Providence

Job's Regret and Our Own

Job 29:2

… If now the Lord answereth us not, neither by his word, nor by his providence, if we wander alone, crying Oh that I knew where I might find …

The Backslider'S Way Hedged Up

Hosea 2:5-7

… Here are three great errors and oh, I fear they are so deadly that unless God interposes in Providence and in Grace, they will be as fatal as …

A Warning to Waverers

James 1:6

… God also teaches men sometimes by Providence. He guides their way as otherwise it could not have been directed. Believe in the Providence of God, in the overruling …

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

… First, they were brought to the spot by God's Providence on purpose to do so. What better thing could the Lord, Himself, do for the poor half …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… Besides all this, God was working at that time very wonderfully by Providence. The whole world was evidently just ready for the advent of Christianity. From Caesar's …

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… We should, also, by faith, desire such a calling as Providence evidently has arranged and intended for us. Some persons have never had a free choice of what …

“In Labours More Abundant”

… Olney, down there, I am sure will start the collection with half a sovereign (he at once nodded his head to confirm my statement) ; I will gladly give …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… He has not been sternly tried by Providence, or sorely tempted by the devil. He has not been led to question his own conversion. He has fallen into …

Four Choice Sentences

Genesis 28:15

… God is sovereign, He is not bound to dispense His favors from father to son. And when He does so, we are to admire His Grace. Do not …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… best blessings, and put from us the choicest and loveliest gifts of His providence. For, if the whole truth be told, I was not at all fascinated by …

A Lesson From The Great Panic

Hebrews 12:27

… Every now and then, in order to enforce this distasteful truth upon us, the God of Providence gives the world, in some way or other, a warning shake …

John Ploughman's Pictures

… A humble faith in Christ Jesus will soon bring you this sovereign remedy. Use no other, for no other is of use. DON'T CUT OFF YOUR NOSE …

Where Can We Find Anecdotes and Illustrations?

… Besides, there is this important fact that must not be forgotten, the God who is the Author of revelation, is also the Author of creation, and providence, and …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… Holy awe shall sober the mind of the good man; he shall reverently adore the God of providence. And shall laugh at him. If not with righteous joy …

Our Great Shepherd Finding the Sheep

Luke 15:4

… There are instances in this place in which indefatigable love has followed up ungodly relatives until they have at last been saved by Sovereign Grace. Persevere with loving …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… give a mass of stories as we find them in his prelections upon: PROVIDENCE IN CONVERSION “A scrap of paper accidentally coming to view hath been used as …

The Fair Portrait of a Saint

Job 23:11

… If God's Providence flooded Job's sky with sunshine, he did not forsake God because of prosperity, as some do, but kept His way—kept His way …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… Indeed, Providence dearly bids me remain as I am. I know the Bible says I ought to act differently, but still, you know, we must take circumstances into …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… God's thoughts in Providence—how wonderfully they are above ours! You read history and everything seems to be a tangle. The stories of the nations look like …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… No rest is there, East, West, North, or South, for your soul’s foot, save in the ark of sovereign grace; but there is rest there. As the …

Lecture IV: Where Can We Find Anecdotes And Illustrations?

… the God who is the Author of revelation is also the Author of creation, and providence, and history, and everything else from which you ought to draw your …

Psalm 64

Psalm 64

… Circumvent their counsel; let their secrets be met by thy secret providence, their counsels of malice by thy counsels of love. From the insurrection of the workers of …

Prayer 3 — The Love Without Measure or End

… Make us all missionaries at home or in the street, or in our workshop, wherever Providence has cast our lot, may we there shine as lights in the …

Christ Exalted

Hebrews 10:12-13

… What is the devil, but the servant of Christ, to fetch his children to his loving arms? What are wicked men, but the servants of God’s providence …

Samuel and the Young Man Saul

1 Samuel 9:27

… But jingle a half-sovereign near them and you shall excite all their desires! Inform them how they could be rich and famous and they will pay you …

Our Glorious Transforming

Ephesians 2:13

… and what you would have been still if it had not been for sovereign grace. You, perhaps, have forgotten a little that you were just what the Bible …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… they will ring it well, for they could not afford to lose a sovereign out of their little gains; and if it comes to a five pound note …

At School

Psalm 143:10

… When Jonah wanted to go to Tarshish, he found a ship going there and I dare say he said, "How Providential!" Yes, but no Providence can ever be …

Little-faith

… 67 “Our Lord Jesus.” 70 Providence. 71 The Intercession of Christ. 72 Holiness. 73 The New Heart. 74 The Christian’s Daily Cross. 75 Joy over the Repenting …

Salt For Sacrifice

Leviticus 2:13

… the vessels of the Lord." I constantly preach to you free, rich and Sovereign Grace without the slightest condition—and I preach the same at this time. But …

The Long Pastorate Commenced, 1854

… I dreaded the work which a gracious Providence had prepared for me. I felt myself a mere child, and trembled as I heard the voice which said, “Arise …

Seekers Directed and Encouraged

Jeremiah 29:13

… The Lord of Grace may send us blessings before we search for them, for He is a Sovereign and often far outstrips what we might have expected, but …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers (Continued)

… I know that, by God’s grace, I was called to this place; and if God’s grace and providence shall move me, well and good; but nothing …

On the Choice of a Text

… Thus, you see, Providence befriended me. I cast myself upon God, and his arrangements quenched the light at the proper time for me. Some may ridicule, but I …

Psalm 53

Psalm 53

… Thus denying the agency of Providence, for the word Elohim, here translated God, means judge (compare Ex 22:28), and has reference not to the essence, but to …

Psalm 149

Psalm 149

… This honour have all his saints. "His saints" emphatically; Divine providence foreseeing that in after ages some would usurp the title of saintship to whom it did not …

The Cholera Year in London

… The Providence which moved the tradesman to place those verses in his window, I gratefully acknowledge; and in the remembrance of its marvelous power, I adore the Lord …

Kept From Iniquity

Psalm 18:23

… bless the Lord that there are many here who have been brought by Sovereign Grace out of very dens of iniquity! There are some here who are, so …

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… Then loudest of the crowd I’ll sing, While heav’n’s resounding mansions ring With shouts of sovereign grace.” PRAYER O God, save my people! Save my …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… I want to tell you how thankful I am that my lot has been cast, in the good providence of God, under your ministry, and how grateful I …