Tag: Bible reading

Spurgeon: “Man’s words are yea and nay, but the Lord’s promises are yea and amen.”

January 12, 2011

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6 Charles H. Spurgeon comments in The Treasury of David: What a contrast between the vain words of man, and the pure words of Jehovah. Man’s words are yea and nay, but the Lord’s promises are … More Spurgeon: “Man’s words are yea and nay, but the Lord’s promises are yea and amen.”

Spurgeon:The cross must be carried before the crown can be worn

January 12, 2011

“And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.” – Genesis 29:26 Jacob loved Rachel, but his uncle Laban tricked him into marrying Leah first, although he had served for seven years to be able to have Rachel.  C. H. Spurgeon has a very interesting … More Spurgeon:The cross must be carried before the crown can be worn

John Piper: Stephen’s message is both encouragement and warning

January 11, 2011

In a sermon, “The Story of a Stiff-Necked People” John Piper unpacks Acts 7, our reading for today: Two Ways Stephen’s Message Ministers to Us What we need to do today is let Stephen’s message minister to us in at least two ways. He says that Israel “Always resists the Holy Spirit.” This means, first, … More John Piper: Stephen’s message is both encouragement and warning

Spurgeon: Are you seeking to avoid a blessing?

January 11, 2011

C. H. Spurgeon comments on Psalm 11:5 “The Lord tests the righteous” from The Treasury of David: “The Lord trieth the righteous:” he doth not hate them, but only tries them. They are precious to him, and therefore he refines them with afflictions. None of the Lord’s children may hope to escape from trial, nor, indeed, in … More Spurgeon: Are you seeking to avoid a blessing?

The SUMMIT of this Ladder is Jesus reigning, the ever living God.

January 11, 2011

Henry Law, at “Grace Gems!” Ponder well this Ladder. Another like it, earth never saw. Mark its extent. It unites the worlds of Deity and man. It connects our sin-vile hovels with the abode of the Eternal. Resting on the ground, which our feet defile, it rises and stretches upward, and pierces the skies, and mounts … More The SUMMIT of this Ladder is Jesus reigning, the ever living God.

Wait for a dramatic “call”? or just start serving God?

January 10, 2011

God is sovereign and His Spirit leads us to the right opportunities for ministry.  We see this in Acts 16:6-10…. Pastor Steven J. Cole comments: Opportunities come to those who are already serving, not to those who are doing nothing…..Sometimes people don’t serve the Lord because they’ve never experienced a dramatic “call” to ministry. But this … More Wait for a dramatic “call”? or just start serving God?

Calm Before the Storm?

January 10, 2011

Comments on Psalm 10:6 from James Saurin, 1677-1730 found at The Treasury of David “He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.” To consider religion always on the comfortable side; to congratulate one’s self for having obtained the end before we have made use of the … More Calm Before the Storm?

A Bad Bargain

January 10, 2011

In our reading for today, Genesis 25-26, we encounter the story of Esau selling his birthright to his younger brother, Jacob, in a moment of hunger.  “Alexander MacLaren was a renowned preacher of the 19th and 20th century. Expositions of Holy Scripture brings together many of the sermons over his fifty years in ministry.”  Here … More A Bad Bargain