Providence

Evening, March 16

Ps 19:13

… What might not the best of us do if it were not for the checks which the Lord sets upon us both in providence and in grace! The …

Evening, September 3

Ps 11:5

Evening, September 3 Go To Morning Reading “The Lord trieth the righteous.” Psalm 11:5 All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of …

Evening, October 7

Is 36:5

… I trust the Father , believing that he has chosen me from before the foundations of the world; I trust him to provide for me in providence, to teach …

Evening, June 24

Da 3:16,18

… have all these things added unto them.” Should it happen that, in the providence of God, you are a loser by conscience, you shall find that if the …

Early Pastoral Epistles

… I am not restrained from my accustomed ministry by a chain forged by man, but by the silken cord of God's providence ; no rough jailer, but loving …

Evening, August 1

Ps 65:11

… It is the glory of autumn that the ripe gifts of providence are then abundantly bestowed; it is the mellow season of realization, whereas all before was but …

The Happy Beggar

Psalm 40:17

… Should some of us relate the memorable interpositions of Providence on our behalf, they would not be believed—but they are facts for all that. William Huntington wrote …

Morning, August 5

Ro 8:28

… He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world’s tiller, and that wherever providence may drift, Jehovah steers it. That re-assuring knowledge prepares him …

Evening, August 18

Mk 15:23

… a discharge from hard service or suffering with a petulant and wilful eagerness? Providence has taken from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Say, Christian …

Morning, December 3

Song 4:7

… put himself out of humour with the Lord for some slight turn in providence, but our precious Husband knows our silly hearts too well to take any offence …

Evening, June 1

Is 51:3

… But lo, a jewel has been thrown into your bosom by a divine hand, and for its sake you have been pitied and tended by divine providence, you …

Evening, October 25

Ru 2:3

… care of her mother’s God, to humble but honourable toil, and the providence of God was guiding her every step. Little did she know that amid the …

Evening, February 5

Mt 11:25

… of God has convinced us, or to acknowledge the mercy which God’s providence has given, or to express assent to the great truths which God the Holy …

Evening, December 10

Ac 16:14

… She was a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, but just at the right time for hearing Paul we find her at Philippi; providence, which is …

Evening, May 19

1Ki 19:4

… if we ask contrary to his will, or to the decrees of his providence—if we ask merely for the gratification of our own ease, and without an …

Evening, September 1

Ps 62:8

… How pleasant to float along the stream of providence! There is no more blessed way of living than a life of dependence upon a covenant-keeping God. We …

Morning, October 26

Hag 1:9

… Our God has a method in providence by which he can succeed our endeavours beyond our expectation, or can defeat our plans to our confusion and dismay; by …

Evening, July 3

2Ti 2:12

… If we are rash and imprudent, and run into positions for which neither providence nor grace has fitted us, we ought to question whether we are not rather …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878

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

Morning, April 27

Ps 67:6

… If some dark providence has beclouded thee, use thy God as a “sun;” if some strong enemy has beset thee, find in Jehovah a “shield,” for he is …

Morning, August 31

Is 51:5

… When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence and care of God …

Morning, September 22

Ps 149:2

… by day, so should their gladness in the Lord’s loving acts in providence and in grace show itself in continued thanksgiving. Be glad ye children of Zion …

Morning, June 1

Ge 1:5

… It is one of the arrangements of Divine providence that day and night shall not cease either in the spiritual or natural creation till we reach the land …

Morning, May 19

Ec 10:7

… This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day gladden the hearts of the upright; but it is so common a fact, that none of us …

Jehovah-Shammah

Ezekiel 35:10

… If you have a providence so have I, and My Providence is older than yours. I have watched this man from the cradle even until now. And even …

Morning, February 12

2Co 1:5

… The Ruler of Providence bears a pair of scales—in this side he puts his people’s trials, and in that he puts their consolations. When the scale …

God's Thoughts Of Peace and Our Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11

… We spell the alphabet out, Alpha, Beta, Gamma—but God reads all, from Alpha to Omega, at once! He knows every letter of the Book of Providence! He …

Christ's Love for His Vineyard

Solomon 8:12

… Nor does He claim her merely by the prerogatives of Providence, for, in that sense, the cattle on a thousand hills are His and the lions of the …

The First Setting Up of the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:4-9

… You that have gone aside from your faith and have begun disputing with your God and complaining of Providence—there is life for you, too, in the Savior …

Epilogue — The Golden Key of Prayer

… Does providence trouble thee? Art thou fearful that thou shalt not provide things honest in the sight of man? Call unto Me! Do Thy children vex Thee? Dost …

Love in Chastening

… This is what God doeth with you–I pray you do not misread the book of God’s providence; for if you read it aright it runs thus …

Strong Faith in a Faithful God

Psalm 57:2

… To these three meanings we shall call your attention briefly. "Unto God who performs all things for me." First, there is Infinite Providence. As it stands, the words …

Redemption and Its Claims

1 Corinthians 6:20

… But Providence is second in its blessedness to redemption. I would remind you of the inestimable blessings which the Providence of God has brought to many here present …

The Weary Dove's Return

Genesis 8:9

… Dear people of God, I wish that we had more of that old habit of looking to Providence! We have become so wise, nowadays, that we do not …

The Known and the Unknown

Ecclesiastes 6:12

… Are we wiser than He? Do we understand Providence better than He does? Can we sit in judgment upon Him? Do we dare to think of arraigning the …

Filling the Empty Vessels

Philippians 4:19

… We have been led by Grace and Providence to take upon ourselves the needs of thousands. Every genuine warm-hearted Christian does this, more or less. We try …

Preceding Grace

Galatians 1:15

… You would, perhaps, say that all I have talked about as yet has been Providence rather than Grace. Very likely, but I think that Providence and Grace are …

To You

… Will not you join me by looking up to God, and asking Him to bless you while you read? Providence has put these pages in your way, you …

The Golden Key Of Prayer

Jeremiah 33:3

… Does Providence trouble you? Are you fearful that you shall not provide things honest in the sight of man? Call unto Me! Do your children vex you? Do …

Lowly Service

Numbers 4:24-26

… Yet, my Brothers and Sisters, albeit we would sympathize with you to the great degree, if, in the order of Providence, you are called to bear that burden …