“I have labored to no purpose.”
Isaiah 49:4
It is common for God’s servants to feel their faithful service has been in vain. Our best intentions and efforts do not...
“I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.’”
Lamentations 3:24
Jeremiah walked faithfully with God. When others turned...
“But You, O Sovereign Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake. Out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.”
Psalm 109:21
Resentment is one of the ugliest emotions a...
“He went away very sad,”
— Matthew 19:22
Sometimes we ask questions to which we don’t want to hear the answers. Such was the case with this wealthy young man...
“We were not looking for praise from men.”
1 Thessalonians 2:6
Cravings strike us all from time to time. Common wisdom reports that pregnant ladies send their bewildered...
“My people have committed two sins;
they have forsaken me, the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns
that cannot hold water.”
—...
Chapter 2 — Surrender
To place yourself into the Lord’s care and keeping may not always come easily to you. To yield to his will and wisdom is also often a test of faith, but this...
“… He restores my soul.”
— Psalm 23:3
It is a wonderful experience to have a restored soul; it is difficult to live with a soul that needs restoring. King...
“He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:
as showers that water the earth.”
— Psalm 72:6 (KJV)
These words written for the king of Israel find their ultimate...
“If anyone is thirsty,
let him come to me.”
— John 7:37
Jesus spoke these wonderful words on the last day of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. In these words, Jesus...
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for...
“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink,
he who believes in me, as the scripture has said,
out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
John 7:37-38 (NKJV)
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