Blessed are the Peacemakers
Anyone who seeks perfect blessedness (as far as it can be experienced here and now on Earth) must grasp this seventh benediction and become a peacemaker.
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Remember the Promises in His Word
Whatever your specific need is, you will likely find a promise about it in the Bible.
Praising God
It isn’t optional whether we’ll praise God or not. God is most worthy of praise, and every Christian, as the recipient of His grace, has been given both the wonderful opportunity and the obligation…
Jesus is With You Always
If we know that Jesus is with us, all our abilities will be developed, every grace strengthened. We must cast ourselves into the Lord’s service with heart, and soul, and strength.
Consider His Beauty
Study God in all His pre-existent glory, before He took on Himself human form. Think of the mighty love which drew Him from His throne to die on the cross. Admire Him as He…
God is with You Always
God is With You Always: "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:20
God Works for the Good
You and I are enabled to calmly meet each trial as it comes. Christians can, in the spirit of true surrender, pray, "Send me what you will, my God, so long as it comes…
Jesus, from Everlasting to Everlasting
Question: What does the fact that Jesus has always existed and will always exist mean for you and me?
How Knowledge Strengthens You
Every Christian understands that knowing God is the highest and best form of knowledge. This spiritual knowledge is a source of strength to us in our faith.
Confidence in the Lord
Clearly the confidence the Psalmist expressed was confidence in God. He did not say, "I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me. My faith is so steady that it will not stagger."…
The Unchanging Lord
Question: How does God’s unchanging nature give you comfort in difficult times of instability?
Sanctified Trials
Real growth in grace is the result of sanctified trials. God often takes away our comforts and our privileges in order to make us better Christians. He trains His children, not in dwellings of…
Many Hardships
Hardships are a part of our allotment. They were predestined for us. As surely as the stars are fashioned by His hands and their orbits fixed by Him, so surely are our hardships allotted…
Silent Fellowship with the Father
If we want to hear the whispers of God's love, our ear must be purged and fitted to listen to His voice. Today, may our hearts be in such a state that when God…
God is Jealous
Your Lord is jealous of your love. Did He choose you? Then He cannot bear that you would choose another.
The Stones Cry Out
If the stones were to speak, they could tell of how God took them from the quarry, shaped them, and made them fit for the temple. We too can testify of all the ways…
Grow In Grace
Question: How do you plan and expect to grow in grace? Grow in grace. Increase in love to Jesus, and you will appreciate even more His love to you. .
Our Representative at God’s Right Hand
My friend, what can destroy you if Omnipotence is your helper? If the armour of the Almighty covers you, what sword can smite you? Rest secure.
Forgetful of Jesus
Forget Him who never forgot us? Forget Him who poured His blood forth for our sins? Forget Him who loved us even to the death? Can it be possible? Yes, it is
Praise God for Answered Prayer
Praise is the most heavenly of Christian duties. The angels do not pray, but they never cease to praise both day and night. To be silent over God's mercies is to incur the guilt…
God’s Grace through Trials
God’s people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when He chose His people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction; they were never…
Commit Your Spirit
(KJV)”Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of
Guiltless in God’s Eyes
I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. We are today accepted by God, freed from the guilt of sin.