Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM

    Amazing Grace Vernon J. Charlesworth, 1838–1915 with alteration You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. (Psalm 32:7) Storms often hit the northern coast of England bringing distress to the many small fishing vessels that ply the coastal waters. It is reported that “A Shelter…

  • Morning & Evening

    Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this enquiry, “Doest thou well to be angry?” It may be that we can answer, “YES.” Very frequently anger is the madman’s firebrand, but sometimes…

  • HIDING IN THEE

    Amazing Grace William O. Cushing, 1823–1902 But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. (Psalm 94:22) In childhood when we were frightened we wanted to run and hide in our mother’s or father’s arms until we felt the danger had passed. In the same way when…

  • Morning & Evening

    Sanctified by God the Father. — Jude 1Sanctified in Christ Jesus. — 1 Corinthians 1:2Through sanctification of the Spirit. — 1 Peter 1:2 Mark the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely do those believers talk who make preferences in the Persons of the Trinity; who think of Jesus…

  • GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU

    Amazing Grace Civilla D. Martin, 1869–1948 Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall. (Psalm 55:22) Do we as Christians trust God for salvation and eternal life yet at times doubt that He will tenderly care for us in our daily life? We all seem…

  • Morning & Evening

    You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is not. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and the sky is no longer brilliant with the tints of heaven. It…

  • NO ONE UNDERSTANDS LIKE JESUS

    Amazing Grace NO ONE UNDERSTANDS LIKE JESUS Words and Music by John W. Peterson, 1921–2006 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne…

  • Morning & Evening

    What is meant by our being citizens in heaven? It means that we are under heaven’s government. Christ the king of heaven reigns in our hearts; our daily prayer is, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The proclamations issued from the throne of glory are freely received by us: the…

  • DOES JESUS CARE?

    Amazing Grace Frank E. Graeff, 1860–1919 And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20) God whispers in our pleasures but shouts in our pain.— C. S. Lewis Frank E. Graeff, author of this hymn text, knew what it was to wonder, as most of God’s children…

  • Morning & Evening

    It is a delightful and profitable occupation to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints, and to observe his goodness in delivering them, his mercy in pardoning them, and his faithfulness in keeping his covenant with them. But would it not be even more interesting and profitable for us to remark…