Psalms 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgements are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Amazing truth! Our God is ever faithful! Always faithful in the trials of life that face us, our Saviour is ever present with a comforting hand. However, even when we go astray and we face the chastening hand of the Lord, God disciplines us consistently in faithfulness. A proud-hearted believer may resist the trials and reject our personal failure, yet the Lord wants us to know that He is still faithful even when we fail, and His faithfulness involves afflicting us. God sends affliction to drive us back to Himself: It…

Psalms 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgements are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Amazing truth! Our God is ever faithful! Always faithful in the trials of life that face us, our Saviour is ever present with a comforting hand. However, even when we go astray and we face the chastening hand of the Lord, God disciplines us consistently in faithfulness. A proud-hearted believer may resist the trials and reject our personal failure, yet the Lord wants us to know that He is still faithful even when we fail, and His faithfulness involves afflicting us. God sends affliction to drive us back to Himself: It…

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. The Thessalonians were well-aware that the time of the Lord’s advent to earth was secret and sudden, as a thief coming without warning. However, the Thessalonian church was not in the dark about this occasion that may happen any time. They were very aware of the suddenness of the coming of Christ. Paul wrote to admonish them on three counts, lessons which will do modern believers good if they take heed. We are not in the dark about this coming But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that…