Deuteronomy 30:9-14 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: [...]

Zephaniah 2:4-5 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (5) Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, [...]

Zephaniah 2:1-3 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; (2) Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come upon you. (3) Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the [...]

“Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats?” by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892 An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence, that the most shortsighted can hardly fail to notice it during the past few years.  It has developed at an abnormal rate, even for evil.  It has worked like leaven [...]

So why would God be willing to save anybody? It is certainly not for anything we can do now or in the future. God saves people because He loves them and does not want to see any perish. God saves people for His own glory. Psa 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for [...]

Psalm 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. We see here three descriptions of the Lord: gracious, righteous, and merciful. God must be righteous before He can be gracious or merciful. Because God is holy, He has to be righteous. Psalm 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at [...]

Psalm 116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. Psalm 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. Nathanael Hardy wrote: If you cast your eyes on Psalm 116:1, you find a profession of love – “I love [...]

Psalm 116:1-19 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. (2) Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. (3) The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and [...]

If you are in despair, you have only to get among God’s people, and inquire a little, and you will discover that some of the saints have been equally in despair at times and they will be pleased to tell you how the Lord delivered them. As you listen to one after another of those [...]

By Charles Spurgeon: How can we obtain an increase of faith? This is a very earnest question to many. They say they want to believe, but cannot. A great deal of nonsense is talked upon this subject. Let us be strictly practical in our dealing with it. Common sense is as much needed in religion [...]