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Streams in the Desert.
“And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spake the word of God with boldness. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection. (Acts 4:31, 33.) CHRISTMAS EVANS tells usRead More …
Now!
Now! “Lord,” another of His disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”—Matthew 8:21 Often our struggle as Christians is not in deciding whether we should obey Christ but in obeying immediately. We may acknowledge our need to follow Christ and commit ourselves to do what He has toldRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. 3:2. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Eccles. 9:10. If we are to live separate from the world, how, since men only do well what they do with a will, are we,Read More …
Daily Help
Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are satisfied with the full and sweet repast. When Jesus is the host, no guest goes empty from the table. Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which Christ reveals; our heart is content with Jesus,Read More …
Streams in the Desert
“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out!” (Song of Solomon 4:16.) LOOK at the meaning of this prayer a moment. Its root is found in the fact that, as delicious odors may lie latent in a spice tree,Read More …
A Jealous God
A Jealous God For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.—Deuteronomy 4:24 Our God is a consuming fire. He is satisfied only when His love totally consumes us. We usually think of a jealous person as someone resentful and suspicious, but the Lord’s jealousy on ourRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
Go in this thy might… have not I sent thee? Judges 6:14. God never leaves His child to fail when in the path of obedience. —Theodore Cuyler Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.
Daily Help
How constantly our Master used the title, the “Son of Man!” If he had chosen, he might always have spoken of himself as the Son of God, the Everlasting Father, the Wonderful, the Counselor, the Prince of Peace; but behold the lowliness of Jesus! He prefers to call himself theRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“IS.” (2 Cor. 12:9.) IT had pleased God to remove my youngest child under circumstances of peculiar trial and pain; and as I had just laid my little one’s body in the churchyard, on return home, I felt it my duty to preach to my people on the meaning ofRead More …
Not One Word Has Failed
Not One Word Has Failed “. . . and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.”—Joshua 23:14 Near the end of his life, Joshua tookRead More …
D5 Creation