21. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Matt 25:5. O that I may be roused out of my slumber, and be watchful and ready against the coming of my Bridegroom. How many are there that set out in good earnest in their way to heaven, and run well...
20. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:35. Forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Be ye kind one to...
Adamancy--- being fixed in one’s thoughts or opinions; obstinacy; stubbornness. This word adamancy came to mind this week, after talking with a friend. She was expressing her concerns about someone else’s problems---what they should or should not be doing. I thought...
19. But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. Gen. 8:9. That dovelike spirit, communicated to the soul in regeneration, can find no...
18. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Rom. 10:4. The law calls for a perfect righteousness, which, in ourselves, never will be found; but all its demands were fulfilled by our Surety. Every true believer finds that...
17. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the...
16. Abide in me. John 15:4. Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. John 6:68. It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God. Psalm 73:28. To abide in Christ, who is our righteousness and strength, and not to...
15. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thess. 5:17. If we have not grace enough, it is because we do not pray enough. Most true it is, we need not strive to move God to compassion,, and extort, as it were, the blessings from him by our prayers,...
14. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matt. 4:17. The kingdom of heaven appertains to those who repent; and the first mark of repentance is poverty of spirit; whence Jesus saith, “Blessed are the poor in...