Heaven

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… Continue in your prayer till you see that child safely landed with you in Heaven. Perhaps you have one courteous passenger with you in the ship, like Julius …

How Hearts Are Softened

Zechariah 12:10

… prayer on earth that God could accept, but what first came down from Heaven by the operation of the Spirit of God upon the soul. But here is …

A Vile Weed and a Fair Flower

Hebrews 13:5

… If God gave them one whole world to themselves, they would cry for another and, if it were possible for them to possess Heaven as they now are …

The Lions' Den

Daniel 6:20

… His petitions will be heard in Heaven without respect to the place from which they are presented. Or it might have been expedient to suspend the vocal utterance …

The Character of Christ’s People

John 17:16

… He is a nobleman; he is a heaven-born child. His freedom is not merely a bought one, but he hath his liberty his new-born nature; he …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." A hallowed influence lingers about the scenes of faithful labors and I wonder not that our Lord sought retirement where …

The Ear Bored With An Awl

Exodus 21:5

… Will there be more cruel mocking between here and Heaven? No doubt there will! Then let them come and welcome! My solemn personal declaration at this hour is …

The Power of Christ's Presence

John 21:7

… But if He wills it, He can restrain the dew of Heaven until the most fertile Church shall become barren as the mountains of Gilboa! He exercises His …

The Memorable Hymn

… Draw out the stops, and let the organ swell the diapason! In fulness let its roll of thundering harmony go up to heaven; let every note be sounded …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… The other spies had said that these Canaanites dwelt in cities that were walled up to Heaven and, though Joshua did not endorse that exaggeration, he was very …

Over The Mountains

… Heaven itself would not be heaven if Thou wert absent. Abide with us. The world grows dark, the gloaming of time draws on. Abide with us, for it …

"God With Us"

Matthew 1:23

… Jesus, coming down from Heaven, is the pledge that He will take His people up to Heaven! His taking our nature is the seal of our being lifted …

God's Thoughts Of Peace and Our Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11

… Many of the most earnest prayers that ever rise to Heaven come from us when we are in bondage under grief. Yes, yes, we must thank God that …

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… When the Lord's Supper was celebrated after all the Apostles had gone to Heaven, was there to be any alteration because the Apostles had gone? Not at …

Mourning For Christ

Zechariah 12:10

… See it in David—"Against You only have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight." See it in the prodigal—"Father, I have sinned against Heaven …

Helps

1 Corinthians 12:28

… It confers a thousand blessings on your own souls to help others on the road to Heaven! Shut up your heart's floods and they will become noisome …

Prayer 19 — God's Unspeakable Gift

… Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven." And do Thou come Thyself, great King. May our eyes, if it please Thee …

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… Nor can the Law bring any man to Heaven. The Law may lead a man out of the Egypt of his sin, and it may bring him into …

The Search after Happiness

Psalm 4:6

… Despise earth and you shall gain Heaven!" Here may you and I close our review of the foolish multitude by learning the three lessons spoken of by Bonaventure …

Jacob's Model Prayer

Genesis 32:9-12

… To believing sinners, that they shall find eternal life. And then, the fourth thing is, God has already done good to you. This fact ought to strengthen your …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… But the true suppliant's prayer is meant for God! When he addresses the envelope that contains his supplications, he addresses it to the God of Heaven, for …

A Sincere Summary—and a Searching Scrutiny

Psalm 119:168

… a little ray of light upon them, not the great Light of the eternal purity of God—I cannot understand how there can be any man, even though …

The Pentecostal Wind and Fire

Acts 2:2-4

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filed all the house where they …

Our Urgent Need of the Holy Spirit

Romans 15:13

… sinner must love that which is pure and right, or he cannot enter Heaven! You cannot make him do so. Who can do it but that Holy Spirit …

The Child Of Light Walking In Light

1 John 1:6

… Blessed is that man to whom the Eternal Light has come by the effectual working of the Spirit of God who brings to us the Light of God …

Strong Faith in a Faithful God

Psalm 57:2

… The new life is there—all the elements of Heaven are within us. Now He will perfect all these. He will not allow one good thing that He …

A Welcome for Jesus

Luke 8:40

… At the foot of the Cross I will perish, if I must perish anywhere." Ring the bells of Heaven, for that soul is saved! Glory to God in …

Without Christ—Nothing

John 15:5

… thought go through you and prostrate you before Him who looks down from Heaven upon you! He lifts His pierced hands and cries, "Without Me you can do …

Gone, Gone Forever

1 Kings 20:40

… But to serve the Lord is more honorable than to wear a prince's ermine and, as for happiness, the angels find it Heaven and redeemed spirits acknowledge …

The Love of Our Espousals

Jeremiah 2:2

… onions? You were looking after that Heavenly manna! You were drawing from the eternal fountain, water that flowed from the Rock which God had smitten for you. You …

Paul Cheered in Prison by His Lord

Acts 23:10-13

… The Lord, who had called to him out of Heaven, who had washed him in His blood, who had commissioned him to be His servant, who had often …

The King Feasting in his Garden

Solomon 5:1

… His corporeal Presence is in Heaven, but His spiritual Presence, which is all we want—all it is expedient for Him as yet to grant—is assuredly in …

The Church Encouraged and Exhorted

Isaiah 43:6

… Hudson Taylor spoke to us the other night—in Tibet, in Manchuria, in Tartary—Christ has a people whom He has ordained unto eternal life and whom He …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

… The church celebrates the ascension of Christ, because then he was "highly exalted; "then he became terrible to his enemies, all power in heaven and earth being committed …

Sin's True Character

Romans 7:13

… The sun, the moon, the constellations of Heaven, yes, and the terrestrial forces, even the billows of the sea and the ravings of the wind—all these obey …

A Sight Of Self

Isaiah 64:6

… As if disobedience to God were a sort of necessity of nature, and not a direct rebellion of the will against the Majesty of Heaven. Others, too, will …

"Am I A Sea, Or A Whale?"

Job 7:12

… As children, we could not go to sleep till we said, "Our Father which are in Heaven." As youths, we trembled if we heard God's holy name …

Saints Guarded From Stumbling

… You know there are many ways in which people try to be as little Christians as they can be, so as just to get into Heaven. Miserable wretches …

The Story of God’s Mighty Acts

Psalm 44:1

… It seemed as if a fire from heaven ran along the ground. Nothing could resist its force. The lightning shaft of truth shivered every pinnacle of the idol …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… Great God, thou hast unsheathed thy sword, and bathed it in heaven, for the destruction of all evil, and thy redeemed are on thy side, abhorring that which …