I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. Ecclesiastes 2:1 We must test all our pleasures and amusements by this […]
President George Washington issued a proclamation on October 3, 1789, designating Thursday, November 26 as a national day of thanks. According to historians at Mount Vernon, Washington attended services at St. Paul’s Chapel in New […]
“I have had God’s help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike.” Acts 26:22 When Paul stood before Agrippa, it was twenty-five years after his conversion. […]
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt.” Colossians 4:6 The New Testament has a great deal to say about speech. Jesus spoke of men’s words — idle words which have to be […]
“And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.” — Luke 10: 37 In Luke 10, famous for the parable of the Good Samaritan, a […]
We may think that our lot is especially hard — and may wish that it were otherwise. We may wish that we had a life of ease and luxury, amid softer scenes — with no […]
“I am poor and needy — yet the Lord thinks upon me!” Psalm 40:17 Did God really care for him? And does God care for us, and think upon us — when we are poor […]
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.” 1 Corinthians 9:24 True religion is a business of the greatest importance. […]
“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms!” Deuteronomy 33:27 The image of a child in the strong arms of a father or a single path of footprints in the sand […]
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. […]
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