colossians-3:2

My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! "My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me!" Isaiah 24:16 There is no more continual source of lamentation and mourning to a child of God than a sense of his own barrenness. He would be fruitful in every good word and work. But when he contrasts . . . his own miser... Read More

But who is our greatest enemy? The pride of our heart, the presumption of our heart, the hypocrisy of our heart, the intense selfishness of our heart, are often hidden from us. This wily devil, self, can wear such masks and assume such forms. This serpent, self, can so creep and crawl, can so twist ... Read More

Man's religion & God's religion "That no flesh should glory in His presence." 1 Cor. 1:29 Man's religion is to build up the creature. God's religion is to throw the creature down in the dust of self-abasement, and to glorify Christ. A mystery to yourself "I find then, the law that, to me, while I de... Read More

Death and Resurrection, or Spiritual Convictions and Heavenly Affections Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on June 27, 1858, by J. C. Philpot "If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above... Read More

Chapter Fifteen from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer We have another view to take of our blessed Lord as having entered into the courts of bliss. He is gone thither as his people’s forerunner, as the apostle speaks, "Whither the forerunner is for us entered even J... Read More

3. Now comes another gate which has to be opened; and this is the gate of hope. Of this we read in the prophecy of Hosea, where the promise runs, "And I will give her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope" Ho 2:15. This door of hope is the same as the apostle calls "a goo... Read More

A godly writer over 200 years ago lamented the lack of the actual presence of God355 in Christian Assemblies with these words: “By this process the Church steadily ceased to be a testimony to the existence, presence, and working of the living and true God. Less and less often did unbelievers coming ... Read More

For many Christians in countries with no persecution, having a Bible—the full Scriptures495—is often not appreciated. We do not realize that the Bible is our greatest physical treasure in this world. In persecuted nations our sisters and brothers weep over the Word of God and often only have parts o... Read More

God Calls To A New Life By Horatius Bonar It is to a new life that God is calling us, not to some new steps in life, some new habits or ways or motives or prospects, but to A NEW LIFE. To produce this new life the eternal Son of God became flesh, died, was buried, and rose again. It is not life prod... Read More

Setting Our Hearts To Seek God By James N. Jidov "And I set my face unto the Lord God" (Daniel 9:3). Daniel wrote the above during the Babylonian captivity. When he and his people went into captivity he was 17 years old and neither he nor any of the Jews knew how long the captivity was to last. Howe... Read More