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p>"He gives power to the weak". The Lord can confidently give this promise because the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth neither faints nor ... Read more

"all the people said, 'Amen!' and praised the Lord"It was not the murmur we sometimes hear at the close of set prayer or intercession: neither was it the expression of ... Read more

"This fellow is one of them". Peter missed his opportunity to witness! He could have stood out, true to his word and been the only voice raised in support of ... Read more

"thy judgments are a great deep". The Psalmist here is referring to all God's ways and decisions particularly as they affect us. Knowing that His judgments are the product of ... Read more

"be imitators of God, as beloved children". Children make good imitators because they watch. They stand and stare and take in everything. Then when you're gone, they put on a ... Read more

"something should be given her to eat”. It needed this word from Jesus to remind the parents of their need to give food to their daughter whom He had raised ... Read more

"But Jonah ran away". Not the best thing to do in hindsight, but an instinctive reaction when called to go to Nineveh. Jonah could have thought of a number of ... Read more

"Christ lives in me". With these words the Apostle Paul describes the distinctive feature of true Christians in every generation the world over. They are not mere followers of Christ ... Read more

"all that is within me”. The Psalmist told his soul to praise the Lord, but more than that, marshalled all his forces - "all that is within me". That would ... Read more

"There is none to guide her". The prophet is making one of his calls to Jerusalem to waken from her drunken orgy. She is like a boat that has dragged ... Read more