Author name: Paul Hamilton

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” — Psalm 51:17 “Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD… and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.” — 2 […]

“For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.” — Psalm 49:10 “Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.” — Proverbs 12:1 Psalm 49 reminds us that death is the great equalizer. The wise man dies. The fool

“Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.” — Proverbs 22:5 “Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.” — Job 16:17 Proverbs warns us that the crooked path is filled with “thorns and snares.” The word froward

“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.” — Psalm 46:4 “O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.” — Isaiah 48:18

“If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?” — Luke 12:26 “Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?” — Ecclesiastes 7:13 In Luke 12, the Lord Jesus addresses anxiety. He reminds His hearers that

“But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.” — Luke 11:17 “And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will

“Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.” — Psalm 44:21 “For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?” — 1 Corinthians 4:7

“And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds…” — Hosea 7:14 “And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.” — Jeremiah 3:10 Both verses expose a dangerous spiritual condition: Outward sorrow without

“And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.” — Luke 8:47 “Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid

“And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.” — Exodus 40:30 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” — Hebrews 10:22