God’s Prepared Gifts

In your goodness, O God, you have provided for the needy.Psalm 68:10 All God’s gifts are prepared gifts laid away to meet wants He has foreseen. He anticipates our needs; and out of the fullness that He has treasured up in Christ Jesus, He provides from His goodness for the poor. You may trust Him…

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A Golden Sash

… With a golden sash around his chest.Revelation 1:13 One like “a son of man” appeared to John in Patmos, and the beloved disciple noticed that He wore “a golden sash.” A sash, for Jesus was never unprepared while on earth, but always stood ready for service; and now before the eternal throne He continues…

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Hospital of the Cross

Ask, and it will be given to you.Matthew 7:7 There was a place in England that no longer exists, where a loaf of bread was served to every passerby who chose to ask for it. Whoever the traveler was, he had only to knock at the door of St. Cross Hospital, and the loaf of…

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Hunt for Truth

Search the Scriptures.John 5:39 The Greek word translated search signifies a strict, close, diligent, curious search, the kind men make when they are seeking gold, or hunters when they are in pursuit of game. We must not be content with giving a superficial glance to one or two chapters, but with the candle of the…

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Look to the Creator

Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.Numbers 11:23 God had made a positive promise to Moses that for the space of a whole month He would feed the vast company in the wilderness with meat. Moses is then overtaken by a fit of unbelief, looks to the outward…

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Tested and Battered

All the days of my service I would wait.Job 14:14 A short stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so enjoyable as work; nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to danger. The bitter cups of earth will give a relish to the new wine that sparkles in the golden bowls…

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Find Wisdom

Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.Proverbs 16:20 Wisdom is man’s true strength; and under its guidance he is best able to find and fulfill his reason for living. Wisely handling the matter of life gives to man the richest enjoyment and presents the…

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Our Royal Nature

You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable.1 Peter 1:23 Peter earnestly exhorted the scattered saints to love each other “earnestly from a pure heart” (verse 22), and he did so not on the basis of the law or human nature or philosophy, but from that high and divine nature that…

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Go to Jesus

A very present help.Psalm 46:1 Covenant blessings are not meant only to be observed but to be appropriated. Even our Lord Jesus is given to us for our present use. Believer, you do not make use of Christ as you ought to do. When you are in trouble, why do you not tell Him all…

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Dying in Faith

These all died in faith.Hebrews 11:13 Consider the epitaph of all those blessed saints who fell asleep before the coming of our Lord! The issue is not how they died—whether of old age or by violent means—but that whatever their diverse experiences, they are united in Him: “These all died in faith.” In faith they…

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