October 22 “Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fireRead More …

October 21 “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (2 Cor. 5:1.) THE owner of the tenement which I have occupied for many years has given notice thatRead More …

October 20 “And the peace of God, which transcends all our powers of thought, will be a garrison to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:7.) (Weymouth.) THERE is what is called the “cushion of the sea.” Down beneath the surface that is agitated by storms, andRead More …

October 19 “The ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them.” (Num. 10:33.) GOD does give us impressions, but not that we should act on them as impressions. If the impression be from God, He will Himself give sufficient evidence to establish it beyond the possibility of aRead More …

October 18 “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs;… they shall afflict them four hundred years;… and afterward they shall come out with great substance.” (Gen. 15:12-14.) AN assured part of God’s pledged blessing to us is delay and suffering.Read More …

October 17 “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” (Gal. 6:14.) THEY were living to themselves; self with its hopes, and promises and dreams, still had hold of them;Read More …

October 16 “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.” (Heb. 12:1.) THERE are weights which are not sins in themselves, but which become distractions and stumbling blocks in ourRead More …

October 15 “By reason of breakings they purify themselves.” (Job 41:25.) GOD uses most for His glory those people and things which are most perfectly broken. The sacrifices He accepts are broken and contrite hearts. It was the breaking down of Jacob’s natural strength at Peniel that got him whereRead More …

October 14 “The angel of the Lord came upon him (Peter) and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off.” (Acts 12:7.) “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praisesRead More …

October 13 “In nothing be anxious.” (Phil. 4:6.) NO anxiety ought to be found in a believer. Great, many and varied may be our trials, our afflictions, our difficulties, and yet there should be no anxiety under any circumstances, because we have a Father in Heaven who is almighty, whoRead More …