Trust in Yahweh with all your heart . . .

  • Matthew Henry Monday: More On the Pure in Heart

    The pure in heart are happy (v. 8); Blessed are the poor in heart, for they shall see God. This is the most comprehensive of all the beatitudes; here holiness and happiness are fully described and put together. Here is the most comprehensive character of the blessed: they are pure in heart. Note, True religion consists in heart-purity. Those who are inwardly pure,… Read more

  • Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

    The heart is what you are, in the secrecy of your thought and feeling, when nobody knows but God. And what you are at the invisible root matters as much to God as what your are at the visible branch. “Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Samuel… Read more

  • Matthew Henry Monday

    From Method for Prayer… We bless you for the redemption we have through Christ’s blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of your grace, which you have lavished upon us. Ephesians 1:7-8 That you have forgiven all our iniquities and healed all our diseases; Psalm 103:3 and in love you have delivered our lives from… Read more

  • One More On the Merciful

    Prayer for Mercy, with Meditation on the Excellencies of the Lord A Prayer of David. 86 Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me;For I am poor and needy.2 Preserve my life, for I am holy;You are my God;Save Your servant who trusts in You!3 Be merciful to me, O Lord,For I cry to You all day long.4 Rejoice the soul of Your servant,For to You,… Read more

  • More On the Merciful

    God’s Word greatly comforts those of us who believe in Christ. Simultaneously, we must admit that certain passages are frightening when we ponder their implications. Consider the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18:21–35, for example. In verse 35, Jesus says we will be condemned if we do not forgive those who sin against us… Read more