hebrews-13:1-8,-hebrews-13:5

Sorrow has crossed the threshold of your home, and sits a downcast inhabitant in your heart. You mourn as one from whom all joy is fled. The saddened countenance--the open fount of tears--the swelling sighs--the shrinking from needless discourse--the pensive musing--clearly prove your burden of dist... Read More

If there is a picture, in which all enchanting beauty shines, it is that which represents the state of the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.--Gal. 3:26. Every joy should glow in their cup. They are called to a song swelling with melody, which cannot be more sweet. They are invited to a garde... Read More

Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 "I will praise the Lord all my life, I will sing praise to my God as long as I live." (Psalm 146:2) "Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence. This realization can turn any gloom into a song." --S. T. Coleridg... Read More

The Training Corral (The Five Avenues God Uses) The Need of Balance God’s training corral consists of five important areas that, when brought together, will result in a parent’s ability to train up a child according to his or her way. These are dedication, love, teaching, example, and discipline. So... Read More

1. HEALING BY GOD, THROUGH FAITH AND PRAYER, WAS PRACTICED BY THE PATRIARCHS. "Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children." Gen. 20:17 2. GOD MADE A COVENANT OF HEALING WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. A Covenant is an indisoluble Agree... Read More

"Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this scripture, preached Jesus to him" (Acts 8:35). In these days many people are trying to find God by varying methods, in different places, and by self-thought and beliefs. They are so accustomed to the ways of business, so used to the ways of the wo... Read More

We now come to the actual petition which was offered by the Apostle for the Ephesians. It is that, having been rooted and grounded in love, they may be fully able to comprehend with all saints "what is the breadth, and the length, and the depth, and the height, and to know the love of Christ, which ... Read More

/2/ Some may, perhaps, be anxious to know who the author of the following pages is, his name, and to what denomination he belongs. Let it suffice to say, that he considers himself connected with no party, nor wishes to be known by the name of any -- he feels himself united to that one body of which ... Read More

Jesus commands in Luke 12:15, “Beware of covetousness.” What does He mean? “Covetousness” has traditionally been interpreted to mean “a desire for something that belongs to somebody else.” Although that certainly is a dangerous desire, it is not exactly what Jesus is warning us to beware. Rather, th... Read More

APPENDIX THE COMMANDS OF CHRIST ON THE USE OF POSSESSIONS Maybe you feel that this book has been dominated by man’s opinion rather than by what the Bible really says. Just in case that is true, I’ve included this Appendix, made up almost entirely of New Testament verses that deal with the subject of... Read More