Mark 14:39,43 When a dear friend is in trouble our foot fall is quiet and our voice hushed “ he saith unto Peter, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour? (v.37). Children are brought to silence when they see the face they loved stained with tears and pal with anguish. How much does stillness…

Matthew 25:1,13 The ten go forth. The kingdom of heaven is the visible church. All true Christians are a part of God’s church. All took their lamps, all went forth to meet the Bridegroom. We all must have the Holy Spirit in our life “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto…

Matthew 11 :1,6 John had a question, “Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,  And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?”  (v.2,3). John had been in prison for months. Yet he had heard of the…

Job 10:12) Life and favor comes from God. Job appeals to God as his Creator “Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together” (v.8). Job recognizes the Lord as the source of all he is and all he has “So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:” (Job 42:12).…

Proverbs 18,14 A sound spirit is what will keep us in times of outward infirmities and troubles “Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.” (Titus1:9) Let me ask the question, When may the spirit of a…

Lamentations 5:21 When lamentations do not lead to change they may be without profit, though they may be unavoidable “For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.” (I.Sam.3:13). It is vain to mourn…

Psalms 25: 4, 5 Prayer ought to be the most natural, as it is the noblest form of speech. “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave…

Philippians 4:11,12) To be contented with one’s lot is a thing to be desired “for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” (v.11) To be contented with one’s self is a thing to be dreaded “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am…

Philippians 4:4,7 One of our Christian duties is to rejoice daily. The more we learn of the Lord, the more we may rejoice. It is easy to rejoice in moments of excitement, but to rejoice always, in affliction, in pain, weariness, in disappointment, is difficult. The apostle Paul learned the lesson which he now teachers.…

Hebrews 13:6 Our needs do not change. “For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.” (Deut.2:7) No doubt there is change and progress in some…