Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8. We must be much in prayer if we would make progress in the divine life. When
The Breath of the Soul
Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Prayer is the breath of the soul, the channel of all blessings. As . . . the repentant soul offers its prayer, God sees its struggles, watches its conflicts, and marks its
Climbing Peter’s Ladder
Beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 2 Peter 1:5-7.
The Character Heaven Approves
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12. Jesus, the Majesty of heaven, has left an example
The Sowing and Reaping of Life
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow after righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22. A little time spent in sowing your wild oats, dear young friends,
Physical Health and Noble Thinking
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Peter 2:11. Many regard this text as a warning against licentiousness only; but it has a broader meaning. It
Shaping Up in God’s Workshop
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God