Providence

Ruins

2 Chronicles 28:23

… I have no trust in God nor in His Providence, but there is So-and-So who has a very clever way of making money, I shall do …

Things to Be Remembered

… Oh, bind me to Yourself with tenfold cords and as your Providence brings me where I have to encounter new sins, and new trials, and to experience new …

The Soul's Awakening

John 5:25

… dead and, therefore, he cannot! Watch that man in the common events of Providence. Many mercies have come to his store—there are happy children climbing his knee …

A Wonderful Transformation

John 16:20

… Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His Grace— Behind a frowning Providence He hides a smiling face!" You have quite enough to cry over without fretting …

God's Jewels

Maalachi 3:17

… They had kept themselves poor by their own meanness! If they had behaved rightly towards God, He would have enriched them with the bounties of His Providence. The …

"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"

Psalm 48:8

… Yes, let me remind you, also, that we heard with our ears, that there is a God of Providence who rules and overrules all things. We were glad …

A Question for a Questioner

Psalm 77:9

… for his mercy endureth for ever"? Since the creation hath he not in providence always been gracious? Is it not his rule to open his hand, and supply …

The Fainting Hero

Judges 15:18

… If our heart's desire is that we may walk in God's way, then God will take care that the way of His Providence shall be made …

A Bit of History for Old and Young

Genesis 48:15

… Some of you say, "It is all very well of you to talk of Providence when you have few to provide for." I answer, it is better, still …

David's First Victory

1 Samuel 17:50

… That was sound philosophy of Mahomet's when the man said, "I have turned my camel loose and trusted in Providence." "No," answered he, "tie your camel up …

The Saints' Love to God

Psalm 31:23

… saints," for He is a blessed Creator! Then think of the Providence of God— especially His Providence to you. I cannot tell the various ways in which the …

The Way Everlasting

Psalm 139:24

… May they soon turn from it! "It is a long lane that has no turning." May their road be so hedged up by God's Providence and Grace …

Human Depravity And Divine Mercy

Genesis 8:21

… Man's being sinful from his youth by inheritance from his federal head becomes, through mercy, a reason why Sovereign Grace should light upon men while fallen angels …

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… raise it up again at the last day." Mark attentively the announcement, how Sovereign its character—"This is the Father's will." Majestic words—"This is the Father …

A Life-Long Occupation

Hebrews 13:15

… When we see His works, when we hear His Word, when we taste His Grace, when we mark His Providence, when we think upon His name, our spirit …

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… as to make him powerless! Especially will they do this with regard to Providence. "Look," they say, "you Christian people pray and you are foolish enough to believe …

The Saints Blessing The Lord

Psalm 103:1

… God's praise is the true end of history! His Providence is the pith and marrow of all the stories of the empires of the past. To the …

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… the Holy Spirit as your Comforter—you still have all the resources of Providence, all the riches of the promises, all the superabundance of the Covenant of Grace …

'A Song of My Beloved'

Solomon 2:16

… I will be yours, you wandering sinner, as your Husband, and you shall be Mine." Every heart that has been subdued by Sovereign Grace takes Jesus Christ to …

The Lions' Den

Daniel 6:20

… Many a man has, in this manner, proved God's Providence. For an honest scruple, he has been put out of a position that supplied him with a …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… The Father did it according to His own Sovereign Will, unswayed by anything outside Himself. That self-sustained, almighty Being deigned to give this matchless manifestation of His …

The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted

James 5:11

… Let us bless God that though, before we were afflicted, we went astray, yet now, by the sanctifying processes of His Providence and Grace, we have learned to …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… If anyone here is doing so, let me ask, "Should it be according to your mind?" You look, sometimes, upon the arrangements of Providence on a great scale …

A Far-reaching Promise

Acts 2:39

… And if there is a Providence which ordains everything—as certainly there is—yet that Providence takes not away from any man the full responsibility for anything that …

The Stronghold

Nahum 1:7

… What is the Providence that grieves you just now? Perhaps you have been a great loser this week. Ah, but it is a good God that permitted you …

Faith Justifying Speech

Psalm 116:10

… We, too, can cry, "Eureka! Eureka!" for we have found what we long sought in vain! We have found a sovereign balm for every wound, a cordial for …

The Lord Chiding His People

Psalm 103:9

… Frequently He chastens His people by His Providence. Chastisements come to us through sickness of body and depression of spirit, losses in business or failures of enterprise. Trouble …

All For Jesus!

Colossians 3:24

… Those who are in low estate serve the Lord Christ by a quiet acquiescence in the arrangement of Providence which has placed them where they are. Everyone knows …

All Comers To Christ Welcomed

John 6:37

… You cannot go where the Lord's love reigns not, nor where Providence will not follow you. 13-15. You have a mighty arm: strong is Your hand …

"And We Are"—a Jewel from the Revised Version

1 John 3:1

… All Providence, Brothers and Sisters, acknowledges us to be children of God, if we are, indeed, so. This is specially true of chastening Providences. When they come to …

The Filling of Empty Vessels

2 Kings 4:3

… Since other men both greater and better than you have trod this rough road, bow before the determination of God's Providence and ask for Divine Grace to …

A Man of God Alone With God

Psalm 119:26

… As You did give Your Son to redeem me and Your Spirit to sanctify me, so did You give Your Providence to succor me and Your Presence to …

The Monster Dragged to Light

Romans 7:13

… They war against God with weapons from His own armory! They are indulged by Providence and then they indulge their sins the more. Fullness of bread too often …

The Sermon of the Seasons

Genesis 8:22

… If we were to deal with the weather with the same short-sighted doubt which governs us in our thoughts of divine providence, we might be doubtful about …

Morning And Evening Songs

Psalm 92:2

… Still, most days, it not all our days, reveal singular instances of Providence if we will but watch for them. Master Flavel used to say, "He that notices …

The Family Likeness

Romans 8:14

… He has His will with them—His Sovereign and ever-blessed will, but He does not violate their will! There is a lock box—it is locked. Soon …

God's Remembrance of His Covenant

Psalm 106:44

… glorified in the Covenant of Grace than in creation, or in Providence—in fact, creation and Providence are but the temporary scaffold of the great house which God …

The Danger Of Doubting

1 Samuel 27:1

… Behind a frowning Providence He hides a smiling face." II. But I must now, while my strength shall hold out, proceed to the second part of the discourse …

Days of Heaven Upon the Earth

Deuteronomy 11:21

… for there are many of them! Charnock says, "He who observes Providence will never be without Providence to observe," and we can say, he who is willing to …

Untrodden Ways

Joshua 3:4

… and may the words be words of comfort! Remember, whether your way in Providence is new or old, it is not a way of your own appointing. A …