"If anyone wants to boast". Some people do seem to enjoy boasting. In many different areas we may obtain a sense of achievement. Yet the temptation to boast about our achievements is something we do well to resist in every area except one. The prophet Jeremiah is talking about boasting that we know the Lord ... Read more

"he made the storm be still". The catalogue of God's doings listed in this Psalm makes interesting reading. This part verse is but one of many. It does not necessarily mean He caused the storm to cease its raging, though that was what happened when Jesus stood among His fearful disciples in the boat and ... Read more

"it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved". 'It shall come to pass' means that the time will come. 'Whosoever' builds the entrance wide enough for anybody. In reality there are those who feel that for one reason or another they have not reached that ... Read more

"walk as children of light". Allowing the light of the glorious gospel to illumine all of your being. Allowing His light to shine upon your path. The healing rays of His life and love warming your innermost being. The lamp of His Word shining on the path He has chosen for you giving you clear ... Read more

"Jesus wept". Jesus did not weep because Lazarus was suffering, that was over, though He may have wept that Lazarus had been made to suffer. Neither did He weep because He would not see him again - He was soon to raise him up when they would be reunited. He may have wept at the ... Read more

"The Lord is at your right hand". The shepherd on the Judean hillside may have little in common with the computer technician. But while the age is different and the demands more exacting, some things do not change. Especially is this so in the Lord's ability and readiness to meet man's need. Such is the ... Read more

"other foundation can no man lay". Many do try to lay down their own foundation and the building they erect upon it goes up rapidly. But the testings of life soon show that what was thought to be rock-bed is sand. Jesus Christ is the only foundation upon which life can be built. Because He ... Read more

"yet in my flesh shall I see God". Job was a firm believer in the resurrection. He knew that once he was in the grave, decay would set in and soon only bones be left. Yet he speaks of seeing God in his flesh. His hope was of a resurrection body in which he would ... Read more

"study to be quiet". Being quiet does not come naturally to most of us - not for any length of time anyway! It calls for application or study to perform the exercise. Our desire must not be to be known for our much speaking. And we do not want to meddle in other's affairs - ... Read more

"this house was finished". The temple of the Lord was completed in spite of all the opposition and hindrance the returned exiles had faced. The workers had been made to stop and when at last the dispute was resolved and a new command to build received from Darius, the workers began to work with great ... Read more