“Whose heart the Lord opened.” — Acts 16:14
In Lydia’s conversion there are many points of interest. It was brought about by providential circumstances. She was a seller of purple, of the city of T…
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“So shall we ever be with the Lord.” — 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are — and how transitory! One moment our eyes see Him, and we rejoice with joy unspe…
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“My people shall dwell in quiet resting places.” — Isaiah 32:18
Peace and rest belong not to the unregenerate, they are the peculiar possession of the Lord’s people, and of them only. The God of Pe…
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“Therefore will the Lord wait that He may be gracious unto you.” — Isaiah 30:18
God often DELAYS IN ANSWERING PRAYER. We have several instances of this in sacred Scripture. Jacob did not get the bl…
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“Thou, O God, hast prepared of Thy goodness for the poor.” — Psalm 68:10
All God’s gifts are prepared gifts laid up in store for wants foreseen. He anticipates our needs; and out of the fulness whi…
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“Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.” — Revelation 3:4
We may understand this to refer to justific…
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“I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” — 1 Corinthians 9:22
Paul’s great object was not merely to instruct and to improve, but to save. Anything short of this would…
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“Base things of the world hath God chosen.” — 1 Corinthians 1:28
Walk the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, an…
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“Girt about the paps with a golden girdle.” — Revelation 1:13
One like unto the Son of Man” appeared to John in Patmos, and the beloved disciple marked that He wore a girdle of gold. A girdle, for …
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“As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.” — 1 Corinthians 15:48
The head and members are of one nature, and not like that monstrous image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. Th…
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