Providence

Jesus At A Standstill

Mark 10:49

… Patience makes room for Justice and Providence determines that guilty nations shall be scourged. At such times they are blessed, indeed, who can cause the King to stand …

Psalm 137

Psalm 137

… The revenges of providence may be slow, but they are ever sure; neither can they be received with regret by those who see God's righteous hand in …

"The King Can Do No Wrong"

2 Samuel 3:36

… Well, if they are not impediments of our own making, if they come in the order of Providence, let it be so and let us still say that …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… He is His Church's Husband and the world's Ruler—Master of Providence, Sovereign of Heaven, Conqueror of Hell itself! All power is in His hands. The …

How To Converse With God

Job 13:22

… We cannot believe that the Providence which looks so evil can really be a blessing in disguise. Blind unbelief is sure to err and it errs principally in …

Heart'S Ease

Psalm 112:7

… He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world's tiller and that wherever Providence may drift, Jehovah steers it. That reassuring knowledge prepares him for …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… One man preached Divine Sovereignty; I could hear him with pleasure, but what was that sublime truth to a poor sinner who wished to know what he must …

Secret Drawings Graciously Explained

Jeremiah 31:3

… His Providence and Grace reveal Him, but still more does He, Himself, explain and reveal His Providence and Grace. Though all things in the field and the garden …

Dangerous Lingering

Genesis 19:16

… Not infrequently the children follow suit! It only needed somehow, in God's Providence, the decision of the head of the household! This has led the others to …

In the Hay Field

Psalm 104:14

… Then let us see His hand in Providence at all times. Let us see it and lean upon it, not only when we have abundance, but even when …

Near the Kingdom, or in It?

Mark 12:34

… Be very thankful to God for what He has already done for you—for this vantage ground on which His Providence and the kind instructions of Christian parents …

The Weaned Child

Psalm 131:2

… By nature we hang on the breasts of this world and only Sovereign Grace can wean us from it. But when we give up self-righteousness, self-confidence …

Sowing and Reaping

Galatians 6:7

… It is also so in Providence. A man is idle and neglects his business—he sleeps in the morning when he ought to be at work. He is …

"At Your Word"

Luke 5:5

… in creation, alone, that the word of the Lord is supreme, but in Providence, too, its majestic power is manifested, for the Lord upholds all things by the …

Peter's Blunder—a Lesson for Ourselves

Acts 10:14

… Yes, Peter actually says, "Not so, Lord." May we never be found questioning Providence, or disputing with Revelation, lest we be taken in the same fault and receive …

The Jewel of Peace

2 Thessalonians 3:16

… the field and the beasts of the field are at peace with us! Providence is our pavilion and angels are our attendants. All things work together for our …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… If tens of thousands of souls were immediately saved by the sovereign grace of God, what a rebuke it would be to those who deny the faith! Oh …

Blessing on the Printed Sermons

… Weak and faint-hearted, I lay pondering on the strange providence of the Master, when one of your sermons was placed in my hands. The refreshing shower revived …

Trial by the Word

Psalm 105:19

… To sovereign grace these blessed ones will never cease to ascribe their bliss. But as for those of us who live to riper years, it will be written …

Gone, Gone Forever

1 Kings 20:40

… A man had once considerable wealth, but a turn of Providence has made him poor. It is a very unhappy thing if he has to confess, "I did …

"A Man Under Authority"

Matthew 8:8

… We may go where Christ goes and yet we may get into danger! Never judge the rightness of your path by the Providence which attends it. You may …

Abraham's Great Reward

Genesis 15:1

… So, my Soul, sing of Free and Sovereign Grace! Let your life-song be— "Free Grace and dying love," because the portion you have received is such as …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… Out of Your free rich Sovereign Grace, for mercy's sake still "revive Your work in the midst of the years." It is good pleading—be sure to …

The Best House-visitation

Mark 1:29-33

… When they are brought into this trial in the course of providence they have need of great grace to remain firm under it. Beloved brother, if in your …

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 26:14

… You little know from how many dangers Christ in his providence protects you. You can little guess how numerous the mercies which, unseen by you, are poured into …

Flesh And Spirit—A Riddle

Psalm 73:22-25

… Grace Divine! O sovereign love! Were it not for these we should lie down in despair, when we think of the uncome-liness of our nature. More stubborn …

A Lecture for Little-Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… He casts himself upon the providence of God; he believes that he who clothes the lilies, and feeds the ravens, will not allow his children to go starving …

"This Thing Is From Me"

1 Kings 12:24

… The great, deep, mysterious Providence of God was quietly working even behind the folly and the domineering pride of this foolish man! 15, 16. That He might perform …

The Lord's Name and Memorial

Isaiah 55:13

… The Lord has not chosen Creation to be His distinguishing Glory! Beloved, there is the world of Providence, and in that Providence there are wheels within wheels evolving …

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… Thank God, the worst monopolizer cannot do much mischief nowadays, for, by the gracious Providence of God which has burst the fetters of commerce we are not likely …

Marah Better Than Elim

Exodus 15:22-26

… It is according to His thoughts of His own people that He rules everything in His Providence. There are a few verses in the Book of the Prophet …

God's People—or Not God's People

Hosea 2:23

… You are guardianed by His Providence and yet you have no fellowship with the God who rules over all. Why, the joy of life to some of us …

Psalm 87

Psalm 87

… Divine love have sprung? What but those attributes of mercy, justice, holiness, and sovereignty, from the ineffable embrace and holy cooperation of which it comes to pass that …

Psalm 128

Psalm 128

… The apprehension with which a warring rebel regards his triumphant and offended sovereign, or the feelings of a fraudulent bankrupt towards a stern creditor, or, a conscience stricken …

Everywhere And Yet Forgotten

Job 12:9

… And then let us learn some useful lessons from the whole subject of Divine Providence. I. The first Doctrine is THE PRESENT HAND OF GOD. 1. That there …

Wakeful and Watchful Eyes

Psalm 121:4

… That is just how the child of God should watch the hands of God in the Bible and in Providence, so as to do at once whatever we …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… The eternity of divine sovereignty yields unfailing consolation. By the throne being prepared for judgment, are we not to understand the swiftness of divine justice. In heaven's …

Prayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace

… With sovereign mercy make a raid amongst them. Come and capture some of these that they may become great lovers of Him that shall forgive them and may …

Psalm 112

Psalm 112

… The heat of his passion shall melt him like wax, and the sun of God's providence shall dissolve him like snow, and at the last the fire …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… I know I am called to this work, and I have had some most singular interpositions of Providence in providing funds for it. At the Day of Judgment …