Providence

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… back!’” And at last a letter from her, in conjunction with a solemn providence, was the means of breaking his heart, and he sought salvation through a Saviour …

All and All in All

Colossians 3:11

… For this, His grasping of the mediatorial scepter! For this, His ruling in Providence! For this, His management of the world's affairs! For this, His Second Coming …

Testimony And Experience

John 4:39-42

… We delight to think of the place where Jesus met with us, the Providence which brought us to the spot where we first heard the words which convicted …

Understandest Thou What Thou Readest?

Acts 8:30-33

… The like conjunction of providence and the Holy Spirit constantly occurs in conversions. What the man has read in the book, the preacher is often moved by the …

The Death of Christ for His People

1 John 3:16

… I saw how He had dandled me upon the knee of Providence—how He had carried me all my life—how He had strewn my path with plenty …

Shining Christians

Isaiah 60:1

… as they are here! There are some persons who never can be content. Providence never pleases them. The weather is always wrong. Their dinners are always ill cooked …

Where Go You?

Job 23:10

… You will proudly murmur at the Divine dispensations, Why should I be put into the fire? Why should I be tried? You will kick against God's Providence …

"In the Garden With Him"

John 18:26

… You may be called in Providence to go through the Campagna when it reeks with malaria, but you are not called to live there. If you have to …

Brave Waiting

Psalm 27:14

… Let us follow Him in every page of Inspiration, study every line of creation and learn of Him in all the teachings of His Providence. Let us catch …

Vanities and Verities

2 Corinthians 4:18

… See that you pursue, with all your might, things spiritual! As for things transient, commit them to God's Providence. Do your best to honor God in the …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… for that you could bear if it came by mere misfortune through the Providence of God—but if you felt, "I did not do what I should have …

Peter's Fall and Restoration

Luke 22:61

… First, the crowing of the cock, or something in Providence, and then the look of Christ, or something of Grace. Then, what came in next was Peter's …

The History of Little-Faith

Matthew 14:31

… If you do not know the Lord, nor know His Providence, nor know the Doctrine of the Final Perseverance of the Saints, nor know the Covenant of Grace …

Concerning Death

Job 30:23

… God suffers no foes to trespass on the domain of Providence. All things are ordained of God and specially are our deaths under the peculiar oversight of our …

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:2

… as some do, a remarkable text, or a thrilling sermon, or a striking Providence, through which they were turned from darkness to the Light of God. Thousands in …

Great Spoil

Psalm 119:162

… a promise of forgiveness, of acceptance in prayer, of sanctifying Grace, of daily Providence, of Divine anointing, of comfort in death, or of eternal Glory, he may well …

On Laying Foundations

Luke 6:46-49

… will be no more shielded than the open riverside, for God so orders Providence that every man has his test sooner or later! It may be that you …

Eternal Faithfulness Unaffected By Human Unbelief

2 Timothy 2:13

… There is a great uproar just now about the God of Providence and they call me, I know not by what names, for speaking the Truth for my …

Enoch

Genesis 5:21-24

… No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where Providence has placed him. I believe that in the judgment …

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… uses water to make the wine from; therein following the processes of his providence which are at work every day. When the water drops from heaven, and flows …

Backsliding Healed

Hosea 14:4

… It very frequently happens that by Divine Grace the healing of backsliding is brought about in God's Providence by severe afflictions. The previous chapters to this one …

"Persecuted, But Not Forsaken"

… to destroy the lambs, if possible! Is it not a singular thing in Providence that though the wolves might have eaten all the lambs up long ago, yet …

The Tenderness of Jesus

Hebrews 4:15

… Then came the temptation to help Himself and anticipate the Providence of God by selfish action—"Command that these stones be made bread." We, too, have had this …

The Hand of God in the History of a Man

Job 7:1

… Not that I single out man's existence as the sole object of Divine forethought, for I believe it to be but one little corner of illimitable Providence …

A Wafer of Honey

2 Corinthians 12:9

… The Lord does not say, "My Providence shall protect you." Nothing of the kind—Divine Grace is the remedy in this case and, I take it, this was …

The Barrier

Revelation 21:27

… s Presence and covered without by the fiery cloudy pillar of His eternal Providence! But to the eyes of men it is mean and inconsiderable, for verily it …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… His Providence shall always take care of you. Remember the passage we read at this morning's service, "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want"? He …

A Call to the Lord's Own Flock

Ezekiel 34:30

… that which the Church can execute by itself, but that which God, in Providence, executes. "His fan is in His hand and He will thoroughly purge His floor …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… Occasional murmuring is doubtless sinful, but habitual murmuring becomes a very great evil! I am afraid that there are some who quibble at God's Providence and at …

Faith in Christ

Acts 16:31

… Rely upon Him in Providence as well as in Grace. To those who do not trust Him, let us say this. Do you believe in the New Testament …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… proper time and His plans are carried out according to the wisest method. Providence, which so often looks wild and blustering, is not so by any means—it …

The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church

Haggai 2:4-5

… If the Holy Spirit be once given, then we may expect providence to co-operate with the church of God. Read verse 6: "Yet once, it is a …

The Echo

Psalm 27:8

… But at the last, as Providence would have it, he sang it in the right place and faintly from within he heard from the deep dungeon the voice …

The Everlasting Arms

Deuteronomy 33:27

… not wear out, or whether it came to pass, in the order of Providence, that they were able to get fresh clothing when it did wear out, does …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:20

… Brethren, I trust you long after God when all is bright in Providence and that you love His Word when all is pleasant in family affairs. It is …

The Sweet and the Sweetener

Psalm 104:34

… So that even night has its mysterious music and the roaring of the young lions is a tribute to the Providence of the good God who cares even …

The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down

Luke 13:10-13

… are sure that he aimed every word at them! If anything occurs in Providence, either adverse or propitious, instead of reading it as a token for good, whether …

"Herein Is Love"

1 John 4:10

… The love of God is to be seen in Providence! He that watches the loving hand of God in daily life will not need to look far before …

The Three Hours of Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… The general works of Creation and Providence are, to my mind, the best proofs, but the common heart of our race, for some reason or other, looks to …

A Last Look-Out

2 Timothy 4:6

… we can understand these things; for it is as true now of the providence of God as it was of old of the creation of God that “things …