Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • COME, THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come … (Haggai 2:7 KJV) Anticipation is a necessary and important part of every believer’s life. In Old Testament times the people anxiously awaited a Messianic Kingdom. Today we should be waiting with the same urgent expectancy as…

  • Morning & Evening

    There is no spot in thee. — Song of Solomon 4:7 Having pronounced his Church positively full of beauty, our Lord confirms his praise by a precious negative, “There is no spot in thee.” As if the thought occurred to the Bridegroom that the carping world would insinuate that he had only mentioned her comely…

  • O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL

    Amazing Grace Latin hymn from 12th century English translation by John M. Neale, 1818–1866 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; His kingdom will never end.…

  • Morning & Evening

    Thou art all fair, my love. — Song of Solomon 4:7 The Lord’s admiration of his Church is very wonderful, and his description of her beauty is very glowing. She is not merely fair, but “all fair.” He views her in himself, washed in his sin-atoning blood and clothed in his meritorious righteousness, and he…

  • HOW TEDIOUS AND TASTELESS THE HOURS

    Amazing Grace John Newton, 1725-1807 Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire beside You. (Psalm 73:25) The gospel of Jesus Christ revolves around the two Advents of the Savior: The first when He came as the humble baby in Bethlehem’s manger (Philippians 2:6–8); the second when He returns as…

  • Morning & Evening

    Thou hast made summer and winter. — Psalm 74:17 My soul begin this wintry month with thy God. The cold snows and the piercing winds all remind thee that he keeps his covenant with day and night, and tend to assure thee that he will also keep that glorious covenant which he has made with…

  • TO GOD BE THE GLORY

    Amazing Grace Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915 So that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:6) The aim and final reason for all music should be nothing else but the glory of God and the refreshment of the spirit. — J. S. Bach To…

  • Morning & Evening

    And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. — 2 Chronicles 25:9 A very important question this seemed to be…

  • JESUS CALLS US

    Amazing Grace Mrs. Cecil F. Alexander, 1818–1895 Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. (John 12:26) God’s call for discipleship comes to every believer, not just a special few. Whether or not we hear God’s call depends on…

  • Morning & Evening

    Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people … Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. — Leviticus 19:16, 17 Tale-bearing emits a threefold poison; for it injures the teller, the hearer, and the person concerning whom the tale is told. Whether the…