Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • PRAYER IN THE FATHER’S HONOR

    My Utmost For His Highest That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35. If the Son of God is born into my mortal flesh, is His holy innocence and simplicity and oneness with the Father getting a chance to manifest itself in me? What was…

  • TEACH ME THY WAY, O LORD

    Words and Music by ManseIl Ramsey, 1849–1923 Teach me your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path. (Psalm 27:11) I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.— Martin Luther I thank God for my handicaps,…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    See the spider’s web, and behold in it a most suggestive picture of the hypocrite’s religion. It is meant to catch his prey: the spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped by the loud professions of pretenders, and even the more judicious cannot always escape. Philip…

  • PRAYER IN THE FATHER’S HOUSE

    My Utmost For His Highest Wist ye not that I must be in My Father’s house? Luke 2:49 (R.V.). Our Lord’s childhood was not immature manhood: our Lord’s childhood is an eternal fact. Am I a holy innocent child of God by identification with my Lord and Saviour? Do I look upon life as being…

  • I WANT A PRINCIPLE WITHIN

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man. (Acts 24:16) Order my footsteps by Thy Word,And make my heart sincere;Let sin have no dominion, Lord,But keep my conscience clear.— Unknown The Bible has much to say about the importance of a Christian having a strong “inner man”…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Believers love Jesus with a deeper affection then they dare to give to any other being. They would sooner lose father and mother then part with Christ. They hold all earthly comforts with a loose hand, but they carry him fast locked in their bosoms. They voluntarily deny themselves for his sake, but they are…

  • THE CROSS IN PRAYER

    My Utmost For His Highest At that day ye shall ask in My name. John 16:26. We are too much given to thinking of the Cross as something we have to get through; we get through it only in order to get into it. The Cross stands for one thing only for us—a complete and…

  • I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS

    James Rowe, 1865–1933 For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. (Romans 8:29) I may not understand, Lord, but one day I shall seeThy loving hand was taking pains to fashion me like Thee.— Unknown There is much…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    What enemies are abroad? Errors are a numerous horde, and new ones appear every hour: against what heresy am I to be on my guard? Sins creep from their lurking places when the darkness reigns; I must myself mount the watch-tower, and watch unto prayer. Our heavenly Protector foresees all the attacks which are about…

  • THE BAFFLING CALL OF GOD

    My Utmost For His Highest And all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.… And they understood none of these things. Luke 18:31, 34. God called Jesus Christ to what seemed unmitigated disaster. Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death; He led every…