Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • Morning & Evening

    Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot learn it thus, it is only to be discovered by “looking unto Jesus.” If you desire to ascertain your own election;—after the following manner, shall you assure your heart before God. Do you feel yourself to be a lost, guilty…

  • JESUS NEVER FAILS

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Arthur A. Luther, 1891–1960 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (Matthew 24:35) Just when my hopes have vanished, just when my friends forsake,Just when the fight is thickest, just when with fear I shake,Then comes a still small whisper, “Fear not my…

  • Morning & Evening

    Labour to maintain a sense of thine entire dependence upon the Lord’s good will and pleasure for the continuance of thy richest enjoyments. Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come from Jesus, or thou art undone for ever. Old anointings will not suffice to…

  • HE HIDETH MY SOUL

    Amazing Grace Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915 I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand. (Exodus 33:22) The beloved blind American poet Fanny Jane Crosby did not begin writing gospel texts until her mid-forties. But from then on, inspiring words seemed to flow constantly from her heart, and…

  • Morning & Evening

    Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion. Burn here the fat of your sacrifices. Let your closet seasons be,…

  • A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM

    Amazing Grace Vernon J. Charlesworth, 1838–1915 with alteration You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. (Psalm 32:7) Storms often hit the northern coast of England bringing distress to the many small fishing vessels that ply the coastal waters. It is reported that “A Shelter…

  • Morning & Evening

    Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this enquiry, “Doest thou well to be angry?” It may be that we can answer, “YES.” Very frequently anger is the madman’s firebrand, but sometimes…

  • HIDING IN THEE

    Amazing Grace William O. Cushing, 1823–1902 But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. (Psalm 94:22) In childhood when we were frightened we wanted to run and hide in our mother’s or father’s arms until we felt the danger had passed. In the same way when…

  • Morning & Evening

    Sanctified by God the Father. — Jude 1Sanctified in Christ Jesus. — 1 Corinthians 1:2Through sanctification of the Spirit. — 1 Peter 1:2 Mark the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely do those believers talk who make preferences in the Persons of the Trinity; who think of Jesus…

  • GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU

    Amazing Grace Civilla D. Martin, 1869–1948 Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall. (Psalm 55:22) Do we as Christians trust God for salvation and eternal life yet at times doubt that He will tenderly care for us in our daily life? We all seem…