Category: K. W. Osbeck

  • STAND UP AND BLESS THE LORD

    James Montgomery, 1771–1854 Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. (Nehemiah 9:5) Many excellent opportunities to witness for the Lord are lost each day simply because of our timidity. Or perhaps we are with a group of colleagues when the Lord’s name is blasphemed, the gospel derided, the…

  • MAKE ME A BLESSING

    Ira B. Wilson, 1880–1950 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed. (Proverbs 11:11) Nothing is lost that is done for the Lord,Let it be ever so small;The smile of the Savior approves of the deedAs though it were greatest of all.— Unknown…

  • CHANNELS ONLY

    Mary E. Maxwell, 20th century If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. (2 Timothy 2:21) A vessel He will make of you, if small or great, ’twill surely do—Great joy and peace will…

  • I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY

    A. Catherine Hankey, 1834–1911 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. (Proverbs 11:30) Soul-winning should be the normal product of our commitment to discipleship and a daily intimate relationship with the Lord. Soul-winning is not salesmanship, in which we try to manipulate or subdue lost…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    “If any man sin, we have an advocate.” Yes, though we sin, we have him still. John does not say, “If any man sin he has forfeited his advocate,” but “we have an advocate,” sinners though we are. All the sin that a believer ever did, or can be allowed to commit, cannot destroy his…

  • YE SERVANTS OF GOD, YOUR MASTER PROCLAIM

    Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 … salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. (Revelation 7:10) The proclamation of the gospel requires a devoted, zealous spirit. The real purpose of this proclamation is to affect a personal conversion in the hearer, and this experience implies a radical change of lifestyle. The…

  • RESCUE THE PERISHING

    Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives … (Isaiah 61:1 KJV) One of the most tragic words in our vocabulary is…

  • LORD, SPEAK TO ME

    Frances R. Havergal, 1836–1879 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20) As Christ’s personal ambassadors, we should be people of double resolve: To hear what God has to say to us and then to share…

  • HOLY BIBLE, BOOK DIVINE

    John Burton, Sr., 1773–1822 Oh, how I love Your law! I meditate on it all day long. (Psalm 119:97) Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the Book widens and deepens with our years.— Charles H. Spurgeon The Bible is truly an amazing book. It has rightfully been called “The Book of Books.” The first book ever printed…

  • O WORD OF GOD INCARNATE

    William W. How, 1823–1897 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17) Everyone has a basic premise for his life’s convictions. The Christian begins with Jesus Christ, who came to…