Author: Gospel Folio Press

Many years had passed since seeing those present at a cousins’ 80th birthday. It was disheartening to see a vibrant step replaced by a walker and another in a wheelchair, but the spirit kept strong. Vance Havner wrote, “The body we got from old Adam is disintegrating and some of them look unsightly before they are laid away". Perhaps we need these earthly struggles and tears so we more deeply long for the eternal City. There the new body will be unhampered by the ravages of time. May the Spirit move us to eagerly await the “joy forever more” when we see our Saviour face to face. —E. Dyck

God asked, “Where is Abel thy brother?” But Cain was a murderer and refused to accept his responsibility towards his brother. God observes how we treat our brothers. He calls us to help in keeping one another. We are to watch for each other’s souls: to consider one another; to provoke to good works; to bear one another’s burden; to convert the wanderer from the path of the destroyer; and to wash one another’s feet. Cain asked, “Am I my brothers keeper?” The answer is yes, but the sad story is instead of keeping him he destroyed him. Are we touching the lives of our brother? —Milton Haack

Jehovah has had a multitude of choice servants. Abraham and Moses, David and Job, Peter and Paul, James and John, and a host of others, have all served Him faithfully and well. But when He says, “Behold My servant,” every believer knows that there is only one Servant whom Jehovah would have us contemplate. There is but one Servant who did the will of God perfectly. “My servant in whom My soul delighteth” can be none other than the Servant-Son, our Lord Jesus. —Jim Flanigan

Every verse in this psalm assures us that God’s mercy endures forever. The stress and strain of life often brings us to a place where we wonder if we can go on. At those moments it is good to be reminded again that His mercy endures forever and that our brief moment of need is well within His infinite ability to carry us through. He is always there, always available, always loving, always caring. Our God is good. His mercy endures forever. —L. Tempest

The Bible study had been on grace, but the behaviour of the young people rude. My husband concluded the study earlier than usual and announced he would be taking the teenagers home. “Shall I prepare supper?” I asked, to which my husband replied, “Yes”. One of the girls involved turned to our younger daughter and whispered that they did not deserve any supper. Our daughter replied, “That’s what grace is—getting what you don’t deserve.” —J. Fleming

When I am struggling with a spirit of unforgiveness, I am actually struggling to view myself as God sees me—instead of seeing myself as forgiven, I see myself as innocent. In this disillusioned state, I risk making much of little—exaggerating the wrong done against me. Let us forgive as we have been forgiven. —Jason Bechtel

God the Father used the virgin Mary to prepare a human body for God the Son (Heb. 10:5). At His birth, the Son possessed His body. He did not enter that body in some token or temporary presence. Rather, the fullness of the Godhead has abided in that body ever since. And so it shall be eternally. In that body, glorified, the full and total presence of the Godhead will be manifested eternally. In that body He died, He saves, He will judge, and He will embrace His bride! He is perfect God and perfect Man. —Doug Kazen

God was waiting on His time to work, but I wonder if Noah felt forgotten as he wondered and waited? But the man of patience faithfully persevered. Always rest on His faithfulness, no matter how dark or distressing your situation may be. “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for He is faithful that promised” (Hebrews 10:23). —Jim Comte