The omnipotent God is your God! (James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “With God all things are possible!” Matthew 19:26 The omnipotence of Jehovah is ruled by His wisdom and holiness, His justice and love. He can do everything consistent with those attributes, but […]

If they cannot have a fresh dish from Satan’s kitchen! (Charles Spurgeon, “Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden” 1883)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “If ravens are driven away from carrion, they love to abide within scent of it.  If you would be free from sin, then avoid thetemptationswhich lead to it!” This first sentence is

Chance, accident, luck–or Divine Providence!   LISTEN to audio!  Download audio Charles Spurgeon: “God's Providence not only extends to mankind in general, and to the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, and the innumerable fish in the sea, but also to every atom of matter in the universe!” Don Fortner: Divine providence is the accomplishment in time, of God's sovereign and

Your present affliction (James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “God is love!” 1 John 4:8 Believer, the author of your present affliction, is Jehovah (Amos 3:6); it comes at the command of the Lord Almighty, who is excellent in counsel and wonderful in working.

The grandest benefactors of the church! (Charles Spurgeon, “Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden” 1883)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “By running and exercising every day, you are the fitter to run in a race. Just so, the oftener you come into God’s presence–the greater confidence, and freedom, and enlargement it will bring to your soul.”

Delighting in God! (James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart!” Psalm 37:4 Delighting in worldly things, effectually prevents our delighting in God. Therefore it is often the case, that the

If we spend our time on the newspaper, or sit hour after hour reading trashy novels! (Charles Spurgeon, “Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden” 1883)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “Take a mirror and turn it toward Heaven–and there you shall see the reflection of Heaven, the clouds and things above. Turn it downward toward the

The Bible is designed to be an experimental and a practical book! (Octavius Winslow, 1853) LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God!” Psalm 42:1-2 The main value of any Scriptural truth to

Without supplies of grace from Christ (James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio Jehovah is emphatically called . . .    the God of all grace,    the Father of mercies,   the God of all comfort,    the God of peace,   the God of hope,  

Too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden! (Charles Spurgeon)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “Godly sorrow works repentance.” 2 Corinthians 7:10 Genuine mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but penitence never shows