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February 12 Must I Listen? “And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” Exodus 20:19 We do not consciously disobey God, we simply do not heed Him. God has given us His commands; there they are, but we do not […] Morning, February 12 Scripture: “For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.”(2 Corinthians 1:5) There is a blessed proportion. The Ruler of Providence bears a pair of scales—in this side he puts his people’s trials, and in that he puts their consolations. When the scale of […] God Delights to Give Scripture: “And the LORD said unto Abraham, after that Lot was separated from him, 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 give it, and to thy […] Evening, February 12 Scripture: “He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.”(John 14:16) Great Father revealed himself to believers of old before the coming of his Son, and was known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the God Almighty. Then Jesus came, and the ever-blessed Son in […] February 12 Meant to be Used “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises” (2 Pet. 1:4). When a shipwright builds a vessel, does he build it to keep it upon the stocks? Nay, he builds it for the sea and the storm. When he was making it, he thought […] |
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