, ecstatic, satisfying, sanctifying joy in the gospel of Christ. The believer in Jesus is essentially a happy man. The child of God is, from necessity, a joyful man. His sins are forgiven, his soul is justified, his person is adopted, his trials are blessings, his conflicts are victories, his death is immortality, his future is a heaven of inconceivable, unthought of, untold, and endless blessedness.  With such a God, such a Savior, and such a hope, is he not, ought he not, to be a joyful man?" -Octavius Winslow

"Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, for my Name is in him." -Exodus 23:20, 21  [KJV] Who can this be, my soul, but Jesus? He, and He only, who is the whole of the covenant, is also the Messenger and the Angel of the covenant. Jehovah hath never put His name in any other; neither given His honour to any other.     But in Jesus He is eternally well pleased, and hath given all things into His hand. Pause then, my soul, and contemplate this holy, this blessed, this only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. I see in Him all the glory, the sovereignty, the wisdom, grace and goodness of the Father, and He is Jehovah's salvation to the ends of the earth. And wilt Thou then, my gracious God and Father, send Jesus before me in all my way, to keep me, to guide me, and to bring me in, to behold Thy glory in the face of Jesus Christ, and to dwell with Thee...

The Forgetfulness of Grace (Part 1) by D.G. Miles McKee   David was perhaps the greatest ever king of Israel.  He wrote many of the Psalms.  He was God’s choice over Saul (Acts 13:22).  Yet he was a sinner.  He coveted his neighbour’s wife and stole her for himself. After that, he lied to cover up his sin, and then had her husband murdered. Those are just the facts! (See 2 Samuel 11 and 12).  But in the New Testament, David is never remembered for his bouts of wickedness. In fact, the New Testament quotes heavily from the Psalms that bear his name.  And yes, he was at times a philandering murderer, but that is not mentioned in the New Testament. What’s going on here? I’ll tell you what’s going on.  It’s beautiful, marvelous, matchless grace.  It’s the ‘Grace of Forgetfulness.’ What has happened?  Why are his failures not mentioned?   It’s because of what is written in Isaiah 43:25 where the Lord clearly says, “I,...