Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • MORNING & EVENING

    When a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and doleful fears. Such is not the way to rise from the dust, but to continue in it. As well chain the eagle’s wing to make it mount, as…

  • PARTAKERS OF HIS SUFFERINGS

    My Utmost For His Highest Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings. 1 Peter 4:13. If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant for you at all; they are meant to make you useful in His hands, and to…

  • PRAISE, MY SOUL, THE KING OF HEAVEN

    Henry F. Lyte, 1793–1847 Praise the Lord, all His works everywhere in His dominion. Praise the Lord, O my soul. (Psalm 103:22) The Christian life that is joyless is a discredit to God and a disgrace to itself.— Maltbie D. Babcock A life of praise and an inner joy and contentment are interwoven—they are complements…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    This day is notable in English history for two great deliverances wrought by God for us. On this day the plot of the Papists to destroy our Houses of Parliament was discovered, 1605. And secondly—to-day is the anniversary of the landing of King William III, at Torbay, by which the hope of Popish ascendancy was…

  • THE AUTHORITY OF REALITY

    My Utmost For His Highest Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. James 4:8. It is essential to give people a chance of acting on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the individual, you cannot act for him, it must be his own deliberate act, but the…

  • PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY

    Joachim Neander, 1650–1680Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1829–1878 Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the people praise Thee. (Psalm 67:3) Great expressions of praise to God have come from many different traditions and backgrounds. Throughout the centuries God has used the talents of people from various cultures to provide His church with hymns…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God’s work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God’s warrior marches forth to battle, strong in his own might, when he boasts, “I know that I shall conquer, my own right arm and my conquering sword…

  • A BOND-SLAVE OF JESUS

    My Utmost For His Highest I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. Gal. 2:20. These words mean the breaking of my independence with my own hand and surrendering to the supremacy of the Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, I must do it…

  • THE GOD OF ABRAHAM PRAISE

    Thomas Olivers, 1725–1799 Based on the revised Yigdal of Daniel ben Judah, 14th century You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him! (Psalm 22:23) The story of God’s dealing with Israel is an incredible one: the sovereign God preserving and directing throughout history the affairs of His chosen people.…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Prayers are instantly noticed in heaven. The moment Saul began to pray the Lord heard him. Here is comfort for the distressed but praying soul. Oftentimes a poor broken-hearted one bends his knee, but can only utter his wailing in the language of sighs and tears; yet that groan has made all the harps of…