Contentment is derived only from the Lord. In this verse, He promises to be our sustenance, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with our earthly lot in life. Philippians 4:7 describes the manner in which the peace of God becomes a great and rich provision. This peace is defined...

It is by patient endurance that one gains mastery over his own soul (2). Hope is the great stabilizer of our soul which creates boldness, frankness (3), and dogmatic conviction. From this stability of soul comes the reflection of inner beauty. The woman of God is especially marked out as...

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.” The average Christian enjoys a message, but has no method of retaining what he has heard. Only a few minutes after hearing the Word, he is unable to remember it. If he cannot...

“Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life” (Matthew 6:25a, Amplified). There is no greater cancer in our society than the disease of worrying – being anxious. Some people worry when things are going well, and they worry when things are not going well....

For many Christians, “following on to know the Lord” is both unattractive and painstaking. To continue in the Kingdom of God becomes burdensome to them, to the point of despair. This kind of attitude is in stark contrast to the words of the Apostle John, in his first epistle, “For...

Hope becomes an anchor for the soul in the storms of life (2). It involves the certainty of prospective and glorious realities that are insured absolutely by the retrospective reality of Christ’s finished work and accomplished redemption! Hope is based on the immutability of God — His inability to change...

There are many doors open to each one of us today. Open doors of service are available in every avenue of our life, but we often miss these opportunities because we do not discern them. These doors are the most precious things in our lives. We must step through with...

The expression of God’s grace in redemption is Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:7 expresses this principle: “That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” The riches of God’s grace are “unending, (boundless, fathomless, incalculable and exhaustless)...

There is no foundation and nothing that can be relied on in man in his natural state. Reaction, arrogance, double-mindedness, self-pity, and inconsistency all reveal the instability and inadequacy of the flesh. The Bible says that “man at his best state is altogether vanity” (Psalm 39:5). His life is a...

Think of all the “earthly” things that will not exist in heaven. “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish – sorrow and mourning – nor grief nor pain anymore; for the old conditions and the former order...