The Bible is not primarily a book to be explained; it is first and foremost a book to be believed and obeyed. Whether you understand it or not, when God says it, you just simply obey it.
The Bible is not primarily a book to be explained; it is first and foremost a book to be believed and obeyed. Whether you understand it or not, when God says it, you just simply obey it.
Here is the offense of the cross in cultured ages: it is that people must go with empty hands, knowing our utter need of the pardoning mercy of Almighty God. We like a little toil and sweat. We measure the value of most things by all that it has cost us to procure them. And…
This [church] service is but a pause in which in word and attitude we give expression to life’s inner song. And if there is no such inner song, there is no worship here. The outward acts are the least important parts of our worship. If I have not been worshiping God for the last six…
…Oh, you who are conscious of your own weakness, you who are conscious of the evil within you that baffles, beats, and spoils you, “the God of Jacob is our refuge.” When the only pillow we have is a hard, unsympathetic stone, he will open his heaven so that his hosts may teach us that…
When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy.
Unbelief always withholds God’s blessings from us. When we say we believe but act as though God is not in the equation—we are practical atheists. “…for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6) – Love Worth Finding
If God does it all, and nothing happens apart from God, even human wickedness and cruelty being still overruled by him, you readily may submit. It is your God who is in it all, your Father God, the infinitely good. If we can bow before his crushing strokes and feel that if the crushing of…
There is nothing on earth more beautiful to see than suffering transmuted into love. To say that the bitter cup can be drunk heroically is no more than every brave man or woman knows already, but to say that one soul’s hurt and suffering can distill out life and strength and healing for others—that is…
Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” Scripture tells me man is approximated seventy years and if our health is good, maybe eighty. Just how many days is that? According to my calculator, that is a mere 25,550 days for seventy years or…
Will the eagle that has soared in the open sky, that has gazed into the sun, endure to dwell in the dark cavern of the bat?69 If the vision of God were glorious to our minds, wouldn’t a return to the things of earth be reluctant? …It is still not so easy and pleasant as…
Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Friend, you must grasp this important truth, or you will live your life floundering. We do not live by explanations. Life is not a problem to be solved; it is a mystery to be lived. Sometimes we must back off and simply see what I call the hidden hand of God. Just because you cannot…