Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • O PERFECT LOVE

    Amazing Grace Dorothy B. Gurney, 1858–1932 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. (Ephesians 5:31) A perfect union of selfless and totally committed love, not an indulgent form of physical gratification, is God’s plan for the human race.…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Here is a precious truth for thee, believer. Thou mayest be poor, or in suffering, or unknown, but for thine encouragement take a review of thy “calling” and the consequences that flow from it, and especially that blessed result here spoken of. As surely as thou art God’s child today, so surely shall all thy…

  • THE LIFE THAT LIVES

    My Utmost For His Highest Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke 24:49. The disciples had to tarry until the day of Pentecost not for their own preparation only; they had to wait until the Lord was glorified historically. As soon as He was glorified,…

  • HAPPY THE HOME WHEN GOD IS THERE

    Amazing Grace Henry Ware Jr., 1794–1843 … But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15) The beauty of the home is order; the blessing of the home is contentment;The glory of the home is hospitality; the crown of the home is godliness.— Unknown This is the season when our…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Mephibosheth was no great ornament to a royal table, yet he had a continual place at David’s board, because the king could see in his face the features of the beloved Jonathan. Like Mephibosheth, we may cry unto the King of Glory, “What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog…

  • COME, THOU ALMIGHTY KING

    Amazing Grace Source unknown, c. 1757 Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is He, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—He is the King of glory. (Psalm 24:9, 10) In his book The Knowledge of the Holy, A. W.…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried to excess, has in it the nature of sin. The precept to avoid anxious care is earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again and again; it is reiterated by the apostles; and it is one which cannot be neglected without involving transgression: for the very essence of…

  • THE TEST OF SELF-INTEREST

    My Utmost For His Highest If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. Genesis 13:9. As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and luxurious prospects will open…

  • PRAISE YE THE TRIUNE GOD!

    Amazing Grace Elizabeth R. Charles, 1828–1896 I will praise Your name for Your love and Your faithfulness, for You have exalted above all things Your name and Your word. (Psalm 138:2) Saints and angels join in praising Thee, the Father, Spirit, Son—Evermore their voices raising to the Eternal Three in One.— J. Montgomery The Sunday…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times. There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do without his constant upholding. Whether in light or in…