Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • Morning & Evening

    The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewish law harshly said, “Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keep them, and thou shalt live.” The law was a dispensation of terror, which drove men before…

  • APPROVED UNTO GOD

    My Utmost For His Highest Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Tim. 2:15. If you cannot express yourself on any subject, struggle until you can. If you do not, someone will be the poorer all the days of his…

  • Morning & Evening

    Both of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her upon her return to the land of Judah. But the hour of test came; Naomi most unselfishly set before each of them the trials which awaited them, and bade them if they cared for ease and comfort to return to their…

  • THE GREAT LIFE

    My Utmost For His Highest Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.… Let not your heart be troubled. John 14:27. Whenever a thing becomes difficult in personal experience, we are in danger of blaming God, but it is we who are in the wrong, not God, there is some perversity somewhere…

  • Morning & Evening

    They go from strength to strength. There are various renderings of these words, but all of them contain the idea of progress. Our own good translation of the authorized version is enough for us this morning. “They go from strength to strength.” That is, they grow stronger and stronger. Usually, if we are walking, we…

  • WHAT TO PRAY FOR

    My Utmost For His Highest Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. Luke 18:1. You cannot intercede if you do not believe in the reality of the Redemption; you will turn intercession into futile sympathy with human beings which will only increase their submissive content to being out of touch with God. In…

  • Morning & Evening

    Salt was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties it was the grateful emblem of divine grace in the soul. It is worthy of our attentive regard that, when Artaxerxes gave salt to Ezra the priest, he set no limit to the quantity, and we…

  • PERSONALITY

    My Utmost For His Highest That they may be one, even as we are one. John 17:22. Personality is that peculiar, incalculable thing that is meant when we speak of ourselves as distinct from everyone else. Our personality is always too big for us to grasp. An island in the sea may be but the…

  • AWAY IN A MANGER

    Amazing Grace Source unknown (stanzas 1, 2), John Thomas McFarland, 1851–1913 (stanza 3) And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped Him in cloths and placed Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:7) The shepherds had an angelThe wise men had a starBut…

  • Morning & Evening

    What he hath done at one time, he will do yet again. Man’s ways are variable, but God’s ways are everlasting. There are many reasons for this most comforting truth: among them are the following—the Lord’s ways are the result of wise deliberation; he ordereth all things according to the counsel of his own will.…