“Always abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Cor. 15:58). Married couples have many special ways to enjoy and share their lives together. A wife and her husband may enjoy things together like eating out, exercising, or going on trips. There are the mutually shared experiences of starting a family, building a house, raising...
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.” — Orison Marden “Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all… As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when...
“After that the Holy Spirit is come upon you ye shall receive power.” (Acts 1:8) The Christian life is impossible apart from the Spirit of Christ. F. B. Meyer said, “It is not your responsibility to live the Christian life, rather it is your RESPONSE to HIS ABILITY.” We cannot manufacture the fruit of the...
“Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.” Ephesians 5:2 Mary sat at Jesus’ feet (see Luke 10:39). Peter fell before the Lord (see Luke 5:8). Paul instructed us to stand against the schemes of Satan (see Eph. 6:11). Now here in Ephesians 5:20 Paul wrote that we should walk in love. Walking implies...
“And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them” (Acts 18:3). A marriage consists of a couple, and that obviously means two people. No more do they face life alone, and what a joy that is! Ecclesiastes even says that two are better than one! That is true for so many reasons;...
“Few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy. That which should be spent in action, spends itself in words. Hence he who restrains that love of talk, lays up a fund of spiritual strength.” — F. W. Robertson “Learn not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far...