Faith

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… Yet, when the devil had that desire, Christ had gone a long way beyond him—"But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not." So quickly …

Psalm 46

Psalm 46

… When all things are excited to fury, and reveal their utmost power to disturb, faith smiles serenely. She is not afraid of noise, nor even of real force …

Psalm 114

Psalm 114

… Let us never fear, but rather let our faith say unto this mountain, "Be thou removed hence and cast into the sea, "and it shall be done. Verse …

Evening, May 29

Jos 6:26

… In our fathers’ days the gigantic walls of Popery fell by the power of their faith, the perseverance of their efforts, and the blast of their gospel trumpets …

Morning, September 28

Ps 33:13

… can incline his ear unto thee; thy prayer can stay his hand; thy faith can move his arm. Think not that God sits on high taking no account …

Morning, December 22

Is 41:10

… Whilst the earth’s huge pillars stand, thou hast enough reason to abide firm in thy faith. The same God who directs the earth in its orbit, who …

Prefatory Note

… Surrounded by his sons in the faith, many of whom were his own spiritual children, and all of whom delighted to call him President, leader, brother, friend, he …

The Law's Failure and Fulfillment

Romans 8:3

… The work of regeneration and the act of faith which brings justification to the penitent sinner are simultaneous and must, in the nature of the case, always be …

Heedful Hearing

Luke 8:18

… Beware of these men, if you would not have your faith staggered!

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… Well then, if you want to be kept right and sound in the faith, the first thing is to get the right Subject fixed in the center of …

Morning, February 6

Eph 6:18

… We have had to pray for sanctifying grace, for constraining and restraining grace; we have been led to crave for a fresh assurance of faith, for the comfortable …

Evening, December 3

Ps 24:8

… We shall cast down the powers of darkness which are in the world, by our faith, and zeal, and holiness; we shall win sinners to Jesus, we shall …

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… I will bring them back and heal them." You may be broken in heart and your faith may be weak, and your Graces spoiled, but this stands good …

Psalm 85

Psalm 85

… It is the prayer of a patriot for his afflicted country, in which he pleads the Lord's former mercies, and by faith foresees brighter days. We believe …

The Two Appearings and the Discipline of Grace

Titus 2:11-14

… Now it is this "present world." Oh, how present it is! How sadly it surrounds us! Yet, by faith, we count these present things to be unsubstantial as …

Morning, March 5

1Th 5:6

… Let the eye of faith be constantly looking unto him; let your heart be full of him; let your lips speak of his worth. Friend, live near to …

Evening, March 7

Ps 118:8

… mix not only thy wine with water, do not alloy thy gold of faith with the dross of human confidence. Wait thou only upon God, and let thine …

Morning, February 28

Ps 62:5

… Constantly he may draw from the bank of faith, and get his need supplied out of the riches of God’s lovingkindness. This I know, I had rather …

Morning, November 3

Acts 9:11

… is opened at last, there shall be a precious fragrance springing up therefrom. “Faith asks no signal from the skies, To show that prayers accepted rise, Our Priest …

Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock

Micah 4:6

… There is a deficiency in her faith, a lukewarm-ness in her love, doctrinal errors spring up and many things that both weaken and trouble her—and then …

Setting Jesus at Nothing—Treating Him with Contempt

Luke 23:11

… I do not doubt that often men turn away from the faith because their curiosity is not gratified and they see nothing marvelous in it. A Gospel for …

Evening, April 2

Is 53:10

… borrow the telescope of faith; wipe the misty breath of your doubts from the glass; look through it and behold the coming glory. Reader, let us ask, do …

Evening, June 27

1Co 7:20

… Turn to the Bible, and you will find the most menial forms of labour connected either with most daring deeds of faith, or with persons whose lives have …

Morning, November 13

Jn 15:4

… have slackened in prayer, when you have departed from the simplicity of your faith, when your graces have engrossed your attention instead of your Lord, when you have …

Morning, November 16

La 3:24

… Our faith stretches her wings and mounts like an eagle into the heaven of divine love as to her proper dwelling-place. “The lines have fallen to us …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… Let our eyes be opened to behold, by faith, the Glory soon to be revealed. It may almost make you laugh for joy to think of your head …

Morning, November 2

Mal 3:6

… all the changes of this troublous life, he rests the foot of his faith upon this truth—“ I am the Lord, I change not .” The stability which the …

Evening, December 23

Ps 74:16

… His love wraps the night about itself as a mantle, but to the eye of faith the sable robe is scarce a disguise. From the first watch of …

Psalm 23

Psalm 23

… Some of his odes do indeed express as lively a faith as this, and faith can walk in darkness. But where else do we find a whole Psalm …

Communion With Christ and His People

1 Corinthians 10:16

… I like sometimes, in prayer, when I do not feel that I can say anything, just to sit still and look up—then faith spiritually catches sight of …

Morning, August 18

Je 51:51

… O for grace to come to Jesus aright, with the faith of God’s elect. He who smote Uzzah for touching the ark is very jealous of his …

Morning, September 19

Ga 5:1

… Come in faith and you are welcome to all covenant blessings . There is not a promise in the Word which shall be withheld. In the depths of tribulations …

Evening, September 30

Ec 9:4

… The snarlings of the dog of hell will at least keep us awake, but dead faith and dead profession, what greater curses can a man have? Quicken us …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… To be baptized is to be immersed in water upon profession of your faith in Jesus Christ. May God grant to all of you Grace, first to believe …

Stephen and Saul

Acts 7:58

… He saw a Christian of the noblest type—a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit. And he saw him at his best, for his face …

Morning, May 10

1Co 15:20

… for, “If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain: ye are yet in your sins.” The divinity of Christ finds …

A Blow at Self-Righteousness

Job 9:20

… The godly, those who are righteous through faith in Christ, still have to mourn that this infirmity clings to them; while as to the unconverted themselves, their besetting …

Servitude Or Service—Which?

2 Chronicles 12:8

… If there are any difficulties in the faith of Christ, they are not one-tenth as great as the absurdities in any system of unbelief which seeks to …

Morning, January 8

Ex 28:38

… O for grace to view our great High Priest by the eye of faith!

Morning, April 29

Je 17:17

… We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, and to root us more firmly in Christ. The day …