Spirit Jesus

Christians need to recognize the reality of spiritual conflict and warfare. We are born in conflict — against the world, against our carnal natures, and against the Devil. And if you do not know the nature of your enemy — if you do not know who your foes are — [...]

1. From depths of woe I cry to Thee,
Lord, hear me, I implore Thee.
Bend down Thy gracious ear to me,
My prayer let come [...]

“Catch us the foxes…that ruin the vineyards” (Song of Solomon 2:15) – The Importance of little things is indicated as being essential many times in God’s Word. The act on which hung the most stupendous issue for mankind was seemingly very small – that of a little fruit in the Garden of Eden. How [...]

I do believe that in this respect we are very much our own masters. Not all the bounties of Providence can make us happy, if we have a thankless, ungrateful heart.

It is one of the things which He says He hates — “a proud look.” God grant us grace to be rid of every proud thought, for we have nothing to be proud of.

Our Lord’s Cross is the gateway into His Life: His Resurrection means that He has power now to convey His life to me. When I am born again from above, I receive from the Risen Lord His very life.

“Jesus said unto him the third time, Lovest thou Me?” John 21:17 – Have you felt the hurt of the Lord to the uncovered quick, the place where the real sensitiveness of your life is lodged? The devil never hurts there, neither sin nor human affection hurts there, nothing goes through to that place [...]

“Be Still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off.
Tenacity is the [...]

Have I ever been carried away to do something for God not because it was my duty, nor because it was useful, nor because there was anything in it at all beyond the fact that I love Him?

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose imagination is stayed on Thee.” Isaiah 26:3
Is your imagination stayed on God or is it starved? The starvation of the imagination is one of the most fruitful sources of exhaustion and sapping in a worker’s life. If you have never used your imagination to put [...]

“There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? Today you will find out the answer to this question.
“From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England [...]

“We love Him because He first loved us” – 1John iv.19
This is a great doctrinal truth, and I might with much propriety preach a doctrinal sermon from it, of which the sum and substance would be the sovereign grace of God. God’s love is evidently prior to ours: “He first loved us.” It [...]

Be thankful to Him, and bless His name, For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting.
Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the Lord, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and [...]

By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it is still God who moves the mountains.

“Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold of eternal life to which you were summoned, and confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses”