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Do Ye Not Remember?

Psalm 77:10; Psalm 143:5 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of God…I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of … Continue reading

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When God’s Providences Seem to Contradict God’s Promises

Genesis 13:14-16; Genesis 15:1-4 And the LORD said unto Abram…Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I … Continue reading

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Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

Matthew 15:21-23 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son … Continue reading

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Vignettes of God’s Vengeance Upon the Persecutors of His People

Luke 18:7,8; Romans 12:19; Genesis 12:3 Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. For it is written, vengeance … Continue reading

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Staggering in Unbelief at the Promises of God

2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): “If we believe not.” This may be understood, either of such who are altogether destitute of faith, who do not believe in … Continue reading

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Waiting on the Lord in Faith & Hope

Psalm 130:5-7 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for … Continue reading

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Filling the Spiritual Storehouse with the Promises of God

2 Peter 1:2-4; Psalm 144:13 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through … Continue reading

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Facing the Grim Reality of Death

Deuteronomy 31:14        And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): We all have to meet and face the fact of death. It will come to each of us in some … Continue reading

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