Daily Grace Gems

Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself! (Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio“Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself!” Psalm 4:3Who are the special objects of God’s favor? The world is divided into only two kinds of men–the godly and the ungodly.The godly are to be distinguished […]

If you have any desire to escape the wrath to come! (Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!   Download Audio“Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for His wrath can flare up in a moment!” Psalm 2:12a   By “kissing the Son,” we are to understand . . .  love to Christ’s

What Lord! After all that I have done! (Octavius Winslow, “The Lord’s Prayer” 1866)  LISTEN to audio!   Download audio“Only acknowledge your guilt! Admit that you rebelled against the Lord your God and committed adultery against Him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to follow Me. I, the Lord, have spoken!” Jeremiah

A holy antipathy against sin! (Thomas Watson, “Doctrine of Repentance”)   LISTEN to audio!    Download audioThere is no better sign of true repentance, than a holy antipathy against sin.Sound repentance begins in love to God, and ends in the hatred of sin.How may true hatred of sin be known?1. When a man’s HEART is set against sin. Not

We should lie as clay in the hands of our all-wise, all-gracious Potter!  (Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!   Download Audio“You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord!” Exodus 16:8 It is a common thing to hear people, even those who bear the Christian name, speaking of luck, and fortune, and chance–just as if

[N.B. Our web host has changed us to an entirely new system–so things have looked different for the past several days. Thank you for your patience!]  He has done all things well! (Octavius Winslow)  LISTEN to audio!    Download audio“He has done all things well!” Mark 7:37Yes, from first to last,from our cradle to our grave,from

A great change! (Thomas Watson, “Until My Change Comes”)  LISTEN to Audio!   Download Audio“All the days of my appointed time will I wait until my change comes.” Job 14:14That is, I will wait until my death comes.Death, whenever it comes, makes a great change.Death will make a certain change; there is no avoiding it.“No one can live forever; all will

Better than life itself! (Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!   Download Audio“The kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls. Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it!” Matthew 13:45-46 Worldliness is the besetting sin of most professing Christians! It is certain

All is transparent and harmonious to His eye! (Octavius Winslow, “My Times in God’s Hand!”) LISTEN to audio!  Download audioWe live in a world of mysteries! They . . .  meet our eye,  awaken our inquiry, and  baffle our investigation at every step. Nature is a vast arcade of mysteries. Science is a mystery. Truth is a mystery. Religion is a mystery. Our existence is a mystery. The future of our being is a mystery. And God, who alone can explain all mysteries, is the greatest mystery of all! How little do we understand of the inexplicable wonders of a wonder working God, “whose thoughts are a great deep,” and “whose ways are past finding out.”But to God, nothing is mysterious. In His purpose, nothing is

The house in which we must all abide at last! (Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“I know that you will bring me down to death, and to the house appointed for all the living!” Job 30:23 “For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their