Scripture > I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. > > — Isaiah 65:19 (ESV) Devotional The glorified weep no more, for all outward causes of grief are gone. There are no broken friendships, nor … Read more

Scripture > To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, > > — Ephesians 3:8 (ESV) Devotional My Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence … Read more

Scripture > I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love. > > — Song of Solomon 5:8 (ESV) Devotional Such is the language of the believer panting after present fellowship with Jesus, he is sick for his Lord. Gracious souls are never … Read more

Scripture > I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right. > > — Isaiah 45:19 (ESV) Devotional We may gain much solace by considering what God has not … Read more

Scripture > Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered. > > — Proverbs 11:25 (ESV) Devotional We are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in … Read more

Scripture > Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. > > — Nehemiah 3:8 (ESV) Devotional Cities well fortified have broad walls, and so had Jerusalem in her glory. The New Jerusalem must, … Read more

Scripture > Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel: > > — 2 Samuel 23:1 (ESV) Devotional Among all the saints whose lives are … Read more

Scripture > you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge. > > — Psalm 31:4 (ESV) Devotional Our spiritual foes are of the serpent’s brood, and seek to ensnare us by subtlety. The prayer before us supposes the possibility of the believer being caught like a … Read more

Scripture > And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. > > — Micah 5:4 (ESV) Devotional Christ’s reign in his … Read more

Scripture > And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. > > — Mark 15:23 (ESV) Devotional A golden truth is couched in the fact that the Saviour put the myrrhed wine-cup from his lips. On the heights of heaven the Son of God stood of old, and as … Read more