Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • AVOIDING RASH JUDGMENT

    Imitation of Christ TURN your attention upon yourself and beware of judging the deeds of other men, for in judging others a man labors vainly, often makes mistakes, and easily sins; whereas, in judging and taking stock of himself he does something that is always profitable. We frequently judge that things are as we wish…

  • UNCTION A NECESSITY

    Power Through Prayer One bright benison which private prayer brings down upon the ministry is an indescribable and inimitable something—an unction from the Holy One … If the anointing which we bear come not from the Lord of hosts, we are deceivers, since only in prayer can we obtain it. Let us continue instant constant…

  • 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.…

  • RESISTING TEMPTATION

    Imitation of Christ SO LONG as we live in this world we cannot escape suffering and temptation. Whence it is written in Job: “The life of man upon earth is a warfare.” Everyone, therefore, must guard against temptation and must watch in prayer lest the devil, who never sleeps but goes about seeking whom he…

  • GRACE FROM THE HEART RATHER THAN T HE HEAD

    Power Through Prayer Study not to be a fine preacher. Jerichos are blown down with rams’ horns. Look simply unto Jesus for preaching food; and what is wanted will be given, and what is given will be blessed, whether it be a barley grain or a wheaten loaf, a crust or a crumb. Your mouth…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    To what choice order of officials was this word spoken? To kings who proudly boast a right divine? Ah, no! too often do they serve themselves or Satan, and forget the God whose sufferance permits them to wear their mimic majesty for their little hour. Speaks then the apostle to those so-called “right reverend fathers…

  • VALUE OF ADVERSITY

    Imitation of Christ IT IS good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they often remind us that we are on probation and ought not to hope in any worldly thing. It is good for us sometimes to suffer contradiction, to be misjudged by men even though we do well and mean…

  • HEART PREPARATION NECESSARY

    Power Through Prayer For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience. — William Penn In the morning was more engaged in preparing the head than the heart. This has been frequently my error, and I have always felt the evil of…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are—and how transitory! One moment our eyes see him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not see him, for our beloved withdraws himself from us; like a roe or a young hart he leaps…

  • ACQUIRING PEACE AND THE ZEAL FOR PERFECTION

    The Imitation of Christ WE SHOULD enjoy much peace if we did not concern ourselves with what others say and do, for these are no concern of ours. How can a man who meddles in affairs not his own, who seeks strange distractions, and who is little or seldom inwardly recollected, live long in peace?…