Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • HOW TEDIOUS AND TASTELESS THE HOURS

    Amazing Grace John Newton, 1725-1807 Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire beside You. (Psalm 73:25) The gospel of Jesus Christ revolves around the two Advents of the Savior: The first when He came as the humble baby in Bethlehem’s manger (Philippians 2:6–8); the second when He returns as…

  • Morning & Evening

    Thou hast made summer and winter. — Psalm 74:17 My soul begin this wintry month with thy God. The cold snows and the piercing winds all remind thee that he keeps his covenant with day and night, and tend to assure thee that he will also keep that glorious covenant which he has made with…

  • TO GOD BE THE GLORY

    Amazing Grace Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915 So that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:6) The aim and final reason for all music should be nothing else but the glory of God and the refreshment of the spirit. — J. S. Bach To…

  • Morning & Evening

    And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. — 2 Chronicles 25:9 A very important question this seemed to be…

  • JESUS CALLS US

    Amazing Grace Mrs. Cecil F. Alexander, 1818–1895 Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. (John 12:26) God’s call for discipleship comes to every believer, not just a special few. Whether or not we hear God’s call depends on…

  • Morning & Evening

    Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people … Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. — Leviticus 19:16, 17 Tale-bearing emits a threefold poison; for it injures the teller, the hearer, and the person concerning whom the tale is told. Whether the…

  • LET US WITH A GLADSOME MIND

    Amazing Grace John Milton, 1608–1674 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love [mercy] endures forever. (Psalm 136:1) A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. —Cicero A gladsome, joyous mind is the product of a grateful, praising heart. Gratefulness is the opposite of…

  • Morning & Evening

    For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. — 3 John 3 The truth was in Gaius, and Gaius walked in the truth. If the first had not been the case, the second could never have occurred; and if…

  • THANKS TO GOD!

    Amazing Grace August Ludvig Storm, 1862–1914 Translated by Carl E. Backstrom, 1901 – Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 5:20) A thankful spirit, both for the good and the difficult, is one of the important indicators of a believer’s spiritual condition. To be…

  • Morning & Evening

    Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord. — Zechariah 3:1 In Joshua the high priest we see a picture of each and every child of God, who has been made nigh by the blood of Christ, and has been taught to minister in holy things, and enter into that which is…