Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • There’s a Wideness to God’s Mercy

    Frederick W. Faber, 1814–1863 But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. (Psalm 86:15 KJV) A wealth of truth about the depth of God’s love and mercy is expressed simply but eloquently in this choice two-line hymn text written by Frederick William Faber in…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them. Ask for their impression of the Christian life, and they will describe their continual conflicts, their deep afflictions, their sad adversities, and the sinfulness…

  • DEPTH OF MERCY

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 You are kind and forgiving, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call on You. (Psalm 86:5) Although Charles Wesley had been trained for the Anglican church ministry and had been active in religious activities, there came a time when he realized that he had never personally experienced God’s love and…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Warrior, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old so is it now, if the war be of God the victory is sure. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh could barely muster five…

  • DON’T SLACK OFF

    My Utmost For His Highest Whatever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do. John 14:13. Am I fulfilling this ministry of the interior? There is no snare, or any danger of infatuation or pride in intercession, it is a hidden ministry that brings forth fruit whereby the Father is glorified. Am I…

  • WONDERFUL WORDS OF LIFE

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Philip P. Bliss, 1838–1876 The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. (John 6:63) One of the basic precepts of the Sunday school movement has always been that God’s Word must be carefully and systematically studied by believers of all ages. Study it carefully,…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Thou hast good reason to “hate evil,” for only consider what harm it has already wrought thee. Oh, what a world of mischief sin has brought into thy heart! Sin blinded thee so that thou couldst not see the beauty of the Saviour; it made thee deaf so that thou couldst not hear the Redeemer’s…

  • WORK OUT WHAT GOD WORKS IN

    My Utmost For His Highest Work out your own salvation. Phil. 2:12–13 . Your will agrees with God, but in your flesh there is a disposition which renders you powerless to do what you know you ought to do. When the Lord is presented to the conscience, the first thing conscience does is to rouse…

  • SAVED BY GRACE

    Amazing Grace Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915 And I—in righteousness I will see Your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing Your likeness. (Psalm 17:15) I am living for the moment when my Savior’s face I see—Oh, the thrill of that first meeting, when His glory shines on me!When His voice like sweetest…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    One cheering word, poor lost sinner, for thee! You think you must not come to God because you are vile. Now, there is not a saint living on earth but has been made to feel that he is vile. If Job, and Isaiah, and Paul were all obliged to say “I am vile,” oh, poor…