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it is because we find fault in God. Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? [Jeremiah 2:5] When Jesus bestows great words of honor upon the widow who cast in thither two mites -- her...

Submit yourselves to the Lord. His pleasures are not the world's pleasures. The pleasures of God fill the soul in ways the world knows not. It is like eating good things, really good things. The peace of God passeth all understanding. It is a perfect peace. It is an unlimited peace. The...

Behold the perfection of the Lord's handiwork. No man in his greatest creativity can create something like that. New heavens and a new earth. The soul who enters therein will be an exceedingly happy soul, I promise you that. Measure the fabric of that kind of joy, it cannot be done. Weigh...

I rest my soul upon the mercy of the Lord. His mercy is an everlasting shield. I am nothing more than a defenseless sheep. But the Lord is the Shepherd and Bishop of my soul. My entire substance rests with the Lord. My power is in Christ. When people look upon me, they ought to...

His righteousness is a righteousness that endures unto the end. Our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Forsake the broken cisterns of self-will. Take the easy yoke and light burden of Jesus Christ. He will cause your soul to delight itself in everlasting abundance. All glory goes to him...

He paid for all of your darkness, all of your sins, all of your infirmities. Man is deceitful, man is wretched, man is wicked. But as far as from the east is to the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! What...

It is by his mercy alone that I have life. It is by his mercy alone, that I don't tailspin into a never-ending nervous breakdown. The Lord sustains me, even unto my soul. The Lord supports my every single heartbeat. Every breath I draw is a gift from him. And because he is the Lamb of God...

There is no end to his magnificent riches. His love cannot be contained in any measuring tool. His dominion is beyond the capacity of the naked eye. His understanding is infinite. There is no great thing the heart of man can conceive that the Lord can't outdo. For the Lord is from...

Let us press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. For he has prepared a city for us. Let us not be entangled by the distractions of the world. The news media leads souls away from Christ. Focus on the Word of God. Run that ye may obtain.

but so is the daily horrors of abortion. Several thousand babies are being killed every day in America. Since Roe vs. Wade in 1973, more than fifty million babies have been killed in abortion clinics. The news doesn't report these killings. The media, which is run by mankind, chooses what to...

Not taking seriously the following Scripture: I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. [John 15:5] Meditate on that verse. Let it sink into your mind and soul. Let that verse drive out the...

and tomorrow cast into the oven, how much more shall he clothe our souls, which go on for ever?

Enter into His heavenly presence. What can you possibly obtain in this temporal world? Where O where is the satisfaction in the things that are passing away? Run to the heavenly city, that new Jerusalem. Count your worldly pursuits as dung; and lay hold of real treasure. What a place that...

In that context, Paul is talking about proud people who resist the gospel. If you call yourself a dog, you will be given great faith. If you think of yourself as a great beacon of faith, you will be judged as a dog. God resisteth the proud, but he giveth grace unto the humble. "And Jesus said...

Devil: Ohhh you blew it this time! God wants to have nothing to do with you. Me: I've been saved by grace through faith, and it's not that of myself, it is a gift of God. Who can condemn me? It is God who justifies. Devil: You're not good enough to be saved. Me: Though I'm chief among all...

Unmerited by man, undeserved by man; but nonetheless freely available to man. A fountain of everlasting mercy. Man's ways in of themselves can only end in death. Man cannot save himself. Man is a story that can only have a horrific ending. Man's quest is nothing more than an unsolvable...

That's what it's all about, the victory at calvary. As soon as we take our minds off that, that's when the trouble starts.

Whenever you do something wrong, and the devil starts accusing you, say: "Oh nooo! I've sinned! I'm in biiiiiig trouble NOW! God's going to throw me in hell right now! Oh my! Oh my!" "I'm a bad baaad baaaaaaad person. I'm just a terrible terrible person, oh my!" "Ohhh! I just -- I just...

Yikes! What an attack on the ego! What a throttling to the self-will! Folks, pray for me that I can digest this piece of Scripture. Pray that I become more willing and obedient to the Word.

We need to humble ourselves as much as possible. God resists the proud, but he gives grace unto the humble. Jesus says whoever humbles himself as a little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. We need to see ourselves as unprofitable servants. We need to esteem others as...