“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” (Isaiah 40:8) If you need proof that there is a God, look up into the night sky. Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.” At the right time of year,…

“Faithful are the wounds of a friend;” (Proverbs 27:6a) Long ago an after-shave commercial said that the product wakes you up like a cold slap in the face. In the ad, a man is slapped in the face and says, “Thanks, I needed that.” In a way, that’s one idea of this passage. Sometimes people…

“And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a…

“And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.” (John 19:38) Joseph of Arimathea is described in all four gospels, and…

“And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man…

“But when he [Jesus] saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth…

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” (Romans 5:1) After Jesus was born, an angel appeared to a group of shepherds and announced His birth: “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to…

“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.…

“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. But if not,…

“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 The…

“Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Namely, five lords…