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

“The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after Thy law. All Thy commandments are faithful; they persecute me wrongfully; help Thou me” (Psalm 119:85-86). In this time of persecution from his enemies, David appealed to the only One who could help him, the God of covenant grace and mercy. He had found help of the Lord before and so the Psalmist entreated Him again. He said in Psalm 40:17, “But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my Deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.” He discovered the Word of the Lord to be his comfort in times of adversity.  Hear what Jehovah says to His people in Isaiah 41:14. “Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” Here we have the guarantee of the Lord, the One who redeemed us, “ I will help thee.” Those who have proven the faithfulness of God to His promises will tell you that they have learned that though heav...

"Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and honour." - Proverbs 3:16  [KJV] What is sweetly said of Jesus in one scripture, as the Glory-wisdom, is as sweetly sung in another scripture, as the husband of His church and people. Yes, Lord, Thy right-hand blessings may well be called length of days, for they are life itself, even life everlasting in Thee: and Thy left-hand mercies, which include all temporal good, may well merit the name of riches and honour, for Thou givest to all that love Thee to inherit substance, and Thou fillest all their treasures.     There is no substance in any, nothing satisfying, nothing substantial, where Thou art not. Why then, blessed Jesus, if these things be so, I would say to Thee, as the church of old did, "Put Thy left hand under my head, and let Thy right hand embrace me." This will make every thing sweet, and every thing precious. Even Thy left-hand blessings, in the sanctified use of afflictions, sorro...

It is written, "The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him. But with an overrunning flood He will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies." -Nahum ch. 1 [KJV] "Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near..." -Isaiah 55;6 [KJV]

  The Amazing Blood of Jesus, Part II by D. G. Miles McKee Last time we discovered that the blood of Jesus has redeeming power. This week we read that, 2 )   The Blood of Jesus has Cleansing Power .   1 John 1:7, ‘If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin.’ Sin is a plague … God Abhors it …but the blood cleanses it! Sin is filthy in His sight. It must be washed and removed. We must be made clean. We must have our iniquities washed away or we cannot have eternal life. This is one of the reasons that believers experience joy.  We realize that Jesus cleansed us legally at the cross. We sometimes forget that the greatest thing in all the world is to be accepted by God.  We find this acceptance only because of the ‘Finished Work’ at the cross.  All believers now enjoy the grace of full welcome in Heaven. What a wonderful saviour Jesus is! It is through His blo...

  God’s own eternal Son, Christ the Anointed One, Hung on the cross. Servant of God was He, Dying on Calvary; To set His people free, From endless loss. Our sins on Him were laid, By Him our debt was paid, What wondrous grace! Infinite wrath He bore, Who can such love explore? God can demand no more, Christ took our place. Justice was satisfied, When Christ our Savior died, By God’s decree. Risen, He reigns on high, To God He brings us nigh; On Him our hopes rely, Eternally! -Tune to "MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE" 664.6664  Words by JIM BYRD

  The Lord Jesus Christ stated specifically, “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” (John 10:11). Who are His sheep? They are the ones whom the Father gave Him and made Him to be their Surety before the world began (John 6:37; 2 Tim. 1:9) . Yes! Jesus Christ appeared in this world as a Representative, Surety, and Substitute of a people given to Him by the Father before the world began. Both His life and His death were vicarious. (Vicarious according to the dictionary means something performed or endured by one person substituting for another or appearing in the place of another.) In Romans 8:33 His sheep are identified as “God’s elect.” It says, “Who shall lay anything to the charge of Gods elect? It is God that justifieth.”   All of Gods elect have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace (see Ephesians...

"The flower of the field." - Psalm 103:15 [KJV] Do I not behold Jesus here pre-eminently set forth above His fellows? Yes, dear Lord, Thy people, planted by Thy hand, do indeed flourish as a flower of the field; but never any like Thee. Indeed all their loveliness, fragrancy, value, all are only so, as derived from Thee. Never did God our Father plant so lovely a flower, so sweet, so fragrant a flower in the field of His garden, in the heavenly paradise, or the earthly Eden, as when He planted Thee. Sweet plant of renown! aid my meditations this morning to contemplate Thee under this interesting view, as the flower of the field. And first, let me behold Thee as truly the flower of the field, because Thou art altogether of God's right hand planting, and not of man's. The flower of the field hath no father but God, and no mother but the virgin earth.     Precious Jesus! Thou wert conceived in Thy human nature wholly by the overshadowing of God the Spirit...