Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • Morning & Evening

    And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced? What though thou art gloomy now, canst thou forget that blessed hour when Jesus met thee, and said, “Come unto me”? Canst thou not remember that rapturous moment when he snapped thy fetters, dashed thy chains to the earth, and said,…

  • THE OVERMASTERING DIRECTION

    My Utmost For His Highest I have appeared unto thee for this purpose. Acts 26:16. The vision Paul had on the road to Damascus was no passing emotion, but a vision that had very clear and emphatic directions for him, and he says—“I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.” Our Lord said, in effect,…

  • FROM GREENLAND’S ICY MOUNTAINS

    Amazing Grace Reginald Heber, 1783–1826 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field. (Matthew 9:37, 38) We hear many missionary sermons in our churches, but not often do we sing such a beautifully…

  • Morning & Evening

    God delivers his people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From, and out of. First, he delivers them from the snare—does not let them enter it; and secondly, if they should be caught therein, he delivers them out of it. The first promise is the most precious to some; the second is…

  • TRANSFORMED BY INSIGHT

    My Utmost For His Highest We all, with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image. 2 Cor. 3:18. The outstanding characteristic of a Christian is this unveiled frankness before God so that the life becomes a mirror for other lives. By being filled with…

  • GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by James McGranahan, 1840–1907 Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. (Mark 16:15) Give us a watchword for the hour, a thrilling word, a word of power;A battlecry, a flaming breath that calls to conquer even death.A word to rouse the Church from rest,…

  • Morning & Evening

    Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that he might be able to be our brother, in the blest tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship there is between Christ and the believer! The believer can say, “I have a Brother in heaven; I…

  • WHAT AM I LOOKING AT?

    My Utmost For His Highest Look unto Me, and be ye saved. Isaiah 45:22. Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says—‘Look unto Me, and be saved.’ The great difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and it is His blessings that make it difficult. Troubles nearly…

  • JESUS SAVES

    Amazing Grace Priscilla J. Owens, 1829–1907 Sing to the Lord, praise His name; proclaim His salvation day after day. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples. (Psalm 96:2, 3) The heart of the Christian gospel is a person, not a church or a system of doctrinal interpretation. To evangelize is…

  • Morning & Evening

    These words are for the humbling of God’s people; they are called God’s vine, but what are they by nature more than others? They, by God’s goodness, have become fruitful, having been planted in a good soil; the Lord hath trained them upon the walls of the sanctuary, and they bring forth fruit to his…