Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Praying in the Holy Ghost. — Jude 20 Mark the grand characteristic of true prayer—“In the Holy Ghost.” The seed of acceptable devotion must come from heaven’s storehouse. Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. We must shoot the Lord’s arrows back to him. That desire which he writes upon our…

  • COURAGE AND THE TRUTH

    Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 16:1–63; Revelation 6:1–7:8; Job 34:1–15 Few people are brave enough to speak the truth when it could cost them their reputation. Even fewer have the courage to speak the truth when it could cost them everything. The prophets, however, set a different example. “And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? — Numbers 11:11 Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste gem dreads to be touched by the diamond, but the true jewel fears…

  • WE WANT OUT

    Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 14:1–15:8; Revelation 5:1–14; Job 33:29–33 We’ve all had those moments when we just want out, when the chaos of life seems overwhelming. We want an end to the struggle with sin. We want relief from the things that are part of living in a broken world. We know Christ reigns, but we…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. — John 4:14 He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and whose nights…

  • WORDS AND ACTIONS

    Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 12:1–13:23; Revelation 3:14–4:11; Job 33:19–28 Leading by example is a simple principle to understand, but it’s a very difficult one to live. The prophets were often called to lead by example, though doing so usually meant enduring suffering for others. “And the word of Yahweh came to me [Ezekiel], saying, ‘Son of…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    He arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights. — 1 Kings 19:8 All the strength supplied to us by our gracious God is meant for service, not for wantonness or boasting. When the prophet Elijah found the cake baked on the coals, and…

  • DEFRIBILLATORS FOR SARDIS

    Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 9:1–11:25; Revelation 3:1–13; Job 33:8–18 We cover up the dead places in ourselves with all sorts of regalia. We fill the emptiness with fine clothing, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, or relationships in which the other is set up as god. Underneath the trappings, though, we’re decaying. Of all the churches addressed in Revelation, the…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    At evening time it shall be light. — Zechariah 14:7 Oftentimes we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A balmier air fans the mariner’s cheek as he nears the shore of…

  • WHEN LOVE IS LOST, LABOR IS IN VAIN

    Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 3:16–5:17; Revelation 2:1–11; Job 32:11–22 When zeal lacks love, faith is rendered useless. Love is the crux of faith. We can study the Bible like a scholar, pray like a warrior, evangelize like the world is ending tomorrow, but we still might miss the mark of faith. God desires our love. The…