What remnant are we, Encased in materialism And supernova dreams of Success and glory, And all those things moths and rust do corrupt. Like a pearl Entombed in the oyster Who, created for glory, Is hidden, Our light wanes In the dark sepulcher of prosperity. Mouths opened wide, We are filled But unsatisfied. Consuming all [...]
It’s no secret that other people influence our lives. This is a widely understood fact of life. Sciences have been created to study how people affect one another. Sociology and psychology are studies of human interaction. Advertising, marketing, and economics have a firm foundation in understanding influences that we exert on one another and this [...]
If you want to accomplish something of value, you have to be willing to go beyond where you have gone before. The world is full of people who have settled for the comfortable status quo of existence instead of pursuing their purpose. If you are willing to press on to something new, it will take [...]
“Although faith is the act of man, yet it is the work of God. “With the heart man believeth unto righteousness;” but that heart must, first of all, have been renewed by divine grace before it ever can be capable of the act of saving faith. Faith, we say, is man’s act, for we are [...]
(James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) “Surely there is on end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.” Proverbs 23:18 Christian! There is an end to all your troubles, trials, and temptations–you will survive them all, and rise superior to them. There is an end to all your [...]
(James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) “By grace you are saved!” Ephesians 2:8 Salvation is by free grace alone! In eternity past, the Lord fixed upon the objects whom He intended to deliver from sin, Satan, and the curse–and whom He designed to raise to holiness, happiness, and honor. He assigns no reason but His sovereign good [...]
(James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) “Because of the Lord’s mercies, we are not consumed–for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!” Lamentations 3:22-23 You are sometimes tempted to think that your lot is hard, and that your trials are greater than others–but do not think thus. [...]
