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

The light of heaven is the face of Jesus. The joy of heaven is the presence of Jesus.   The melody of heaven is the name of Jesus.   The harmony of heaven is the praise of Jesus.   The theme of heaven is the work of Jesus.   The employment of heaven is the service of Jesus.   The fulness of heaven is Jesus Himself. –copied Friends and neighbors, Flee today to Christ JESUS, "The LORD our righteousness" who alone is mighty to save all those who call upon His name. "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes." -Psalm 118:8-9 [KJV] Cheers!

"Underneath are the everlasting arms." -Deuteronomy 33:27 [KJV] The "everlasting arms" of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the divine Jehovah, are "underneath" every one of His people, and, being underneath them, they can neither fall through them nor out of them; but they are borne, and supported, and carried along by them until they are brought to the eternal enjoyment of a Three-One God. Now, if these "everlasting arms" were not underneath a man, so deceitful is his heart, so desperately wicked is his corrupt nature, such awful stratagems does Satan lay for his feet, and such numerous perils encompass every step, that he must infallibly perish.   But what we want to feel is, that these arms are underneath us. What good will the doctrine do us? The doctrine of the "everlasting arms" being underneath us will not satisfy our souls, if we feel that we are sinking fathoms. If we keep sinking, sinking, sinking, and are afraid, at time...

  " Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: a nd call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.” -Psalm 50:14-15 [KJV] This offering is the sacrifice of praise. This should be offered up for all mercies, temporal and spiritual, and unto God, because they all come from Him; and because such sacrifices are well pleasing to Him, and are no other than our reasonable service, and agreeably to His will. They are offered up aright when they are offered up through Christ, the great High Priest, by Whom they are acceptable unto God, and upon Him, the Altar which sanctifies every gift, and by faith in Him, without which it is impossible to please God. -copied

  ‘ Me’ “ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believe th on ME ha th everlasting life. " - John 6:47 [KJV]   Many believers lack peace, because, instead of looking at the object of their faith, Christ, (His doing, dying, rising again and exaltation), they are looking within themselves trying to find something to give them rest. However, nothing within us, or that flows from us, can give peace to the guilty conscience. The object of our faith lies outside of us. Remember, we are, in and of ourselves, hopelessly ruined, guilty, and under God's just sentence of death. We are utterly helpless to remedy that condition (Isaiah 64:6). We need some good news!  We need the gospel. So, consider our verse. “ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believe th on ME ha th everlasting life " (John 6:47) .  “Yep” you say, “I know that verse, I first read it years ago.” But listen to me, the Lord doesn’t just want us just to know this verse, He wants us to believe...

"Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the L ORD in their trouble, and H e delivered them out of their distresses." -Psalm 107:5, 6 [KJV]   Until they wandered in the wilderness—until they felt it to be a solitary way, until they found no city to dwell in, until hungry and thirsty their soul fainted in them—there was no cry. There might have been prayer, a desire, a feeble wish, and now and then a sigh or a groan. But this was not enough. Something more was wanted to draw forth lovingkindness out of the bosom of the compassionate Head of the Church. A cry was wanted,—a cry of distress, a cry of soul trouble, a cry forced out of their hearts by heavy burdens. And a cry implies necessity, urgent want, a perishing without an answer to the cry. It is the breath of a soul bent upon having eternal realities brought into the conscience, or perishing without them. It is this solemn feeling in the heart that there is no other refuge but God.   The Lo...

 Thy presence, gracious God, afford; Prepare us to receive Thy word; Now let Thy voice engage our ear, And faith be mixed with what we hear; Thus, Lord, Thy waiting servants bless,  And crown Thy gospel with success. [Distracting thoughts and cares remove, And fix our hearts and hopes above;  With food divine may we be fed, And satisfied with living bread.  Thus, Lord, Thy waiting servants bless, And crown Thy gospel with success.] To us the sacred Word  apply, With sovereign power and energy;  And may we, in Thy faith and fear,  Reduce to practice what we hear.  Thus, Lord, Thy waiting servants bless, And crown Thy gospel with success.  Father, in us Thy Son reveal; Teach us to know and do Thy will; Thy saving power and love display,  And guide us to the realms of day. Thus, Lord, Thy waiting servants bless, And crown Thy gospel with success. -Tune: "Faith Of Our Fathers"

  "They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in." - Psalm 107:4 [KJV]   "They wandered in the wilderness   in a solitary way;" —a way not tracked; a path in which each has to walk alone; a road where no company cheers him, and without landmarks to direct his course. This is a mark peculiar to the child of God— that the path by which he travels is, in his own feelings, a solitary way. This much increases his exercises, that they appear peculiar to himself. His perplexities are such as he cannot believe any living soul is exercised with; the fiery darts which are cast into his mind by the wicked one are such as he thinks no child of God has ever experienced; the darkness of his soul, the unbelief and infidelity of his heart, and the workings of his powerful corruptions, are such as he supposes none ever knew but himself. To be without any comfort except what God gives, without any guidance but what the Lord affords, wi...