ElCapitanGrok

Scripture Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. — Psalm 62:8 (ESV) Devotional Faith is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly … Read more

Scripture You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. — Psalm 73:24 (ESV) Devotional The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God’s counsel should … Read more

Scripture But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. — 1 John 1:7 (ESV) Devotional As he is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able … Read more

Scripture My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait. — Isaiah 51:5 (ESV) Devotional In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast … Read more

Scripture Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. — Jeremiah 17:14 (ESV) Devotional “I have seen his ways, and will heal him.” — Isaiah 57:18 It is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally … Read more

Scripture Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! — Psalm 27:14 (ESV) Devotional It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s … Read more

Scripture > All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins. > > — Numbers 6:4 (ESV) Devotional Nazarites had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate the … Read more

Scripture > Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. > > — Psalm 51:1 (ESV) Devotional When Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the … Read more