THE BEST PORTION
‘The Lord is my portion, saith my soul.’
I. The Lord is the portion of His people.
(1) The object of their supreme love.
(2) The object of their entire confidence.
(3) The object of their chiefest joy.
II. The qualities of the portion.
(1) It is suitable.
(2) It is adequate.
(3) It is enduring. ‘Flesh and heart shall faint and fail, but He is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.’
Verse 24. _THE LORD_ IS _MY PORTION_] Psalms 119:57....
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