by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Law of God, Man's Nature, Providence, Repentance, Salvation, Spiritual Warfare
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9) The Lord often brings His people into deep and painful difficulties in order to loosen their confidence in created things and...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Providence
“Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.” (Job 37:23) God alone is sovereign, which means He is King of kings and Lord of lords, with power and rule over all. Nothing in...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Providence
“For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.” (Zechariah 4:10) God is always at work, though He...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Providence
“Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute.” (Luke 11:49) In this solemn word spoken by our Lord, He declares that the sending of prophets and apostles, and the violent rejection they...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Man's Nature, Providence
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9) There’s no doubt that Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 1:9 come from a place of deep affliction. And yet God designed it that...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Man's Nature, Ministry, Providence, Quiet Time, Repentance
“Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.” (Psalm 69:6) Psalm 69:6 is a prayer born out of deep humility and holy fear. David is not only concerned for his own...
