Proverbs 22:2 The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all. From John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible found at StudyLight.org: They meet together in all places of the earth; go where you will, there are rich and poor. The godly rich and poor meet together in … More Rich Man, Poor Man
Proverbs 20:24 A man’s steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand his way? Indeed, how can we understand our life, our steps? As Christians, we believe the Bible, which speaks of the providence of God in every area of our lives. God directs our steps, as “in him we live, and move, … More Our steps are from God…All by Grace…
Bob Deffinbaugh comments: A slight shift in the events recorded in Esther would have doomed the Jews, except as Mordecai said, “help would come from someplace else.” Nevertheless, success in the small details mattered. As an Agagite, Haman may well have used his position against the Jews at the first provocation, whether it came from … More A Web of God’s Providence
“God’s dice always have a lucky roll,” said Sophocles, one of classical Athens’ three great tragic playwrights. Here’s what Charles H. Spurgeon has to say, in Morning and Evening: “The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.” Proverbs 16:33 If the disposal of the lot is the … More “God’s dice always have a lucky roll”
Donald Curtis, in an article “Irony and Providence,” comments on the structural elements of the book of Esther: Paired Events Nearly every event in Esther happens twice, the second time being a variation of the first. In the first chapter, there is a long banquet and a short banquet. In the second chapter, there is a … More Intro to Esther: The providential care of God
Our passage today in Luke 9 is similar to one in Mark 8. John Piper comments in a recent post on the Desiring God Blog: After Jesus had fed both the 5,000 and the 4,000 with only a few loaves and fish, the disciples got in a boat without enough bread for themselves. When they … More The Loving Meaning of the Leftovers
From C. H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening(Evening May 16): THE armies of the three kings were famishing for want of water: God was about to send it, and in these words the prophet announced the coming blessing. Here was a case of human helplessness: not a drop of water could all the valiant men procure from the … More Spurgeon on spiritual trench-digging
C.H.Spurgeon, in a sermon on Ezekiel 1:15-19, “God’s Providence”: When the prophet had seen the “living creatures,” which I take it were angels, he opened his eyes again, and he saw a wonderful illustration of the divine Providence, and this exhibition was in the figure of a wheel. You must know that this is not … More Providence is like a wheel.
John Piper, in the last sermon in a series on Ruth, “Ruth: The Best is Yet to Come” What one main thing does the author want us to take away from reading this story? Here’s what I would suggest as the main lesson: The life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, … More The Best is Yet to Come!
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