Comfort

Sustaining Power of God

The book of Isaiah makes a dramatic switch of emphasis at this point from judgment to restoration and deliverance. When Isaiah wrote these prophecies of restoration, Judah still had over 100 years of difficulty ahead of her before she would fall to Babylon and then be forced into 70 years of …

David’s Punishment And Conquests

In this section, we find David’s response to his son’s sickness and death. After Nathan left David, God allowed sickness to come to the child born to him and Bathsheba (vv. 15-16). We do not know what the sickness was but we know that after seven days the child died (vv. 17-18). Da …

David Anointed The New King

In today’s passage the Lord had already made his choice of a new king to replace Saul and asked Samuel to go to Bethlehem to meet and anoint this chosen one (v. 1). Samuel had to do this in secret because if Saul had known about it, his life would have been in jeopardy (v. 2). The Lord …

Comfort in Suffering

The apostle Paul and Timothy write this letter to the church in Corinth and the saints scattered throughout Achaia (v. 1). He states he is praying that God and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to them and bless them with peace (v. 2). Have you ever wondered, why do the righteous suffer? …

IllustrationAttitudes Are More Important Than Actions

God often comforts us, not by changing the circumstances of our lives, but by changing our attitude toward them. (S.H.B. Masterman in Who said that by George Sweeting, p. 114). …

IllustrationPaganini – Played the Violin with 3 Broken Strings

A story is told of how Paganini once came into the concert room, took the violin, and touched the strings. First one string broke, and a smile went round the room; then another string broke, and there was more audible expression of mockery; when a third string broke, many p …

IllustrationEvangelist Booth Tucker’s Wife Killed

One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and …