matthew-9:1-7,-psalm-119:10-16-niv

Christian Science was founded by a woman named Mary Baker Eddy. She was born Mary Ann Morse Baker in New Hampshire in 1821. (She died in 1910.). She was the daughter of a New Hampshire Congregationalist church member. As a child, she was frequently ill and highly emotional. She is said to have been ... Read More

I am black, but comely. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. — Thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. I am a sinful man, O Lord. — Behold, thou art fair, my lo... Read More

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. — Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. it: I am but a litile child: I know not how to go out... Read More

Forgive all my sins. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for ... Read More

Reproach hath broken my heart. Is not this the carpenter's son? — Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? — Say we not well that thou are a Samaritan, and hast a devil? — He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. — We know that this man is a sinner. — He deceiveth the people. — ... Read More

"Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven" (Matt. 9:2). I do not find for one moment that my sinfulness makes it easier for me to fathom and to sympathize with the moral need of others. Quite the contrary I find that my own harsh judgments of myself continually make me pass harsh judgments on ot... Read More

"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Matt. 6:20, 21.) "Either make the tree good and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt and his f... Read More

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead? He takes in hand again another topic, establishing what he said at one time from what God does , and at another from the very things which they practice. And this also... Read More

Matthew 11:7-9. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment; behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what ... Read More

Matt. XXV. 1-30. Then shall the kingdom of Heaven, He says, be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. But five of them were wise, and the other five foolish, which took not, He says, oil. Then, while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and sle... Read More