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  • I gave my back to the smiters

    Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. What a wondrous depiction this chapter is of the sufferings of our… Continue reading

    I gave my back to the smiters
  • Be strong and of a good courage

    Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. This command has… Continue reading

    Be strong and of a good courage
  • Choose life!

    Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. The Lord intends to… Continue reading

    Choose life!
  • The secret things

    Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. One fact of the… Continue reading

    The secret things
  • A convenient season

    Acts 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. This is one of the saddest… Continue reading

    A convenient season
  • Be of good cheer!

    Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. It is difficult for us… Continue reading

    Be of good cheer!
  • Small and great

    Revelation 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them… Continue reading

    Small and great
  • The mystery of God

    Revelation 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. The book of Revelation is… Continue reading

    The mystery of God
  • Sealed unto the day of redemption

    Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. There is no greater consolation, no more encouraging truth in the whole of Scripture than that contained here and throughout the… Continue reading

    Sealed unto the day of redemption
  • Let not your heart be troubled

    John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. What a divine word of everlasting comfort! What an injunction of eternal consolation! Let not your heart be troubled! We are all prone to… Continue reading

    Let not your heart be troubled