Posts from May 2012

So far we looked at the four Life Goals God has for His children, then last week we saw three Life Assurances God gives us as we face the complexity of trials in our Christian lives, which range from those that God uses to test or prove and also improve our faith through to Satan’s temptations either in those trials or more directly. What great encouragement we received…

He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those who are with young. [Isaiah 40:11] Who is He of whom such gracious words are spoken? He is the Good Shepherd. Why does He carry the lambs in His bosom? Because He has a tender heart, and any weakness at once melts His heart. The sighs, the…

The clear desire of all Christian parents is the spiritual wellbeing of their children. We want our children to be saved, to be part of the company of the redeemed. We yearn for the blessing of God’s covenant grace to be on our children. While we recognize God’s sovereignty in salvation, this longing to see one generation follow another in knowing God motivates the…

“God, that comforts those that are cast down.” – 2 Cor. 7:6   If there is much to cast down the child of God, there is more to lift him up. If in his path to glory there are many causes of soul-despondency, of heart-sorrow, and mental disquietude, yet in that single truth—God comforts the disconsolate—he has an infinite counterbalance of consolation, joy, and hope.…