Scripture > On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. > > — Obadiah 1:11 (ESV) Devotional Brotherly kindness was due from Edom to Israel in the time of need, but … Read more
Scripture > So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” > > — John 19:5 (ESV) Devotional If there be one place where our Lord Jesus most fully becomes the joy and comfort of his people, it is where he plunged deepest into … Read more
Scripture > Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. > > — Jeremiah 3:14 (ESV) Devotional Christ Jesus is joined unto his people in marriage-union. In love he espoused his … Read more
Scripture > I say to God, my rock: “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” > > — Psalm 42:9 (ESV) Devotional Canst thou answer this, believer? Canst thou find any reason why thou art so often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why yield to gloomy … Read more
Scripture > this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: “She despises you, she scorns you — the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you — the daughter of Jerusalem.” > > — Isaiah 37:22 (ESV) Devotional Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of … Read more
Scripture > And now what do you gain by going to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates? > > — Jeremiah 2:18 (ESV) Devotional By sundry miracles, by divers mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had proved himself … Read more
Scripture > In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. > > — Ephesians 1:13–14 (ESV) Devotional … Read more
Scripture > a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory. > > — Matthew 12:20 (ESV) Devotional What is weaker than the bruised reed or the smoking flax? A reed that groweth in the fen or marsh, let but the wild duck … Read more
Scripture > And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man still live.’ > > — Deuteronomy 5:24 (ESV) Devotional God’s great design in all … Read more
Scripture > They do not jostle one another; each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted. > > — Joel 2:8 (ESV) Devotional Locusts always keep their rank, and although their number is legion, they do not crowd upon each other, so as to throw their columns into confusion. … Read more
