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

" Thy God reigneth." -Isaiah 52:7 [KJV] Christ commissions His ministers, to proclaim this joyful truth to Zion, His church, that every member of His might receive it in faith, change the pronoun and say, My God reigneth . Christ’s reign is His people’s glory, their triumph on earth; and the shouts of disembodied saints in glory. Listen to their acclamations of joy. “Allelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth, let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come.” -Revelation 19:6, 7   Are we married to the Lamb? Has He our hearts and affections? Then we shall constantly rejoice, and give honor to Him, that He, Who is our God, reigneth. Where? Where He dwells. In heaven for us: and in our hearts over us. For, as He dwells in our hearts by faith, He spiritually reigns over all within us. O what matter of joy and consolation is this!  For (1st.) If our King has set up His throne in our hearts, what enemy can hurt us? They...

"Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am He . And Judas also, which betrayed Him, stood with them. As soon then as He had said unto them, I am He , they went backward and fell to the ground ." -John 18:4-6 [KJV] What a glorious scripture is this! Ponder it well, my soul; for of all the miracles of thy Jesus, there is not one more sweet and satisfactory to contemplate. Yesterday thou wast looking at thy Redeemer under a heavy cloud. Look at Him as He is here represented, for He is still, in this transaction, in the same garden of Gethsemane; and behold how the Godhead shone forth with a glory surpassing all description.  Observe what a willing sacrifice was Jesus. He knew the hour was come, for He had said so. He doth not wait to be taken, and by wicked hands to be crucified and slain: but He goeth forth to surrender Himself. Ye...

"And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him?" -Luke 18:7 [KJV] "Behold, he prayeth," was the word of the Lord to Ananias to convince him that that dreaded persecutor, Saul of Tarsus, had been quickened by the Spirit. And what a mercy it is for the quickened soul that the blessed Spirit thus helps his sinking, trembling spirit, puts life and energy into his cries and sighs, holds him up and keeps him steadfast at the throne, and thus enables him to persevere with his earnest suings for mercy, mingles faith with his petitions, and himself most graciously and kindly intercedes within him and for him with groanings which cannot be uttered. This is "praying with the spirit" (I Corinthians 14:15) and "in the Holy Ghost" (Jude 20) .  This is pouring out the heart before God (Psalm 62:8) , pouring out the soul before the Lord (I Samuel 1:15) ; and by this free discharge of the contents of an almost bursting ...