TDR: 11 July (Psalm 29:11)

‘The Lord will give strength to his people’ (Psalm 29:11) However hot the war, or sore the trial, we may be sure of this, that “as our day, so shall our strength be” [Deuteronomy 33:25]. God has promised, and He will give. He gives because they are His people, as the Father to His children;…

‘Whoever waits upon their master shall be honoured’ (Proverbs 27:18) And who is our master but Jesus? Someone is your master: His name is the LORD JESUS CHRIST. We have chosen to serve Him, because He chose to save us. He has given us the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of our sins, so…

‘I will do all that I please’ (Isaiah 46:10) The purposes of God cannot be frustrated. His holy mind can never be disappointed. His will is law. His counsel must stand. He is in one mind, and no one can turn Him. He takes pleasure in those that fear Him and in those that hope…

‘Follow the way of love’ (1 Corinthians 14:1) CHARITY is love: and what can be so worthy of the Christian’s thought, care, and anxious desire, as LOVE? Love to God, the centre and source of all excellence; to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, the personification of everything that is lovely; to believers, for…

‘I will not remember your sins’ (Isaiah 43:25) We should fear nothing except sin; and we have no need to fear whether God will pardon and save us from our sin, if we believe in Jesus, confess and forsake our sin. He has promised, “I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and…

‘God is with us’ (Isaiah 8:10) The Lord’s people are never alone; therefore they should not feel lonely. God is with them as an OBSERVER – He notices every thought, word and action; every trial, every foe, and every danger. He is with them as a FATHER – loving and holding communion with them. He…

‘I know their sorrows’ (Exodus 3:7) The Lord is acquainted with all the sorrows of His people; they do not suffer unnoticed; He sympathises with them, and will send sorrow and comfort to them. Israel suffered, but Jesus sympathised. “In all their affliction He was afflicted; and the angel of His presence saved them; in…

Jesus said: ‘He [the Holy Spirit] will testify about me’ (John 15:26) It is the office and work of the Holy Spirit to bear testimony to Jesus; He has done so in the word; there Christ is presented in His glory and grace. He testifies to Jesus by the preaching of the gospel; for we…

‘Their heart is deceitful [divided (KJV)]’ (Hosea 10:2) This is a very serious charge, because God demands the whole heart, and His people profess to surrender it. But should we not be concerned that many are guilty on this matter? They appear so undecided, that we must think that the heart is divided between God…

‘Whoever touches you, touches the apple of His eye’ (Zechariah 2:8) How infinitely tender is the Lord God Almighty towards His people! They had just been visited with severe judgements; they were reduced to great straits; they appeared to be neglected by God; they were generally despised; they had only just escaped from the enemy’s…

‘The Lord your God is a merciful God’ (Deuteronomy 4:31) It is not uncommon to mistake the true character of God, and conceive of Him in ways which dishonour His name and distress our own souls. It is plainly and frequently asserted in the Bible, that our God is merciful and the same is satisfactorily…

‘Save me, for I am yours’ (Psalm 119:94) We profess to be the Lord’s. We are not our own. We do not belong to the world. We are no longer servants of sin. We are solely and entirely the Lord’s; having willingly given ourselves over into His hands, to be saved by His grace, devoted…

‘My Son, give me your heart’ (Proverbs 23:26) Dear friends, the Most High presents Himself as a Suitor this morning: He asks for your heart; He wants it to be His home; He made it by His power; He wants to rule it by His grace. He will not be satisfied with anything else; if…

‘The Lord will be the hope of His people’ (Joel 3:16) We do not know what a day may bring; we are born to trouble; many unexpected trials may come our way; but our God will eternally be our hope. He is the REFUGE, to which we may always retreat and find safety; the FULLNESS,…

‘Remember Lot’s wife!’ (Luke 17:32) She received the angels, and hospitably entertained them; she believed their message, and prepared to act upon it; she obeyed their command, and left Sodom and her children behind her. She forsook the ungodly, and went in company with the saints; yet her heart was left in the city, and…

‘My grace is sufficient for you’ (2 Corinthians 12:9) You need to look to no one else for help, relief or comfort. Jesus assures you that His grace is sufficient. You are welcome to it. You are exhorted to have it. So be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus. It is sufficient…

‘What kind of people ought you to be?’ (2 Peter 3:11) The people of God are expected to be different from the world; they profess to have another Spirit in them; and to be the children of God. They believe the present frame of things is to be dissolved; they look for a new heaven…