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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
Ye call me Teacher, and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. John 13:13. (R. V. margin). How wonderful a Teacher we have! Sometimes we seek Him in the house, but He is not there. We go forth seeking Him and find Him perhaps in the wilderness orRead More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.—Luke 18:27. Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.—Psalm 94:17. When obstacles and trials seem Like prison-walls to be, I do the little I can do, And leave the rest to Thee.Read More …
Put Away Evil
Put Away Evil You must purge the evil from you.—Deuteronomy 22:21b It is a dangerous and costly mistake not to take temptation seriously. The sad testimony of many who have succumbed to sin’s enticements is that they thought they were strong enough to remain in the midst of temptation andRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee… who passing through the valley of weeping, make it a well.” (Psalm 84:5, 6.) COMFORT does not come to the light-hearted and merry. We must go down into “depths” if we would experience this most precious of God’s gifts—comfort, and thusRead More …
Daily Help
The Saviour was “a man of sorrows,” but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that down deep in His innermost soul He carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. Of all the human race, there was never a man who had a deeper, purer, or more abidingRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13. If I think of the world, I get the impress of the world; if I think of my trials and sorrows, I get the impress of my trials and sorrows; if I think of my failures, IRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“Thou art my king, O God: Command deliverance (victories, margin) for Jacob.” (Psalm 44:4, R. V.) THERE is no foe to your growth in grace, no enemy in your Christian work, which was not included in your Savior’s conquests. You need not be afraid of them. When you touch them,Read More …
Giving Your Best
Giving Your Best “You must not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or sheep with a defect or any serious flaw, for that is detestable to the Lord your God.”—Deuteronomy 17:1 God’s love moved Him to sacrifice that which meant the most to Him—His only Son. Our response,Read More …
Daily Help
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?” He looses the bands of Orion, and none but he. What a blessing it is that he can do it! O that he would perform the wonder tonight! Lord, end my winter, and let my springRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus. Heb. 12:1, 2. Think, as you sit here, of anything that you are doing that is wrong, of anyRead More …
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