August 3 Though the host that feeds at Jehovah’s table is countless as the stars of heaven, yet each one has his portion of meat. Think how much grace one saint requires; so much that nothing but the Infinite could supply him for one day; and yet the Lord spreadsRead More …

August 2 Doubtless the reader has been tried with the temptation to rely upon things which are seen, instead of resting alone upon the invisible God. Christians often look to man for help and counsel, and mar the noble simplicity of their reliance upon their God. Does this portion meetRead More …

August 1 Communion with Christ is a certain cur for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to Jesus, Christian, and itRead More …

July 31 There is a time appointed for weakness and sickness, when we shall have to glorify God by suffering, and not by earnest activity. There is no single point in which we can hope to escape from the sharp arrows of affliction; out of our few days there isRead More …

July 30 Be not content with an interview now and then, but seek always to retain His company, for only in His presence have you either comfort or safety. Jesus should not be unto us a friend who calls upon us now and then, but one with whom we walkRead More …

July 29 Words cannot set forth the preciousness of the Lord Jesus to His people. Dear reader, what would you do in the world without Him, in the midst of its temptations and its cares? What would you do in the morning without Him, when you wake up and lookRead More …

July 28 The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah. You, dear reader, have daily necessities, and because they come so frequently, you are apt to fear that the barrel of meal willRead More …

JULY 27 As the Spirit of God descended upon the Lord Jesus, the head, so he also, in measure, descends upon the members of the mystical body. His descent is to us after the same fashion as that in which it fell upon our Lord. There is often a singularRead More …

July 26 Blessed Lord Jesus, be with me, reveal thyself, and abide with me all night, so that when I awake, I may be still with thee. I note that the dove brought in her mouth an olive branch plucked off, the memorial of the past day, and a prophecyRead More …

July 25 Might not Jesus well say to us, “I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love?” Alas! it is but little we have done for our Master’s glory. Our winter has lasted all too long. We give to God pence when he deserveth pounds, nay,Read More …