Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • WE MUST WALK BEFORE GOD IN HUMILITY AND TRUTH

    The Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST MY CHILD, walk before Me in truth, and seek Me always in the simplicity of your heart. He who walks before Me in truth shall be defended from the attacks of evil, and the truth shall free him from seducers and from the slanders of wicked men.…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, “My cup runneth over; I have more than heart can wish”? When this is fulfilled, “I am…

  • LISTEN HUMBLY TO THE WORDS OF GOD. MANY DO NOT HEED THEM

    The Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST MY CHILD, hear My words, words of greatest sweetness surpassing all the knowledge of the philosophers and wise men of earth. My words are spirit and life, and they are not to be weighed by man’s understanding. They are not to be invoked in vanity but are…

  • CONNECT THE TESTAMENTS

    A 365-Day Devotional with Bible Reading Plan Genesis 14-15; Matthew 11; Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 JUDGING THE TIMES AND SEASONS We often have difficulty judging the events in our lives and then responding appropriately. Although God has placed eternity “in our hearts,” we don’t know the reason or the outcome of our life’s events (Eccl 3:11). The…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    What a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for us to pause awhile and see this sad sight. The iniquities of our public worship, its hypocrisy, formality, lukewarmness, irreverence, wandering of heart and forgetfulness of God, what a full measure have we…

  • THE PILGRIMAGE OF CHRISTINA

    The Pilgrim’s Progress THE EIGHTH STAGE When they were gone from the shepherds, they quickly came to the place where Christian met with one Turn-away that dwelt in the town of Apostasy. Wherefore of him Mr. Great-Heart their guide now put them in mind, saying, This is the place where Christian met with one Turn-away,…

  • TRUTH SPEAKS INWARDLY WITHOUT THE SOUND OF WORDS

    The Imitation of Christ THE SECOND CHAPTER THE DISCIPLE “SPEAK, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.” “I am Thy servant. Give me understanding that I may know Thine ordinances6 … Incline my heart to Thine ordinances … Let Thy speech distil as the dew.”28 The children of Israel once said to Moses: “Speak thou to us…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt. From the moment of the new and celestial birth the man begins to live to…

  • THE PILGRIMAGE OF CHRISTINA

    The Pilgrim’s Progress THE SEVENTH STAGE Well, the time grew on that the pilgrims must go on their way; wherefore they prepared for their journey. They sent for their friends; they conferred with them; they had some time set apart therein to commit each other to the protection of their Prince. There were again that…

  • INTERNAL CONSOLATION

    The Imitation of Christ BOOK THREEThe First Chapter THE INWARD CONVERSATION OF CHRIST WITH THE FAITHFUL SOUL “I WILL hear what the Lord God will speak in me.” Blessed is the soul who hears the Lord speaking within her, who receives the word of consolation from His lips. Blessed are the ears that catch the…