Providence

Jesus, The Substitute For His People

Romans 8:34

… Even if we could not speak as we have done of the glorious Person of our Lord, yet if the Divine Sovereignty and Wisdom elected such an One …

A Peal of Bells

Zechariah 14:20

… You can preach in the lodging-house, you can preach in the backroom yonder, where poverty has found a haunt, you can preach wherever God in his providence …

Unprofitable Servants

Matthew 25:30

… This verdict was given of Sovereign Grace. The reward was not according to the work, for the servant had been "faithful in a few things," but he was …

Psalm 18

Psalm 18

… Albeit that the dispensations of divine grace are to the fullest degree sovereign and irrespective of human merit, yet in the dealings of Providence there is often discernible …

Who Found It Out?

2 Kings 7:3-7

… You are neither able to plead Law nor Gospel in your favor and must cast yourself on Sovereign Grace. Do so and live! O poor Soul! I wish …

An Exhortation By Rev. C.H. Spurgeon

2 Samuel 11:1

… And so does it happen when the riches of the earth are ours freely to enjoy, and the blessings of Divine Providence are poured out of the cornucopia …

Rain and Grace—a Parallel

Job 38:25-27

… God, who does as He wills with His Grace which is most sovereign and free, passed over the fallen angels and made His Grace to light on insignificant …

Man Transient—god's Word Eternal

Isaiah 40:8

… You are thankful that God has smiled upon you in Providence and that He has blessed you in many respects. Yes, but still even contentment may be a …

The Arrows of the Bow Broken in Zion

Psalm 76:3

… all events! Providence is ruled and guided by the Man whose head was surrounded with the crown of thorns— "Lo! In His hands the sovereign keys Of Heaven …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Continued)

… Sometimes his voice would almost break and fail as he pleaded with sinners to come to Christ, or magnified the Lord in His sovereignty and righteousness. A glass …

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… It will save you from writing bitter things against yourselves in the time of trouble, and prevent your scanning the works of Providence, and measuring the infinite by …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… His Sovereign choice had separated them. His distinguishing Grace had discriminated them and His eternal purpose had decreed them to be His forever and ever! He loved us …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… The poor man was enabled in the matter of providence to cast himself entirely upon God, and then his doubts and fears subsided, and once more he began …

'Marvelous Things'

Psalm 98:1

… We have also a blessed prospect for the future—we shall be borne along upon the wings of Divine Providence until we exchange them for the wings of …

"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"

Jeremiah 32:26

… But Jehovah does not point to His works, nor quote creation nor Providence—He speaks of Himself—the source of all, from where a thousand earths and heavens …

Morning, February 24

Eze 34:26

… blessing.” Ezekiel 34:26 Here is sovereign mercy —“I will give them the shower in its season.” Is it not sovereign, divine mercy?—for who can say, “I …

The Great Catastrophe at the Surrey Gardens Music Hall

… Spurgeon only considers as an additional intervention of Providence in his favour. ' This event will, I trust, teach us the necessity of — being sober, rational, and decent? — No …

Psalm 111

Psalm 111

… There is no title to this psalm, but it is an alphabetical hymn of praise, having for its subject the works of the Lord in creation, providence, and …

None But Jesus—Second Part

John 3:18

… We were never able to get up to so high a standard as to deserve so rich, so gracious a providence as this covenant blessing—the rod of …

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

… The Lord by providence and grace can keep us out of the power of the wicked. He alone can do this, for neither our own watchfulness nor the …

Proving God

Malachi 3:10

… parts of His one grand Character so that when the whole history of Providence shall be written and the lives of all the saints shall be recorded, the …

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… Set not, then, your love on the fleeting bounties of kindly Providence as though you could embalm them and make them last for years! "For all flesh is …

True Prayer—True Power!

Mark 11:24

… Yet when your prayer is heard, creation will not be disturbed; though the grandest ends be answered, providence will not be disarranged for a single moment. Not a …

The Sheep Before the Shearers

… There is nothing our own but our God, for all his gifts are held on lease, terminable at his sovereign will. We foolishly consider that our mercies belong …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… There is some one in the front there, who gets converted; and some one down below, who is called by sovereign grace; some poor sinner is weeping under …

Psalm 10

Psalm 10

… And the providence of God corresponding thereto, by wonderful and unexpected revolutions, by numerous inventions for manufacturing the productions of the earth, in order to lead men into …

In the Hay-field

… God is seen in the grass as the worker and the caretaker; then let us see his hand in providence at all times . Let us see it, not …

Jesus and His Brethren

Genesis 45:1-5

… But our Savior lives!— "He is at the Father's side, The Man of Love, the Crucified" and the arrangements of Providence are in His hands and all …

The Broken Column

Luke 9:61

… You are willingly in love with sin, it is not in your calling in providence. “Yes, but,” saith another, “if it be not in our calling, yet in …

Psalm 123

Psalm 123

… Creation, providence, grace; these are all motions of Jehovah's hand, and from each of them a portion of our duty is to be learned; therefore should we …

Prayer 22 — The Presence of God

… Blessed are the hearts that have been softened, that have been made ready to receive the truth in the love of it! Blessed be the sovereign grace of …

God'S Witnesses

Isaiah 43:10

… You said you trusted in your heavenly Father—Providence will cross-examine you. A trial will dash upon you. How is it now? Can you trust Him? You …

Spiritual Gleaning

… Though all things are God’s, his works in creation and in providence are not for himself, but for his creatures. This should greatly encourage us in trusting …

No Tears In Heaven

Revelation 7:17

… We imagine ourselves in positions where Providence never intends to place us, and so we feel a thousand trials in fearing one. That bottle, I say, ought never …

Eccentric Preachers

… page Sehuon I. — Sovereignty and Salvation 1 "Look nnto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for I am Grod, and there is none …

Faith and Life

2 Peter 1:1-4

… This is an attribute which he will not alienate; to save and to destroy belong unto the Sovereign of heaven. “He can create, and he destroy,” is one …

"All the Day Long"

Proverbs 23:17

… Mourner, "Be you in the fear of the Lord all the day long." When life is like a foggy day—when Providence is cloudy and stormy and you …

Lessons From Nature

Psalm 104:17-18

… God knows better than you what is best for you; bow your soul to his sovereign will. God appoints our position infinitely better than we could appoint it …

The Ravens' Cry

Psalm 147:9

… Behold then, and wonder at the Providence and kindness of God, that He should provide food for the raven, a creature of so dismal a hue and of …

Love's Birth and Parentage

1 John 4:19

… How would you have ever come to love Him if He had not sent His Gospel to you? The gift of His Son, Jesus, and the Providence which …