Category: DEVOTIONALS

  • BRIGHTEN THE CORNER

    Amazing Grace Ina Duley Ogdon, 1877–? Christ gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good. (Titus 2:14) “Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do … but brighten the corner where you…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and without faith…

  • AMID A CROWD OF PALTRY THINGS

    My Utmost For His Highest … in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses. 2 Cor. 6:4. It takes Almighty grace to take the next step when there is no vision and no spectator—the next step in devotion, the next step in your study, in your reading, in your kitchen; the next step in…

  • NO, NOT ONE!

    Amazing Grace Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856–1922 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends … (John 15:15) He became poor that we might become rich (James 2:5).He was born that we might be born again (John 1:14).He became a servant that we…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Regeneration is a subject which lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to take heed that we really are “born again,” for there are many who fancy they are, who are not. Be assured that the name of a Christian is not the nature of a Christian; and that…

  • IS HE REALLY LORD?

    My Utmost For His Highest … so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus. Acts 20:24. Joy means the perfect fulfilment of that for which I was created and regenerated, not the successful doing of a thing. The joy Our Lord had lay…

  • THY WORD IS LIKE A GARDEN LORD

    Amazing Grace Edwin Hodder, 1837–1904 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. (Psalm 119:103, 104) For the child of God, the daily reading of the Scriptures is the nourishment of the soul. The Bible’s value has…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    There are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves, “To prevent drowsiness in this place, let us fall into good discourse.” Christian enquired, “Brother, where shall…

  • COULD THIS BE TRUE OF ME?

    My Utmost For His Highest But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts 20:24. It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered…

  • 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, think…