And the Lord said unto Samuel, … fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 1 Samuel 16:1. When the sacrifice was ended,
This is the Secret
And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. Judges 16:20. Day by day Delilah urged him, until “his soul was vexed unto death;” yet a subtle power kept him by her side. Overcome at last, Samson made
Too Late!
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Proverbs 28:13. Achan acknowledged his guilt, but when it was too late for the confession to benefit himself. He had seen the armies
One Man’s Sin
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5, R.S.V. Achan had fostered covetousness and deception in his heart, until his perceptions of sin had become blunted, and he fell an easy
Face to Face
And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. Exodus 33:11. After the transgression of Israel in making the golden calf, Moses again goes to plead with God in behalf of his people….
A Slave Mother
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6. Jochebed was a woman and a slave. Her lot in life was humble, her burden heavy. But
The Time of Jacob’s Trouble
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. Jeremiah 30:7. When Christ shall cease His work as mediator in man’s