And he said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. (Luke 12:22) Anxiety is to be unduly concerned about things we have no control over.  Anxiety is to doubt the goodness and sovereignty of our […]

No matter what the circumstances might look like when the day of evil comes (cf. Ephesians 6:13), we who are in Christ will understand that the Bible is a supernatural Book. A work written by our merciful Father in Heaven to point the way to the focal point of all of human history—Jesus Christ our […]

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. (Isaiah 54:17)   There is great clatter in the forges and smithies of the enemy. They are making weapons wherewith to smite the saints.  They could not even do as much as this […]

My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19)   Paul’s God is our God and will supply all our need. Paul felt sure of this in reference to the Philippians, and we feel sure of it as to ourselves. God will do it, for it […]

My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:14)   Note the “my” which comes twice: “My people shall be satisfied with my goodness.” The kind of people who are satisfied with God are marked out as God’s own. He is pleased with them, for they are pleased with Him. They call […]

Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 34:30)   To be the Lord’s own people is a choice blessing, but to know that we are such is a comfortable blessing. It is one […]

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.  (2 Corinthians 11:4) Is Another Jesus Then Also The Same Jesus? […]

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. (Psalm37:4) Delight in God has a transforming power and lifts a man above the gross desire of our fallen nature. Delight in Jehovah is not only sweet in itself, but it sweetens the whole soul, till the longings of […]

No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11)   Many pleasing things the Lord may withhold but “no good thing.” He is the best judge of what is good for us. Some things are assuredly good, and these we may have for the asking through Jesus Christ our Lord.   […]

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be. (Exodus 8:23)   Pharaoh has a people, and the Lord has a people. These may dwell together and seem to fare alike, but there is a division between them, and the Lord will make it apparent. Not forever […]