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Faith
Trusting Christ, weak faith, strong faith, and living by faith
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Morning, May 25
Ps 38:21
… into despair; and forsake me not in the day of my strongest faith, lest faith degenerate into presumption. Forsake me not, for without thee I am weak, but …
DEVOTIONALEvening, October 8
Jude 20
… Moreover, it must be a prayer full of faith . A man prevails only as he believes. The Holy Spirit is the author of faith, and strengthens it, so …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 22
Na 1:3
… Dear reader, what is your state this evening? Can you by humble faith look to Jesus, and say, “My substitute, thou art my rock, my trust”? Then, beloved …
SERMON • SERMON 1172The Savior You Need
Hebrews 5:9
… He sought us as well as bought us! His Spirit gives us the first sense of sin and leads us to faith. He Himself draws us to Himself …
SERMON • SERMON 2014"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"
Psalm 48:8
… God's Word demands our reverent faith and he that speaks it faithfully speaks with authority and not as the scribes. Conscience within the breast of man echoes …
DEVOTIONALEvening, January 28
Lu 2:20
… mere hearing may tune the harp, but the fingers of living faith must create the music. If you have seen Jesus with the God-giving sight of faith …
DEVOTIONALEvening, April 26
Rev 16:15
… Our danger is lest we grow rich and become proud, lest we give ourselves up to the fashions of this present evil world, and lose our faith. Or …
DEVOTIONALEvening, October 21
Lu 24:38
… Believer, grasp the divine word with a personal, appropriating faith. Think that you hear Jesus say, “I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not.” Think you …
SERMON • SERMON 2894The Sinner's Only Alternative
2 Kings 7:4
… And we should go to Christ, not by long-protracted resolving, but by instantaneous submission as justification by faith is an instantaneous gift! The faith that saves is …
SERMON • SERMON 3121The Necessity of Regeneration
John 3:7
… They looked by faith at Him whom they had pierced by their sins and mourned for Him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. I think …
DEVOTIONALMorning, May 22
Ps 107:7
… The eclipse of your faith, the darkness of your mind, the fainting of your hope, all these things are but parts of God’s method of making you …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 24
Da 3:16,18
… Let young Christians especially learn from their example, both in matters of faith in religion, and matters of uprightness in business, never to sacrifice their consciences. Lose all …
SERMON • SERMON 2285Paul, the Ready
Romans 1:15
… The faith must keep us, and we must keep the faith. Thus, you see, Paul was ready for service, ready for suffering, ready for unpleasant duty and ready …
SERMON • SERMON 3198What Christians Were and Are
Ephesians 2:3
… Great-Heart, himself! "If children," that is all, "if children, then heirs." Are they true-born children of God? Have they the faith which is the characteristic mark …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 26
2Pe 1:4
… live like a heavenly spirit, so shall you prove that you have true faith in Jesus, for there cannot be faith in the heart unless there be holiness …
SERMON • SERMON 2647Preparation Necessary for the Communion
1 Corinthians 11:28
… That is glorious faith which says, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him." "I believed, therefore have I spoken." Faith is not a dumb Grace …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 1
Jos 5:12
… Joyful is the prospect, and if faith be in active exercise, it will yield unalloyed delight. To be with Jesus in the rest which remaineth for the people …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 31
Je 23:6
… the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” You will not find on this side heaven a …
DEVOTIONALMorning, April 28
Ps 119:49
… I gather thee.” Banquet your faith upon God’s own word, and whatever your fears or wants, repair to the Bank of Faith with your Father’s note …
SERMON • SERMON 2486Overcoming Christ
Solomon 6:5
… I suppose some of you, dear Friends, have a distinct recollection of the first faith-glance you ever took at Christ. I well remember mine—it seemed so …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 17
Eze 35:10
… and yet perpetually preserved! How often Satan shoots his arrows against our faith , but our faith defies the power of hell’s fiery darts; they are not only …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 30
Je 32:17
… Would to God we had in the religion of these modern times a more potent infusion of this heroic faith in God. If we would venture more upon …
DEVOTIONALMorning, April 18
Jos 2:21
… Her faith was simple and firm, but it was very obedient. To tie the scarlet line in the window was a very trivial act in itself, but she …
SERMON • SERMON 686Obedience Better Than Sacrifice
1 Samuel 15:2
… First, I will speak to you, my Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, you who have made a PROFESSION of your faith in Him. Be it ever in …
CHAPTEREnquirers and Converts
… I do not know of anything that has more greatly comforted me, during the last week or two, in the time of sharp contention for the faith, than …
DEVOTIONALMorning, July 11
1Pe 5:10
… May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock! May your faith be no “baseless fabric of a vision,” but may …
SERMON • SERMON 2878Good Cheer for the Needy
Psalm 9:18
… You have also been expecting to enjoy the full assurance of faith and your expectation, in that respect, shall not perish forever. The Lord will make your faith …
SERMON • SERMON 3315Joy in Harvest
Isaiah 9:3
… I hope we all know what it is to pray in faith. Some prayers are not worth the words used in offering them because there is no faith …
COMMENTARYPsalm 37
Psalm 37
… Verily thou shalt be fed; some read it, Thou shalt be fed by faith, as the just are said to live by faith, and it is good living …
DEVOTIONALEvening, May 19
1Ki 19:4
… There is a limit to the doctrine of the prayer of faith. We are not to expect that God will give us everything we choose to ask for …
DEVOTIONALMorning, February 13
1Jn 3:1-2
… you must live simply by faith on Christ. With all these things against us, now—in the very depths of our sorrow, wherever we may be— now , as …
DEVOTIONALEvening, May 20
Ho 11:4
… Our meagre faith brings leanness into our souls; we do not open our mouths wide, though God has promised to fill them. Does he not this evening draw …
DEVOTIONALEvening, August 8
Mk 9:23
… Gather golden sheaves of grace, for they await thee in the fields of faith. “All things are possible to him that believeth.”
SERMON • SERMON 729Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings
Isaiah 3:10
… Faith in the precious blood is the great distinction at the root, and all those Divine Graces which spring out of faith go to make the righteous more …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 17
Nu 21:17
… Before the water gushed forth, cheerful faith prompted the people to sing; and as they saw the crystal fount bubbling up, the music grew yet more joyous. In …
DEVOTIONALEvening, September 1
Ps 62:8
Evening, September 1 Go To Morning Reading “Trust in him at all times.” Psalm 62:8 Faith is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life …
SERMON • SERMON 2941Mary's Magnificat
Luke 1:46
… It was only her wondrous faith—in some respects, her matchless faith, for no other woman had ever had such a blessed trial of faith as she had …
SERMON • SERMON 22A Caution to the Presumptuous
… A man says, “I have great faith, I shall not fall; poor little faith may, but I never shall.” ” I have fervent love,” says another man, “I can …
SERMON • SERMON 1385Jesus Interceding For Transgressors
Isaiah 53:12
… Come, then, my Soul, if Christ's prayer prevails because of this, so will your faith! Resting on the same Foundation, your faith will be equally secure of …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 21
2Ti 2:19
Evening, June 21 Go To Morning Reading “The foundation of God standeth sure.” 2 Timothy 2:19 The foundation upon which our faith rests is this, that “God …