All Our Care is to Be Placed in God
The Voice of Christ -MY CHILD, allow me to do what I will with you. I know what is best for you. You think as a man; you feel in many things as human affection persuades.
The Disciple Lord,- what You say is true. Y
The worth of a poor upright man. Riches preserve friends. False witnesses. False friends. A king’s wrath. The foolish son. The prudent wife. Slothfulness. Pity for the poor. The fear of the Lord. The spendthrift son. Obedience to parents. Notes on Ch
The heavens and their host proclaim the majesty of God, vv. 1-6; the excellence and perfection of the Divine law, vv. 7-10; its usefulness, v. 11. The psalmist prays for pardon and preservation from sin, vv. 12, 13; and thy his Words and thoughts may
Job 19 Job complains of the cruelty of his friends, vv. 1-5. Pathetically laments his sufferings, vv. 6-12. Complains of his being forsaken by all his domestics, friends, relatives, and even his wife, vv. 13-19. Details his sufferings in an affecting
Begin the Day with Prayer I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o’clock before I begin secret prayer. This is a wretched system. It is unscriptural. Christ arose before day a
The Longings of Our Hearts Must Be Examined!!!!
The Voice of Christ MY CHILD-, it is necessary for you to learn many things which you have not yet learned well.
The Disciple What are they, Lord?
The Voice of Christ That you conform your desires entir
could cure that disorder but God, v. 7. Elisha, hearing this, orders Naaman to be sent to him, v. 8. He comes to Elisha’s house in great state, v. 9. And the prophet sends a messenger to him, ordering him to wash in Jordan seven times, and he should
about doing good, and came home to do good too; every place he came to was the better for him. The persons Christ had now to do with were, 1. A centurion; he was a supplicant, a Gentile, a Roman, an officer of the army; probably commander-in-chief of
Proverbs 17 Contentment. The wise servant. The Lord tries the heart. Children a crown to their parents. We should hide our neighbour’s faults. The poor should not be despised. Litigations and quarrels to be avoided. Wealth is useless to a fool. The g
Psalm 17 David implores the succor of God against his enemies; and professes his integrity and determination to live to God’s glory, v. 1. He prays for support, and expresses strong confidence in God, vv. 5-9; describes the malice and cruelty of his
Job 17 Job complains of the injustice of his friends, and compares his present state of want and wo with his former honor and affluence, vv. 1-6. God’s dealings with him will ever astonish upright men; yet the righteous shall not be discouraged, but
Grace Must Be Hidden in your Heart!!!!!!
The Voice of Christ IT IS better and safer for you to conceal the grace of devotion, not to be elated by it, not to speak or think much of it, and instead to humble yourself and fear lest it is being given to
Diseases and deaths came into the world by the sin and disobedience of the first Adam; but by the grace of the second Adam both are conquered. Christ, having healed an incurable disease, here goes on to triumph over death, as in the beginning of the
The Gadarenes having desired Christ to leave their country, he did not stay to trouble them long, but presently went by water, as he came, back to the other side (v. 21), and there much people gathered to him. Note, If there be some that reject Chris
Kings 4- A widow of one of the prophets, oppressed by a merciless creditor, applies to Elisha, who multiplies her oil; by a part of which she pays her debt, abut subsists on the rest, vv. 1-7. His entertainment at the house of a respectable woman in
Job 16 - Job replies to Eliphaz, and through him to all his friends, who, instead of comforting him, had added to his misfortunes; and shows that, had they been in his circumstances, he would have treated them in a different manner, vv. 1-5. Enters i
Psalm 16- The contents of this Psalm are usually given in the following manner: David, sojourning among idolaters, and being obliged to leave his own country through Saul’s persecution, cries to God for help; expresses his abhorrence of idolatry, and
Chapter 16 - Man prepares, but God governs. God has made all things for himself; he hates pride. The judgments of God. The administration of kings; their justice, anger, and clemency. God has made all in weight, measure, and due proportion. Necessity
The Wonderful Effect of Divine Love
The Disciple- I BLESS You, O heavenly Father, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, for having condescended to remember me, a poor creature. Thanks to You, O Father of mercies, God of all consolation, Who with Your comfo
