DISCOURSE: 729 GOD’S WORD MAGNIFIED Psalms 138:2. _Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name._ A DEVOUT mind will never want occasions for praising God: but there are some occasions whereon it will find peculiar liberty and enlargement. If, for instance, we have been in deep affliction; if we... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 730 ANSWERS TO PRAYER Psalms 138:3. _In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul._ THE blessed word of God abounds with promises, with promises of all that we can need, grace, mercy, peace, strength, victory. But will these promises be so p... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 731 THE GOSPEL A SOURCE OF HAPPINESS Psalms 138:4. _All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth. Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord._ IN the Psalms of David, it is often not easy to find out the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 732 GOD’S VIEWS OF THE LOWLY AND OF THE PROUD Psalms 138:6. _Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off._ WHATEVER we find in Scripture to have been God’s dealings with his people of old, the same may we expect to receive from him at t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 733 GOD’S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE Psalms 138:8. _The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me._ THE deeper doctrines of our holy religion, if made a matter of controversy and disputation, are very unprofitable; but, as experienced in the soul, they are a source of the richest consolation.... [ Continue Reading ]