“For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom He receives.” (Hebrews 12:6) with a chastening of love.

The Bible lays a solid ground for our comfort when it assures us that all things are under the government of God.

In the garden of grief many of Jesus’ disciples mourn and plead that God would heal. Read the plea of a saint of old (1891).

The words of The Lord’s Prayer were given by Jesus to teach His disciples how to pray. How do you pray these words?

God only calls some “my people.” Are you in the group?

Your heavenly Father loves you too much to bestow harsher correction than your case requires!  Be still! there was a needs be!

Repentance begins in the humiliation of the heart and ends in the reformation of the heart and of the life. Sincere repentance is never too late, but late repentance is seldom sincere.

O, give thanks to the Lord, Christian, for He has not dealt with you after your sins, nor rewarded you according to your iniquities!

“The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” John 1:17  Law and grace are antithetical terms. Consider a few contrasts between them…

Psalm 143:10  Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy holy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

“Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.” (John 16:33) All our troubles are not over when we are saved by Christ

We cannot shake off the presence of God! When doors are shut, curtains are drawn, and all is still… “You, O God, see me!”

“Our gospel came to you …with the Holy Spirit…” 1 Thess 1:5 Apart from the Spirit, the Bible cannot quicken, nor sanctify, nor comfort.

Consecration is devotion to the will of God. It is readiness to do, not what we want to do in His service–but what He gives us to do.

“Moses chose to suffer affliction along with the people of God–rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time!” (Hebrews 11:25) Was this wise?

When you tell me of your sorrows, your cares, and your losses, I will tell you of your happy condition in Jesus Christ.

No emperor is half as rich as the beggar that has Christ! Oh, the blessedness of the man who can say, “Christ is mine!”

The Lord is my Shepherd. He will feed His flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in His arms…lead the mother sheep with their young! Isaiah 40:11

What do you see? What do you hear? Is there no relief for a sinking country? From “The Justice of God—and the Sins of Our Country” (1755)

Observe what Paul says and make no exception. ALL things work together for good! Even affliction is very useful and profitable to the godly.

Consider the hand of the Lord — the sovereign, fatherly, just and righteous, moderate and merciful hand of the Lord.