What is thy petition, and it shall be granted thee:-F.B.Meyer
What is thy petition, and it shall be granted thee:-F.B.Meyer What is thy petition, and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? Esther vii. 2. AMID the sensual conceptions of marriage that obtained in this heathen empire there was doubtless a consciousness in the king’s breast of the essential unity between himself […]
What is man . . . that thou shouldest-F.B.Meyer
How Can a Pure Heart be Obtained? – William Booth What is man . . . that thou shouldest visit him every morning? Job vii. 17, 18. GOD visits us with mercy every morning. Before we are awake He is at work in the world, baptizing it with dew, feeding the birds and wild things, […]
What do these Hebrews here?-F.B.Meyer
What do these Hebrews here ? – F.B.Meyer What do these Hebrews here? 1 Sam. xxix. 3. IT was a very natural remark. The Philistines were going into battle with the Hebrew king and his troops, and it was very anomalous that a strong body of Hebrews should be forming part of the Philistine array. […]
We also will be with thee: be of good-F.B.Meyer
We also will be with thee: be of good – F.B.Meyer We also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. Ezra x. 4. THIS narrative reminds us of the story of Achan, who took of the accursed thing, and kindled the anger of the Lord against the children of Israel. There […]
Watering-F.B.Meyer
Watering – F.B.Meyer “I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day” (Isa. 27:3). In the scorching Oriental heat the vineyard needs incessant watering, else the vines fail. And our spirits are equally dependent on the refreshment which only God’s tender […]
WATCHING WITH GOD-F.B.Meyer
WATCHING WITH GOD – F.B.Meyer “The vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie. Though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come; it will not tarry.” –Habakkuk 2:3. “It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation […]
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh-F.B.Meyer
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh – F.B.Meyer Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them at Jerusalem. Ezra viii. 29. THEY were protected by God, whose presence with them across the wild desert made it needless to ask for an escort of soldiers; but they had to take care of the […]
To show himself strong in the behalf of them-F.B.Meyer
To show himself strong in the behalf of them – F.B.Meyer To show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. THE emphasis is clearly on the word perfect. That was the point between Hanani the seer and Asa the king. Asa’s mistake and sin lay […]
To obey is better than sacrifice, and to-F.B.Meyer
To obey is better than sacrifice, and to – F.B.Meyer To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 1 Sam. xv. 22. THIS is a great principle, which is repeatedly enforced throughout the Bible. Men have always been apt to divorce religion and morality, and to suppose that a […]
Till there stood up a priest with-F.B.Meyer
Till there stood up a priest with-F.B.Meyer Till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummin. Ezra ii. 63. IT must have been a great disappointment to these people who found themselves excluded from sharing as priests. Their names were not on the register, and so they had to wait until a properly […]