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

  Compared with Christ in all beside No beauty can I see The one thing needful, dearest Lord Is to be one with Thee.   The sense of Thy redeeming love Into my soul convey Thyself bestow, for Thee alone My All-in-All, I pray.   Less than Thyself will not suffice My comfort to restore More than Thyself I cannot crave And Thou cans’t give no more.   Loved of my God, for Him again With love intense I’d burn Chosen of Thee ere time began I’d choose Thee in return.   

" There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure." -II Corinthians 12:7 [KJV] I dearly love St. Paul’s experience. For there is so much of the artless simplicity of the poor humble sinner; such a dread of self-glorying, while it ever exalts the rich grace of the dear Saviour. Let us make a few remarks on it, and pray our gracious Lord to bless them.  (1st.) Here is a painful experience, a thorn in his flesh. What was that? Fanciful men have entertained strange ideas. Some have said the cholic: others the ear-ache, others the head-ache, etc. If it were a bodily pain, we might as well guess, the gout in his great toe. But would the apostle have been thus anxious to have a bodily pain removed? Would the most excruciating pain prevent soul exalting? Surely it was something more.  It was the heart-ache. He plainly tells it was, “the messenger of Satan to buffet him.” His very soul was harassed ...

  Precious Savior, Friend of sinners We, as such, to Thee draw near Let Thy Spirit dwell within us With that love that casts out fear. Matchless Savior, let us know Thee As the Lord our Righteousness Cause our hearts to cleave unto Thee Come, and with Thy presence bless.   Open now Thy precious treasure Let Thy Word here freely flow Give to us a gracious measure ‘Tis Thyself we long to know. Come and claim us as Thy portion Let us all find rest in Thee Leave us not to empty notions We would find our hope in Thee!

" And He said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk and are sad?" -Luke 24:17 [KJV] Time is the best medicine for most diseases, whether of body or mind. A present hour my cause sadness, the next may bring joy. This is a living comfort in saddest seasons, Christ knows both our sorrows and the cause of them . He is always near to us, though we see Him not. His sympathising spirit manifests itself in this question.  Observe, (1st.) Here were two disciples communing together, and reasoning with one another. This is right, it is pleasing to our Lord, to see His dear members converse with Him, and strive to edify each other in the faith of Him—and that they bear each other’s burdens.  For, (2d.) Jesus joined company with them. Disciple, how often have you found it so? Christ delights in the fellowship of His saints. “How can one be warm alone?” Ecclesiastes 4:11 (3d.) Christ inquires what is the subject of their c...

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ”   (Ephesians 1:3, KJV).    Rowland Hill was a gospel preacher in London, England in the mid 1800’s.  It is said that a kind and generous person in his congregation gave him a hundred pounds ($125.00 in US currency) to be distributed to a poor country preacher, a little at a time.  The pastor sent five pounds in an envelope with a short note to the needy preacher that simply read “More to follow.”  After a few days, he sent him five more pounds, again with a note which read “More to follow.”  In a few days’ time, the country preacher received another envelope containing another five pounds, with the same motto, “And more to follow.”  This continued till the entire amount had been received and the astonished preacher was well familiar with the cheerful words, “More to follow;” they were imprinted in hi...

“The wages of sin is death…and sin, when it is finished bringeth forth death.”   -Romans 6:23 & James 1:15 [KJV]             Satan will always try to hide the true price of sin.  When tempted, let us believe God.  Sin only has one end, Death. The blood bought child of God will never experience eternal death for their sin,  Christ bore that for them.  However, sin always brings with it a death sentence of one sort or another.  It brings the death of joy, comfort, peace and assurance. It often costs the death of relationships, even marriages. It can bring the death of one’s testimony. Some sins even cause the death of the physical body. One way or the other sin only has one end. Death. Satan is a liar. He always hides a hook in the bait of sin.                          ...

"If ye do these things, ye shall never fall." -II Peter 1:10 [KJV] What things? add to your faith every Christian grace and good work. If ye live in the exercise of grace, and the discharge of duty, ye shall never fall. But it is here plainly implied, if ye do not these things, ye certainly will fall. How fall? Into all manner of sin; yea, and into hell too, if the Lord Christ keep you not. But He most assuredly will keep all His sheep from thus falling. For He hath said, They shall never perish—I give unto them eternal life. But what evidence can any one have that he is Christ’s sheep, if he do not hear His voice, and obey His word?  My dear fellow-sinner, deceive not thy own soul. Beware of corrupt notions, and unscriptural ideas. It is most true, salvation is sure. Every one who believes in Christ shall most assuredly be saved. But surely there is such a thing, as living and walking close with Christ—cleaving to Him with full purpose of heart, cheerfully obey...