Riches profit not in the day of wrath:
but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:4
Archive for the ‘Death’ Category
Unprofitable Riches
Posted in Death, Proverbs, Riches, Righteousness, Scripture, Wrath on August 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Forgiven {unknown}
Posted in Death, Forgiveness, Poetry, Word on July 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Not far from New York is a cemetery lone.
Close guarding its grave stands a simple headstone,
And all the inscription is one word alone - “FORGIVEN.”
No sculpture’s fine art hath embellished its form,
But constantly there, through the calm and the storm,
It beareth this word from a poor fallen worm - “FORGIVEN.”
It shows not the place of [...]
Better Than We Request {C.H. Spurgeon}
Posted in Blessing, C.H. Spurgeon, Death, Devotions, Faith, Fire, Glory, Gold, Joy, Prayer, Word on July 19, 2008 | No Comments »
“And he requested for himself that he might die.”
–1 Kings 19:4
It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and be translated, that he should not see death–should thus [...]
The Young Man’s Regret {Fry}
Posted in Death, King, Life, Lost, Love, Mind/Thoughts, Peace, Poetry, Power, Prayer, Shame on July 12, 2008 | No Comments »
When Jesus came to this young man
He asked Him in to dine,
And treated Him right royally
For just a little time.
But then the young man’s ardour dimmed;
His love began to wane;
He soon forgot that Christ was there,
And sought for earthly gain.
Thus did the young man relegate
The Christ to second place,
And with a heart of shame set [...]
How to Have Everlasting Life
Posted in Believe, Death, Eternal Life, John, Life, Scripture, Word on July 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word,
and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life.
Jesus ~ John 5:24
Transforming Power {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Acts, Death, Devotions, Grace, J.R. Miller, Mark, Peter, Power, Saints on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
“Simon he surnamed Peter.”
Mark 3:16
In a gallery in Europe are shown, side by side, the first and the last works of a great artist. The first is very rude and most faulty; the last is a masterpiece. The contrast shows the results of long culture and practice.
These two names are like those two pictures. “Simon” [...]
Christ the Great Healer {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Affliction, Blind, Death, Devotions, Glory, Gospel, Healing, Heart, Heaven, J.R. Miller, Life, Luke, Missions, Prophet, Resurrection, Scripture on June 22, 2008 | No Comments »
“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Luke 4:21
The words had been written seven hundred years before. Now Jesus reads them and says, “I am the One to whom these golden sentences refer. This scripture is fulfilled before your eyes. I am the Anointed One and this is the mission on which I came [...]
Speak Out the Loving Words {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Blessing, Death, Devotions, Giving, Heart, J.R. Miller, Word on June 15, 2008 | No Comments »
How much better would it be if we were more generous and lavish of our good words when our friends can be cheered and blessed by them! Sometimes we get the lesson of keeping silence over-learned, and let hearts starve for lack of kindly words which lie meanwhile on our tongues ready to be spoken. [...]
Immanuel {C.H. Spurgeon}
Posted in C.H. Spurgeon, Comfort, Death, Grace, Heaven, Hope, Joy, Poetry, Prayer, Sin, Soul, Truth on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
When once I mourned a load of sin;
When conscience felt a wound within;
When all my works were thrown away;
When on my knees I knelt to pray,
Then, blissful hour, remembered well,
I learned Thy love, Immanuel.
When storms of sorrow toss my soul;
When waves of care around me roll;
When comforts sink, when joys shall flee;
When hopeless griefs shall [...]
Watching {C.H. Spurgeon}
Posted in Blessing, C.H. Spurgeon, Church, Death, Devotions, Evil, Faith, Fear, Grace, Holiness, Life, Persecution, Pride, Revelation, Riches, Wealth on June 5, 2008 | No Comments »
“Blessed is he that watcheth.”
–Revelation 16:15
“We die daily,” said the apostle. This was the life of the early Christians; they went everywhere with their lives in their hands. We are not in this day called to pass through the same fearful persecutions: if we were, the Lord would give us grace to bear the test; [...]
Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose {Wesley}
Posted in Death, Heaven, Holiness, Joy, Life, Love, Name, Peace, Poetry, Power, Salvation, Sin, Soul on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Thou hidden Source of calm repose,
Thou all-sufficient Love Divine,
My help and refuge from my foes,
Secure I am, if Thou art mine;
And lo! from sin, and grief, and shame,
I hide me, Jesus, in Thy Name.
Thy mighty Name salvation is,
And keeps my happy soul above;
Comfort it brings, and power, and peace,
And joy, and everlasting love;
To me, with [...]
The World Knew Him Not {Buddy Smith}
Posted in Blessing, Blind, Blood, Buddy Smith, Commandment, Death, Fire, Glory, Grace, Heart, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, John, Joy, Light, Obedience, Praise, Truth, Ways, Witness, Work on May 24, 2008 | No Comments »
The world knew him not.
That’s what the Holy Spirit said in John 1:10, “He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.”
The world knew Him not.
That is an amazing fact. At face value, this Scripture teaches that creation did not recognise its Creator.
Have you ever pondered [...]
