Isaiah 3:1-12

For Reading and Meditation:     Isaiah 3:1-11

Now we pause to ask ourselves how this fifth Beatitude, when practised, engenders within us good mental and spiritual health. Psychologists have shown that those who lack the qualities of mercy and compassion are more likely to develop physical problems. Harsh, judgmental attitudes may bring a sense of satisfaction to...

For Reading and Meditation:     Ecclesiastes 10:16-20

Solomon draws attention to the picture of a land governed by an immature king. The NIV says "servant" (v. 16), but the real thought here is of immaturity. Moffatt translates verse 16: "Woe betide you, O land, when your king is a mere boy." In other words, woe betide you, O land, when you have a fool on the...

It is well with the righteous ALWAYS. If it had said, "Say ye to the righteous, that it is well with him in his prosperity," we must have been thankful for so great a boon, for prosperity is an hour of peril, and it is a gift from heaven to be secured from its snares: or if it had been written, "It is well with him when under persecution," we must have been thankful for so sustaining an assurance, for persecution is hard to bear; but when no time is...

Fear not, thou righteous man, thou lover of righteousness, who hast taken Christ as thy righteousness, and whose sincere desire is to walk even as he also walked, who hath made the Lord thy refuge, and hath put thy trust in the shadow of his wings, fear not; we bring thee a message from God; it shall be well with thee.

Thy sins alarm thee. They say; " We have possessed thee all thy days, and thy heart is our home. Thou hast always served us, and every day of habit has bound thee by a...