Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • WHEN HE IS COME

    My Utmost For His Highest And when He is come, He will convict the world of sin.… John 16:8 (R.V.). Very few of us know anything about conviction of sin; we know the experience of being disturbed because of having done wrong things; but conviction of sin by the Holy Ghost blots out every relationship…

  • HIS LOVING KINDNESS

    Samuel Medley, 1738–1799 How priceless is Your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings. (Psalm 36:7) A Christian should never lose his reason for singing about the Lord and His constant loving kindness. “His praise should continually be in our mouths” (Psalm 34:1). Loving kindness has…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. The old schoolmen did a world of mischief by their incessant discussion of subjects of no practical importance; and our Churches suffer much from petty wars over abstruse points and unimportant…

  • WINNING INTO FREEDOM

    My Utmost For His Highest If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36. If there is any remnant of individual conceit left, it always says—‘I can’t.’ Personality never says—‘I can’t,’ but simply absorbs and absorbs. Personality always wants more and more. It is the way we are built.…

  • WE PLOW THE FIELDS AND SCATTER

    Matthias Claudius, 1740–1815Translated by Jane M. Campbell, 1817–1878 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; He provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. (Acts 14:17) The Scriptures have many important lessons to teach us…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    In this metaphor, which has reference to the inner life of a believer, we have very plainly the idea of secrecy. It is a spring shut up: just as there were springs in the East, over which an edifice was built, so that none could reach them save those who knew the secret entrance; so…

  • THE EXTERNAL GOAL

    My Utmost For His Highest By Myself have I sworn, said the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, … that in blessing I will bless thee.… Genesis 22:15–19 . Abraham has reached the place where he is in touch with the very nature of God, he understands now the reality of God. ‘My…

  • FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

    Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1835–1917 Whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (Philippians 4:8) One of the delights that we as adults have in being around children is to hear their squeals of pleasure as they observe and discover some ordinary object about…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    “To whom be glory for ever.” This should be the single desire of the Christian. All other wishes must be subservient and tributary to this one. The Christian may wish for prosperity in his business, but only so far as it may help him to promote this—“To him be glory for ever.” He may desire…

  • STILL HUMAN!

    My Utmost For His Highest Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10:31. The great marvel of the Incarnation slips into ordinary childhood’s life; the great marvel of the Transfiguration vanishes in the devil-possessed valley; the glory of the Resurrection descends into a breakfast on the sea-shore. This is not…