by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Prayer
“But thou, O LORD, shalt endure forever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.” (Psalm 102:12) Psalm 102 is born out of affliction, the voice of a soul brought low by sorrow. The psalmist speaks of eating ashes for bread, of drinking tears, of bones burned like a...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Providence
“Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace… Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.” (Daniel 3:26) The miraculous rescue of the three Hebrew children from the fiery furnace recorded in Daniel 3 is a...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Prayer, Salvation
“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” (Daniel 6:10) Daniel’s...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Prayer
“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” (Isaiah...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Faith, Prayer
“Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” (Matthew 6:8) The scene in Matthew 6 involves a crowd of people gathered to hear what Jesus had to say. And on this particular day the Lord is teaching them...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Law of God, Man's Nature, Prayer, Repentance, Salvation, Total Depravity
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” (Ecclesiastes 7:29) The words of Solomon in this passage present a piercing summary of the human condition. In a single sentence he declares both the dignity of...
