"My soul, how hast thou profaned that day thy God hath sanctified! How hast thou encroached on that which Heaven hath set apart! If thy impatience cannot act a Sabbath twelve hours, what happiness canst thou expect in a perpetual Sabbath? Is six days too little for...
(God's grace and God's glory are real in our lives according to the value we place on Christ. To experience the extent of God's grace is to know Jesus Christ. To see God's glory is to look diligently to Christ, His Son. This article enabled me to see how precious...
"I live by the faith of the Son of God." Galatians 2:20. In spiritual things we are too often living upon self; we seek in frames, forms, creatures, and animal life, that inward peace and stability of mind which is only to be found in the Redeemer. Outward duties...
"Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou shalt...
"Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 1...
"I dwell in the high and holy place, with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth, for the spirit should fail before...
"The Lord will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. Psalm 102:17. They looked unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. Psalm 34:5. See also the instance of the woman of Canaan, Matt. 15:21-28; and what Christ...
Twelve years ago, through the following devotional, the Lord opened my heart to the truth of the following verses. This "everlasting covenant ordered in all things, and sure" is to this day "all my salvation, and all my desire." "He hath made with me an everlasting...
Who in this life desires to face death's door? Who has the faith to believe that new life is on the other side? Those who are in pain and agony may be the only ones who are truly ready to answer this question. While in good health we tend to shun the idea; death...