Rejoicing in Trouble

Rejoicing in Trouble

April 08, 2026 I will fear no evil, for you are with me. – Psalm 23:4 Consider how the Holy Spirit can make the Christian independent of outward circumstances. What a bright light may shine within us when it is really dark outside! How firm, how happy, how calm,...
Rejoicing in Trouble

Brokenness of Heart

April 07, 2026 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. – Psalm 51:14 In this solemn confession, it is helpful to observe that David plainly names his sin. He does not call it...
Rejoicing in Trouble

Cut Them Off!

April 06, 2026 In the name of the Lord I cut them off! – Psalm 118:12 Our Lord Jesus, by His death, did not purchase a right to just a part of us, but to all of us. He pondered in His passion our complete sanctification—spirit, soul, and body, that in...
Rejoicing in Trouble

Genuine Salt of Humility

April 05, 2026 Humility comes before honor. – Proverbs 15:33 Humiliation of soul always brings a positive blessing with it. If we empty our hearts of self, God will fill them with His love. If we desire close communion with Christ, we should remember the word of...
Rejoicing in Trouble

An Exploit of Climbing

April 04, 2026 Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord. – Isaiah 2:3 It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to rise above this present evil world to something nobler and better. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches are apt to choke...
Rejoicing in Trouble

A Humble Confession

April 03, 2026 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. – Isaiah 53:6 Here a confession of sin is shared by all the elect people of God. They have all fallen, and therefore,...

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