NOVEMBER 21 Oh, how precious is Christ! How can it be that I have thought so little of Him! How is it I can go abroad for joy and comfort when He is so full, so rich, so satisfying? Fellow-believer, make a covenant with thine heart, and ask thy LordRead More …

NOVEMBER 20 The dispensation of the old covenant was that of distance. When God appeared even to his servant Moses, he said, “Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet;” and when he manifested himself upon Mount Sinai to his own chosen and separated people, oneRead More …

NOVEMBER 19 Bounteous is Jehovah in his nature; to give is his delight. His gifts are beyond measure precious, and are as freely given as the light of the sun. He gives grace to his elect because he wills it, to his redeemed because of his covenant, to the calledRead More …

NOVEMBER 18 At this moment, dear reader, whatever thy sinfulness, Christ has power to pardon,—power to pardon thee, and millions such as thou art. A word will speak it. He has nothing more to do to win thy pardon; all the atoning work is done. He can, in answer toRead More …

NOVEMBER 17 Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us. If we toil in the field, he seeks to break the ploughshare; if we build the wall, he labors to cast downRead More …

NOVEMBER 16 “I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain.“—Isaiah 45:19. God has clearly revealed that He will hear the prayer of those who call upon him, and that declaration cannot be contravened. He was so firmly, so truthfully, so righteously spoken, that there canRead More …

NOVEMBER 15 There is no elevation of grace, no attainment of spirituality, no clearness of assurance, no post of duty, which is not open to you if you have but the power to believe. Lay aside your sackcloth and ashes, and rise to the dignity of your true position. TheRead More …

NOVEMBER 14 “And I will give you a heart of flesh.“—Ezekiel 36:26. The hard heart does not love the Redeemer, but, the renewed heart burns with affection towards him. Many are the privileges of this renewed heart: “‘Tis here the Spirit dwells, ’tis here that Jesus rests.” It is fittedRead More …

NOVEMBER 13 Behold one of the great Physician’s mightiest arts; he has power to forgive sin! Before the ransom had been paid, before the blood had been literally sprinkled on the mercy seat, he had power to forgive sin. Hath he not power to do it now that he hathRead More …

NOVEMBER 12 The bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant.” Oh, it is not my remembering God, it is God’s remembering me, which is the ground of my safety; it is not my laying hold of his covenant,Read More …