Providence

Christ Triumphant

Colossians 2:15

… But the providence of God preserved the future conqueror; he went down into Egypt, and there was he hidden for a little season. Anon, when he had come …

Good Cheer From Christ's Victory Over the World

John 16:33

… If today the enmity is restrained in its manifestation, it is because the law of the land, by the good Providence of God, does not now allow the …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… these words, "Speak, Lord; for Your servant hears." Well, dear Friends, this bereaving Providence has had a loud voice to your class! God has worked a solemn impression …

Psalm 148

Psalm 148

… Now the poet has reached our own race, and very justly he would have rulers and subjects, chieftains and magistrates, unite in worshipping the sovereign Lord of all …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… a stop-gap, and but half makes up for the original ordinance of Providence that the parent's love should fashion the child's mind. But, dear Friends …

Hope in Hopeless Cases

Matthew 17:17

… She, for year after year was in bondage to melancholy and despair, but she was set at liberty by the gracious Providence of God in an almost miraculous …

Grace Abounding

Romans 5:20

… confess that what they now are, any of us might have been had Providence and Grace not prevented it! If you want to see further what ruin sin …

Deliverance From the Power of Darkness

Colossians 1:13

… good cheer! The good God of Grace cannot be a bad God of Providence! He who feeds us so well on heavenly bread cannot starve us for lack …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… To give them a fair start in the world has been your fond desire till their portion is the fruit of your providence. From perils you would protect …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… breaks." Why, there are dear aged Brothers and Sisters here who, in the Providence of God, cannot be with us very long—and how are they accustomed to …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… am not at all fond of having blame thrown on the place where Providence has placed me. I am all fault, but what God’s grace has made …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… as to fit the case! Now by Paul's preaching, and through the Providence of God, the people at Ephesus began to be convinced that the use of …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… and it is true with God's people as well as true of Providence. If we want to have God's blessing we must not expect to receive …

Lovest Thou Me?

John 21:15-17

… in business this week, and thou wast speaking ill of the God of providence for it? Oh, might not the loving Saviour, with pity in his languid eye …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… to us as we depend implicitly upon Him as the great Lord of Providence. It is of little use to you to have anyone thinking of you if …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… again to the text by saying that sometimes, on choice occasions appointed by Providence and Grace, our soul will be compelled to say, "Now, nowif never before, nowbeyond …

Particular Election

2 Peter 1:10-11

… strong to do great and valiant deeds unless, confident in the God of Providence, he looks upon the accidents of life as being steered by God, and gives …

The Root That Bears Wormwood

Deuteronomy 29:18

… temptations even more severe than those which we have encountered? May not the Providence of God call us into circumstances where we will pass through severer tests, and …

A Painful and Puzzling Question

Mark 4:40

… I looked to Him and was lightened and my face was not ashamed! Since then, He has led me in a very singular path in Providence. My trials …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… judged the Lord according to your folly—by the outward manifestation of His Providence! Have you not now learned to believe in His tried fidelity and to trust …

Recruits for the King

1 Samuel 22:1-2

… Cross and to suffer such loss and persecution as it may please His Providence to ordain for them to bear. As it is not concerning David, but concerning …

God in Nature and in Revelation

Psalm 19:7-9

… Only let the naturally deaf ear be unstopped and there will be heard voices—mysterious yet clearly intelligible—revealing that God is still here working in Providence, as …

Our Lord's Entrance Within the Veil

Hebrews 9:12

… Redemption is the drift of creation and the hinge of Providence. The undertone of all the voices God has created is God in Christ Jesus. In Him the …

Love and Jealousy

Solomon 8:6

… That word, however, was sent, by the Providence of God, and fastened like a nail in a right place! It had done its work—the mother's heart …

The Man Who Shall Never See Death

John 8:51-53

… He does not sustain us by the machinery of Providence, but by His Word. As the world stood out into being because God spoke, so do we live …

Noah's Eminence

Genesis 7:1

… Just as it had been foretold, for God's Providence always tallies with His promises or with His threats. "Has He said, and shall He not do it …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… but the speaking well of His name, the testimony to His faithfulness in Providence and to His goodness in Grace—this is comely to the upright. But the …

The Pilgrim's Longings

Hebrews 11:15-16

… I should lie ashamed of the Christian who would despise his fellow, because God was dealing with him somewhat severely in Providence. Yet there is a feeling in …

Psalm 28

Psalm 28

… he works in providence, ruling and overruling, and his hand is very manifest in human history, yet the infidel will not discern him: he works in grace—remarkable …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… How have you behaved yourself in your poverty? Did your heart repine? Were you envious of the foolish? Did it seem to you that God's Providence was …

The Glorious Hereafter and Ourselves

2 Corinthians 5:5

… We, my Brethren, thank God for all the appointments of Providence—whether our portion is large or scant we are content because God has appointed it—yet our …

The New Song and the Old Story

Psalm 96:1-3

… Show forth this salvation, too, in your own houses, or on your visits, or wherever your lot may happen, in God's Providence, to be cast. It is …

A Good Man in An Evil Case

Psalm 55:22

… If you do that, you will come, by a mystery which I will not attempt to explain, to the hand of Divine Providence and you will say of …

Our Life, Our Work, Our Change

Job 14:14

… It is a prudent thing to forbear the burden of life as a whole and learn to bear it in the parcels into which Providence has divided it …

An Antidote to Satan's Devices

Genesis 3:1

… long before I could overcome these distrustful thoughts with regard to God's Providence, when, I must confess, there was not the slightest reason, as far as I …

Believers A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… of the most use! At any rate, if you are placed, in the Providence of God, in a dark neighborhood, let this be your prayer, "O Lord, make …

The Best Donation

2 Corinthians 8:5

… We are God's by election, by creation, by Providence, by redemption, by new creation, by adoption—and His we will be forever and ever." They felt that …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… In the providence of God, I was called to preach the Word in his neighbourhood ; he was induced to attend, and, by the Holy Spirit's blessing on …

The Priesthood of Believers

1 Peter 2:5

… We are to hear God's voice in Providence. When there is a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, like David, we are be …

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts

Mark 3:5

… This is also true of those who have been indulged by Providence. God has dealt with them with wonderful favor; they have continued long in good health; they …