Evening “O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face … because we have sinned against thee.” Daniel 9:8 A deep sense and clear sight of sin, its heinousness, and the punishment which it deserves, should make us lie low before the throne. We have sinned as Christians. Alas! that itRead More …

Morning “Delight thyself also in the Lord.” Psalm 37:4 The teaching of these words must seem very surprising to those who are strangers to vital godliness, but to the sincere believer it is only the inculcation of a recognized truth. The life of the believer is here described as aRead More …

Evening “Remove far from me vanity and lies.” Proverbs 30:8 “O my God, be not far from me.” –Psalm 38:21 Here we have two great lessons–what to deprecate and what to supplicate. The happiest state of a Christian is the holiest state. As there is the most heat nearest toRead More …

Morning “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17 Jesus says, “take freely.” He wants no payment or preparation. He seeks no recommendation from our virtuous emotions. If you have no good feelings, if you be but willing, you are invited; therefore come! You have noRead More …

Evening “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.” 2 Timothy 1:9 The apostle uses the perfect tense and says, “Who hath saved us.” Believers in Christ Jesus are saved. They are not looked upon as persons who are in a hopeful state, and may ultimately beRead More …

Morning “Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.” Daniel 5:27 It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God’s Word. You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, to ask yourself, “CanRead More …

Evening “There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle.” Psalm 76:3 Our Redeemer’s glorious cry of “It is finished,” was the death-knell of all the adversaries of his people, the breaking of “the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword,Read More …

Morning “We love him because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 There is no light in the planet but that which proceedeth from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which cometh from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountainRead More …

Evening “They are they which testify of me.” John 5:39 Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. He is the constant theme of its sacred pages; from first to last they testify of him. At the creation we at once discern him as one of the sacredRead More …

Morning “We live unto the Lord.” Romans 14:8 If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparation for immortality that we should tarry here. It is possible for a man to be taken toRead More …