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Daily Help
We must not imagine that we are suffering for Christ, and with Christ, if we arc not in Christ. Beloved friend, are you trusting to Jesus only? If not, whatever you may have to mourn over on earth, you are not “suffering with Christ,” and have no hope of regainingRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“As dying and behold we live.” (2 Cor. 6:9.) I HAD a bed of asters last summer, that reached clear across my garden in the country. Oh, how gaily they bloomed. They were planted late. On the sides were yet fresh blossoming flowers, while the tops had gone to seed.Read More …
Spiritual Preparation
Spiritual Preparation “When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived. Then those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.”—Matthew 25:10 There is no substitute for spiritual preparation. Spiritual preparation equips you for unforeseen crises or opportunities. However, if youRead More …
Daily Help
It is well with the righteous always. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, from the first gathering of evening shadows until the day-star shines, in all conditions, and under all circumstances, it shall be well with the righteous. It is so well with himRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you.” (Isaiah 30:18.) WHERE showers fall most, there the grass is greenest. I suppose the fogs and mists of Ireland make it “the Emerald Isle”; and whenever you find great fogs of trouble, and mists of sorrow, you alwaysRead More …
God’s Sufficient Grace
God’s Sufficient Grace But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.—2 Corinthians 12:9 Human strength is a strong deterrent to trustingRead More …
Daily Help
Faith in Jesus is more than a match for worldly trials, temptations, unbelief, and overcomes them all. The same absorbing principle shines in the faithful service of God; with an enthusiastic love for Jesus, difficulties are surmounted, sacrifices become pleasures, sufferings are honors. But if religion is thus a consumingRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“Do not begin to be anxious.” (Phil. 4:6, P. B. V.) NOT a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of worrying?Read More …
Trusting God’s Wisdom
Trusting God’s Wisdom “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.”—Isaiah 38:5 The fundamental premise of Christianity is that God knowsRead More …
Daily Help
He sups with you because you find the house or the heart, and you with him because he brings the provision. He could not sup with you if it were not in your heart; nor could you sup with him if he did not bring the provision with him. FlingRead More …
D5 Creation