isaiah-40:29

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. — My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in tro... Read More

As thy days, so shall thy strength be. When they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. — Take no thought for the mo... Read More

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.... Read More

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth st... Read More

After the lovely picture of the Remnant in chapters 1 and 2, we have salvation made manifest to all, the nation warned, and the Remnant recognised, sovereign grace in electing love, and complete judgment just ready, and the axe laid to the root of the trees; verses 6 - 9. This is important as regard... Read More

The history of Gideon is of much practical importance. It is the history of one of those revivals in Judges, so peculiarly applicable to the present circumstances and need of the church. Every now and again (as we learn in the previous chapters of this book, which will be seen at once to be occupied... Read More

We have seen, in what has preceded, the Lord presenting Himself, by His words and His work, as a new centre, to which and round which His people were gathered. Before this, Jehovah had been the centre, when Israel was the gathering point; for Jehovah was among the Jews, and the temple the place wher... Read More

Jesus leads them up into a high mountain, and there is transfigured before them: "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." Moses and Elias appeared also, talking with Him. I leave the subject of their discourse, which is deeply interesting, till we come to the Gospel o... Read More

"The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." John 3:35. [What follows was delivered immediately before the celebration of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper at Dunfermline, June 27, 1731.] It is in the holy and over-ruling providence of him, in whose hand all things and all ... Read More

Jesus died on the cross and rose again so that we might have, burning within us, a flame from heaven so strong that, no matter what storms come sweeping over us, we’re able to rise above them. He poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit so that we should have such strength that we can never say, "I’m ... Read More