Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • THE FRUITFULNESS OF FRIENDSHIP

    My Utmost For His Highest I have called you friends. John 15:15. We never know the joy of self-sacrifice until we abandon in every particular. Self-surrender is the most difficult thing—‘I will if …!’ ‘Oh well, I suppose I must devote my life to God.’ There is none of the joy of self-sacrifice in that.…

  • TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

    Frances R. Havergal, 1836–1879 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31) In this day of self-centered living and pleasure-oriented lifestyle, the total commitment to God of body, mind, and possessions portrayed in this text is difficult for many Christians to achieve.…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: “Look unto me and be ye saved.” It is hearing: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” Faith is smelling: “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia”; “thy name is as ointment poured forth.” Faith is…

  • THE SPIRITUAL INDEX

    My Utmost For His Highest Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Matthew 7:9. The illustration of prayer that Our Lord uses here is that of a good child asking for a good thing. We talk about prayer as if God heard us…

  • O TO BE LIKE THEE

    Thomas O. Chisholm, 1866–1960 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10) Great Master, teach us with Your skillful hand;Let not the music that is in us die!Great Sculptor, hew and polish us; nor letHidden and lost, Your form…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as they would have been had he never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ travelled the road, but he has slain thine enemies. Dost thou dread sin? He has…

  • SITTING AT THE FEET OF JESUS

    Source of words and music unknown Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:42) The story of Martha the worker and Mary the worshiper (Luke 10:38–42) illustrates an important spiritual principle: We please our Lord most when we learn to sit at His feet in adoration…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    The glorified weep no more, for all outward causes of grief are gone. There are no broken friendships, nor blighted prospects in heaven. Poverty, famine, peril, persecution, and slander, are unknown there. No pain distresses, no thought of death or bereavement saddens. They weep no more, for they are perfectly sanctified. No “evil heart of…

  • “I INDEED … BUT HE”

    My Utmost For His Highest I indeed baptize you with water … but He … shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire. Matthew 3:11. Have I ever come to a place in my experience where I can say—“I indeed … but He”? Until that moment does come, I will never know what the…

  • WHITER THAN SNOW

    James Nicholson, c. 1828–1876 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7) God’s people have been placed in their particular circle of influence so they can demonstrate purity and a concern for righteousness. If we do not fulfill this role, who will? It…