DO NOT JUDGE TOO HARD Pray do not find fault with the man who limps Or stumbles along the road Unless you have worn the shoes he wears Or struggled beneath his load. There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt, Though hidden away from view, Or the burden he bears, placed on your […]
O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16.34 Goodness and righteousness are two different things. Righteousness always does what is required, but goodness goes farther than righteousness and does what is helpful and productive even if it is not required. In the parable of the […]
HOPE IN CHRIST ALONE If there is any grace in me, God put it there. “Twas grace that set me apart in distinguishing love before the stars were made. “Twas grace that set me apart from the mass of mankind; was grace that brought me safe this far, and grace will lead me home. Lay […]
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. — Colossians 3:11 ======================================== ALL CHRIST OR NO CHRIST AT ALL! Do you think that you are to get onto the scale, with your beautiful […]
THE ALABASTER BOX It is very needful to bear in mind, in this day of busy doing and restless activity, that God looks at everything from one stand point, measures everything by one rule, tries everything by one touchstone, and that touchstone, that rule, that standpoint is Christ. He values things just so far […]
Fearful days I remember, when I first saw my sin; Saw the law that I’d broken, saw my judgment so grim; But then I cried out to Jesus and His word came to me — ‘Child, My grace is sufficient, sufficient for thee!” Oft the tempter accuses when I fall on my face. — ‘How […]
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:5 This is taken from an article by Henry Mahan A FORM of godliness says, “God wills to save all men;” denying His POWER adds, “but He cannot save unless men open their hearts to him.” […]
SERVING OUR GENERATION “David served his own generation by the will of God”-Acts 13:36 David served his own generation very well and he has been serving all generations ever since. How many of us has he ministered unto by the words he pinned down thousands of years ago. His writings have given us light as […]
Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. “Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12 Here at this place called Ebenezer, Samuel set up a stone as a reminder to the children of Israel, this […]
A Thought for the New Year In his first inaugural address (January 20, 1981) President Ronald Reagan referred to a statement taken from a young soldier’s diary. He said, “Martin Treptow left his job in a small town barber shop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. There, on the western […]
