Providence

The Sinful Made Sinless

1 John 3:4

… the Most High and you will not yield to Him, your Lord and Sovereign." This is the very essence and virus of the worst possible sin. I know …

Scourge For Slumbering Souls

Amos 6:1

… Oh that you may be clear of it yourselves! Oh, sovereign grace, renew the heart! Oh, Jesus, Conqueror, lead them captive at the chariot-wheels of Your love …

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… We must plead with God as a condemned criminal appeals to his sovereign, asking for the exercise of the royal prerogative of free pardon. As a beggar asks …

The Candle

Matthew 5:15

… Our placing, whether it has necessitated removal or not, is largely done by the Providence of God—one man is placed here and another there—and it is …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… Are you such a person? Then be comforted! But how is it that such blind men come clearly to see? The reason is Sovereign Grace, but still there …

A Bad Excuse Is Worse Than None

Luke 14:18

… And till the last sinner shall be saved by Sovereign Grace, I suppose men will still be setting up their vain excuses in the temple of God! If …

Question 8: How does God execute his decrees?

Re 4:11; Da 4:35

… How does God execute his decrees? A God executes his decrees in the works of creation, # Re 4:11 and providence. # Da 4:35 Topic No. 05909

Zealots

Luke 6:15

… But when you get a man who is vigorous in the cause of Satan and when Sovereign Grace brings him down—what a trophy he becomes of its …

Are You Mocked?

Psalm 14:6

… At this particular time the warfare is not less bitter; but the restraints of Providence do not allow it to display itself as it once did, and it …

Peter Walking on the Sea

Matthew 14:28-31

… God preserve such a man! How I rejoice at every mention of our brother Muller at Bristol! What lessons of trust in God's promise and His Providence …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… It is not long, dearest, before I shall again enjoy your sweet society, if the providence of God permit. I knew I loved you very much before, but …

What Are the Clouds?

Nahum 1:3

… Or, perhaps, ye are not agitated about Providence in a nation, you believe that there God does hide himself; but then there are matters concerning yourself, which you …

Psalm 85

Psalm 85

… His Spirit's work even now creates a hallowed harmony between his church below, and the sovereign righteousness above; and in the latter day, earth shall be universally …

Safe Shelter

Psalm 91:4

… There are some dangers from which the Providence of God does not preserve the Lord's people, but still He covers them with His feathers in another sense …

Good Talk

1 Chronicles 16:9

… And since that time, however quiet your life may have been, I am sure there has been much in it that has tenderly illustrated the Lord's Providence …

Feb. 15 — EVER MINDFUL

Ps. 115:12

… In all the movements of His providence He has been mindful of us, never overlooking our mean affairs. His mind has been full of us -- that is the …

Oct. 2 — COMFORT EN ROUTE HOME

Gen. 50:24

… 50:24 Joseph had been an incarnate providence to his brethren. All our Josephs die, and a thousand comforts die with them. Egypt was never the same to …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… Let us remember, then, that in the three kingdoms God is everywhere; in the kingdoms of nature, of providence, and of grace, we may say of each spot …

Aug. 13 — BEFORE AND DURING THE CALL

Isa. 65:24

… Foreseeing our needs, and our prayers, He so arranges providence that before the need actually arises He has supplied it, before the trial assails us He has armed …

May 17 — NO NEED TO STINT

Prov. 28:10

… We have the providence of God to watch over us, the angels of God to minister to us, and, above all, the Spirit of God to dwell in …

March 12 — GOING OUT WITH JOY

Deut. 33:18

… We go out to travel, and the providence of God is our convoy. We go out to emigrate, and the Lord is with us both on land and …

Aug. 5 — LAW IN THE HEART

Ps. 37:31

… We are moving along the great highroad of God's providence and grace when we keep to the way of His law. The Word of God has never …

April 19 — AN EXPERT SEARCHER

Exod. 34:11

… He will by providence and grace pursue them into foreign lands, into abodes of poverty, into dens of obscurity, into deeps of despair; He will not lose one …

Dec. 11 — TRUST AND DO; DO AND TRUST

Ps. 37:3

… We will not go into Egypt, but we will remain in Immanuel's land -- the providence of God, the Canaan of covenant love. We are not so easily …

The Eye—a Similitude

Psalm 17:8

… In the Providence of God, the apple of the eye is defended with peculiar care and transcendent skill. Those who have studied the formation of the pupil, itself …

'Marvelous Loving Kindness'

Psalm 17:7

… O Lord, make me wise to see the end and design of Your Providence as well as the Providence itself! Make me wise to perceive how You have …

Standing and Singing

Psalm 26:12

… and in the congregation will I bless the Lord for it." Besides this, our foot may be kept by Providence and Grace combined. Providence may have placed us …

Daniel—a Pattern for Pleaders

Daniel 9:19

… It is true he was not living in his own native land, but, in the Providence of God, he had been raised to great eminence under the dominion …

Psalm 65

Psalm 65

… here is the song both of grace and providence. It may be that he intended hereby to commemorate a remarkably plentiful harvest, or to compose a harvest hymn …

Morning, July 29

Ps 73:23

… Thou art always making providence work for my good. Thou hast set me as a signet upon thine arm; thy love is strong as death, many waters cannot …

Covenant Blessings

Psalm 111:5

… If in the Covenant, they shall most assuredly be saved despite every attack of the devil, all their own wickedness, or any "accident," so-called, of Providence, or …

Evening, August 17

Jn 11:4

… The God of providence has limited the time, manner, intensity, repetition, and effects of all our sicknesses; each throb is decreed, each sleepless hour predestinated, each relapse ordained …

Morning, October 29

Mt 6:9

… the glory, forever and ever, Amen.” We rejoice that our King reigns in providence and shall reign in grace, from the river even to the ends of the …

Evening, May 14

Is 40:11

… them”? Sometimes he carries them by not permitting them to endure much trial . Providence deals tenderly with them. Often they are “carried” by being filled with an unusual …

To-morrow

… command; and though we know not all the windings of the path of providence, yet He knows them all; they are all settled in His book, and our …

Morning, November 2

Mal 3:6

… Precious is the assurance that he changes not! The wheel of providence revolves, but its axle is eternal love. “Death and change are busy ever, Man decays, and …

Evening, July 31

1Ch 9:33

… The Lord always deserves to be praised for what he is in himself, for his works of creation and providence, for his goodness towards his creatures, and especially …

Consolation In The Furnace

Daniel 3:25

… We build the house, but Providence plucks it down with both its hands. We hoist the sail and seek to make headway but we are driven far from …

Morning, January 13

1Ki 22:48

… returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat’s vessels never reached the land of gold. Providence prospers one, and frustrates the desires of another, in the same business and at …

Alone, Yet Not Alone

John 16:31

… Beloved, all the history of Providence, since the day when Christ was taken up into Heaven, proves that He is not alone. Alone? The Christ alone? Why, the …