September 2Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. Gal. 6:9. The hours of this present life are the ages in embryo of the life to come. —A. J. Gordon Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – September 02

September 1 Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. Ezek. 36:37. Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history and you will find that scarcely ever did a great mercy come toRead More …

August 31 I would have you without carefulness. 1 Cor. 7:32. Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear. Rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He has kept youRead More …

August 30 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. 1 John 2:15. If you will go to the banks of a little stream, and watch the flies that come to bathe in it, you will notice that, while they plunge their bodies into the water,Read More …

August 29 Ye serve the Lord Christ. Col. 3:24. Our business as Christians is to serve the Lord in every business of life. —Mark Guy Pearse Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – August 29.

August 28 Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. Col. 3:15. Years ago one of our fleets was terribly shattered by a violent gale—but it was found that some of the ships were unaffected by its violence. They were in what mariners call ‘the eye of the storm.” WhileRead More …

August 27 The word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. 1 Pet. 1:23. The Word abideth. The Jew hated it—but it lived on, while the veil was torn away from the shrine which the Shekinah had forsaken, and while Jerusalem itself was destroyed. The Greek derided it—but it hasRead More …

August 26 If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him. 2 Tim. 2:12. The photographer must have a negative, as he calls it, in order to furnish you with a picture. Now, the earthly cross is the negative from which the heavenly crown is to be made; the sufferingRead More …

August 25 Nevertheless, at thy word. Luke 5:5, Oh, what a blessed formula for us! This path of mine is dark, mysterious, perplexing; nevertheless, at Thy word I will go forward. This trial of mine is cutting, sore for flesh and blood to bear. It is hard to breathe throughRead More …

August 24 I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. Ezek. 34:26. What is thy season this morning? Is it the season of drought? Then that is the season for showers. Is it a season of great heaviness and black clouds?Read More …