Tag: Devotional

  • I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS

    James Rowe, 1865–1933 For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. (Romans 8:29) I may not understand, Lord, but one day I shall seeThy loving hand was taking pains to fashion me like Thee.— Unknown There is much…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    What enemies are abroad? Errors are a numerous horde, and new ones appear every hour: against what heresy am I to be on my guard? Sins creep from their lurking places when the darkness reigns; I must myself mount the watch-tower, and watch unto prayer. Our heavenly Protector foresees all the attacks which are about…

  • THE BAFFLING CALL OF GOD

    My Utmost For His Highest And all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.… And they understood none of these things. Luke 18:31, 34. God called Jesus Christ to what seemed unmitigated disaster. Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death; He led every…

  • OPEN MY EYES THAT I MAY SEE

    Words and Music by Clara H. Scott, 1841–1897 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law. (Psalm 119:18) The Scriptures teach that our faith in Christ employs all of our God-given senses: SIGHT — “Look unto me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 45:22).HEARING — “Hear, and…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when it rocks most. He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world’s tiller, and that wherever providence may drift, Jehovah steers it. That re-assuring knowledge prepares him for everything. He looks…

  • THE BIG COMPELLING OF GOD

    My Utmost For His Highest Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. Luke 18:31. Jerusalem stands in the life of Our Lord as the place where He reached the climax of His Father’s will. “I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me.” That was the one dominating interest…

  • MY JESUS, AS THOU WILT

    Benjamin Schmolck, 1672–1737Translated by Jane L. Borthwick, 1813–1897 I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart. (Psalm 40:8) My will is not my own till Thou has made it Thine; if it would reach the monarch’s throne it must its crown resign. It only stands unbent amid the…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Quietly contemplate the Lamb as the light of heaven. Light in Scripture is the emblem of joy. The joy of the saints in heaven is comprised in this: Jesus chose us, loved us, bought us, cleansed us, robed us, kept us, glorified us: we are here entirely through the Lord Jesus. Each one of these…

  • THE DISCIPLINE OF DIFFICULTY

    My Utmost For His Highest In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33. An average view of the Christian life is that it means deliverance from trouble. It is deliverance in trouble, which is very different. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of…

  • NOTHING BETWEEN

    Words and music by Charles A. Tindley, 1851–1933 If our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask, because we obey His commands and do what pleases Him. (1 John 3:21, 22) Born to slave parents and separated from them when only five years of age,…