Act 16:14 Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul. Lydia, a Jewess from Thyatira coincidentally was at Philippi and happened to listen to Paul preaching. She was prepared…
NO ROOM FOR DESPAIR
Psa 42:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance. Depression and anxiety are the main causes of deep sadness in a dejected soul. Every normal human being has both the “high” and…
FINANCIAL PRUDENCE.
2Ki 12:15 They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty. When King Jehoash undertook the project of repairing the broken down temple,people gave money and offerings when they came to worship. The priests,the royal secretaries and others were in…
HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE.
Psa 68:18 You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious, That the LORD God might dwell there. This seems to be an allusion of a military triumph. The conqueror was placed on a very elevated chariot. The conquered kings and generals were usually…
MIGHTY IN BATTLE.
Psa 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle. The glory of God was often visibly revealed in the old dispensation in some dazzling appearance indicative of his presence. God’s glory is vividly shown in His works. It is most fully and illustriously displayed in the…
FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Psa 84:7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appears before God in Zion. Israelites were accustomed to worshipping God in the temple in Zion. The city of David ( Zion) was on the hill. The pilgrims would ascend to the temple gradually until they reached Zion. Instead of becoming weaker and…
LITTLE BUT MUCH.
2Kings 4:2 “Elisha replied to her ,how can I help help you ?.Tell me ,what do you have in your house?,your servant has nothing there at all ,she said,except a little oil. The dejected widow was on the verge of losing her two boys to his late husband’s creditors. She did not have the means…
WHEN THE CLOUD REMAINED.
Num 9:19 Even when the cloud continued long, many days above the tabernacle, the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journey. The pillar of cloud directed and determined all the motions, marches and encampments of the Israelites in the wilderness. As long as the cloud rested upon the tabernacle,…
THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH.
1Pe 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, Gold is separated from all alloy and heterogeneous mixtures by enduring the action of the fire. It is proved…
VULNERABLE BUT HOPEFUL.
Job 4:3-6 Think how you have instructed many,how you have strengthened feeble hands,your words have supported those who stumbled ;you have strengthened faltering knees .But now trouble comes to you and you are discouraged ,it strikes and you are dismayed,should not your piety be your confidence. Job was an upright and a good Counsellor. He…