For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men while they slumber on their beds, then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings, that he may turn man aside from … More The Saving Purpose of the Great Physician’s Knife
And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the … More John Piper: “no believing prayer is in vain. Ever.”
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. —John 17:15-16, part of our Bible reading today. J.C. Ryle comments: We need not doubt that our Lord’s all-seeing eye … More Remaining in the world and kept from evil
Sometimes we get glimpses of God in unexpected places in the Bible. Today, we finish our reading in the last few chapters of Amos, heavy with warnings of coming judgment and wrath, we are given a portrait of God. Just WHO is this God? For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, … More A portrait of God in Amos’ prophecy
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 33, our Bible reading passage today In the first 7 verses of Job 33, Elihu extends a challenge of sorts to Job. “But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say. I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of … More A challenge to Job
Today we come to Revelation 7. Here are verses 9-17 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out … More God With Us…Forever!
John 17:1-5 is our Bible reading passage today. Here is verse 1: When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, John MacArthur explains how this is the most thrilling prayer ever prayed: Do you … More Sovereign history
Seek the Lord and live… He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name; Amos 5:4,6,8 As we come to Amos … More Seek the Lord and live…
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’ But it is … More No necessary connection between a wizened face and a wise heart
Horatius Bonar, at Grace Gems: helps us as we read Revelation 6 today: Looking up to God, man breathes the deep-drawn sigh, ‘How long?’ Let me note the chief passages— Psalm 6:3, ‘My soul is sore vexed—but You, O Lord, how long?’ Psalm 13:1, ‘How long will You forget me, and hide Your face? How … More “How long, O Lord?”
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