Tag: Devotional

  • THE NEVER-FAILING GOD

    My Utmost For His Highest For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5. What line does my thought take? Does it turn to what God says or to what I fear? Am I learning to say not what God says, but to say something after I have heard what…

  • GRACE! ‘TIS A CHARMING SOUND

    Amazing Grace Philip Doddridge, 1702–1751 (verses 1, 3)Augustus Toplady, 1740–1778 (verses 2, 4, 5) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8, 9) “Jesus died for all mankind”—every race and nation—and…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    How sweet it is to behold the Saviour communing with his own beloved people! There can be nothing more delightful than, by the Divine Spirit, to be led into this fertile field of delight. Let the mind for an instant consider the history of the Redeemer’s love, and a thousand enchanting acts of affection will…

  • THE SECRET OF THE LORD

    My Utmost For His Highest The secret (friendship R.V.) of the Lord is with them that fear Him. Psalm 25:14. What is the sign of a friend? That he tells you secret sorrows? No, that he tells you secret joys. Many will confide to you their secret sorrows, but the last mark of intimacy is…

  • AMAZING GRACE

    John Newton, 1725–1807 (verses 1–4), John P. Rees, 1828–1900 (verse 5) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times … you will abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8) Calling himself a “wretch” who was lost and blind, John Newton recalled leaving school…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Potters were not the very highest grade of workers, but “the king” needed potters, and therefore they were in royal service, although the material upon which they worked was nothing but clay. We, too, may be engaged in the most menial part of the Lord’s work, but it is a great privilege to do anything…

  • WHAT ARE YOU HAUNTED BY

    My Utmost For His Highest What man is he that feareth the Lord? Psalm 25:12. What are you haunted by? You will say—‘By nothing,’ but we are all haunted by something, generally by ourselves, or, if we are Christians, by our experience. The Psalmist says we are to be haunted by God. The abiding consciousness…

  • YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN

    Amazing Grace William T. Sleeper, 1819–1904 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, unless a man is born again, [born from above] he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) Jesus made it clear that to be a member of His heavenly Kingdom, people must be twice-born—recipients of God’s Spirit and possessors…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    In every believer’s heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of plying all the weapons of its deadly armoury against newborn grace; while on the other hand, the new nature is ever on the watch to resist and destroy…

  • THE STAGGERING QUESTION

    My Utmost For His Highest Son of man, can these bones live? Ezekiel 37:3. Can that sinner be turned into a saint? Can that twisted life be put right? There is only one answer: ‘O Lord, Thou knowest, I don’t.’ Never trample in with religious common sense and say—‘Oh, yes, with a little more Bible…