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Heavy-Duty Shoes Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. (Deuteronomy 33:25) Here are two things provided for the pilgrim: shoes and strength. As for the shoes: they are very needful for traveling along rough ways and for trampling upon deadly foes. We shall not go […] Valiant for Truth The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. (Daniel 11:32) “The Lord is a man of war, Jehovah is his name.” Those who enlist under His banner shall have a Commander who will train them for the conflict and give them both vigor and valor. […] Wilderness Communion I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. (Hosea 2:14) The goodness of God sees us allured by sin, and it resolves to try upon us the more powerful allurements of love. Do we not remember when the Lover of our souls first cast […] Word to Him Who Halts I will save her that halteth. (Zephaniah 3:19) There are plenty of these lame ones, both male and female. You may meet “her that halteth” twenty times in an hour. They are in the right road and exceedingly anxious to run in it with diligence, but they are […] The Mourner Comforted Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4) By the valley of weeping we come to Zion. One would have thought mourning and being blessed were in opposition, but the infinitely wise Savior puts them together in this Beatitude. What He has joined together let no man […] |
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