Expecting God’s Mercy & Restoration

"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you." [Joel 2:25] Three times we are told that God, “the God of [our] mercy,” whose “mercy endureth for ever,” [Psa 59:10; 136:2] does not take any …

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Not Being Dislodged From Our Simple Hope

"Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father… But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any …

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Our Long Awaited And Glorious End

"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit." [Ecc 7:8] Those moments when the sun peaks above the skyline, “as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,” [Psa 19:5] upsetting the night and reflecting all manner of colored light; and …

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An Everlasting Rope, Our Everlasting Hope

"My soul, be silent only for God; for my hope is from Him." [Psa 62:5] Often, through the Psalms, David affords us a great deal of strength and hope by his gracious words, which often mimic our soul’s own feelings. No doubt, this is because He, “being a prophet,” spoke as God, “for the prophecy …

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