December 21 “To him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon… because he hath wholly followed the Lord.” (Deut. 1:36.) EVERY hard duty that lies in your path, that you would rather not do, that it will cost you pain and struggle or sore effort to do,Read More …

December 20 “Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” (John 16:32.) IT need not be said that to carry out conviction into action is a costly sacrifice. It may make necessary renunciations and separations which leave one to feel a strange sense both of deprivation andRead More …

December 19 “It shall turn to you for a testimony.” (Luke 21:13.) LIFE is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody “call back and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. We are all climbers together, and we must help one another. This mountainRead More …

December 18 “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Rom. 8:37.) THE Gospel is so arranged and the gift of God so great that you may take the very enemies that fight you and the forces that are arrayed against you and makeRead More …

December 17 “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you who also will do it.” (1 Thess. 5:23, 24.) MANY yearsRead More …

December 16 “And there was Anna, a prophetess… which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.” (Luke 2:36, 37.) NO doubt by praying we learn to pray, and the more we pray the oftener we can pray, and the better we canRead More …

December 15 “Trust also in him.” (Psalm 37:3.) THE word trust is the heart word of faith. It is the Old Testament word, the word given to the early and infant stage of faith. The word faith expresses more the act of the will, the word belief the act ofRead More …

December 14 “His disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray… and he said unto them, When ye pray, say,… Thy kingdom come.” (Luke 11:1, 2.) WHEN they said, “Teach us to pray,” the Master lifted His eyes and swept the far horizon of God. He gathered up theRead More …

December 13 “I will give thee the treasures of darkness.” (Isa. 45:3.) IN the famous lace shops of Brussels, there are certain rooms devoted to the spinning of the finest and most delicate patterns. These rooms are altogether darkened, save for a light from one very small window, which fallsRead More …

December 12 “The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come. I have fought in the good fight; I have kept the faith.” (2 Tim. 4:6, 7.) AS soldiers show their scars and talk of battles when they come at last to spend their oldRead More …