August 3 Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. Eph. 5:8. We do not realize the importance of the unconscious part of our life ministry. It goes on continually. In every greeting we give to another on the street, in every moment’s conversation, in everyRead More …

August 2 He entered into one of the ships… and… sat down. Luke 5:3. When Jesus sits in the ship everything is in its right place. The cargo is in the hold, not in the heart. Cares and gains, fears and losses, yesterday’s failure and today’s success do not thrustRead More …

August 1 Continue in prayer. Col. 4:2. The greatest and the best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer. And the best usury that any man or woman brings back to God when He comes to reckon with them atRead More …

July 31 Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 Cor 10:12. Angels fell in heaven, Adam in paradise, Peter in Christ’s presence. —Theophilus Polwheile Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – July 31 ministry.teksmith.net

July 30 The mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it. John 2:3-5. In asking for temporalRead More …

July 29 Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col. 3:3. It is neither talent, nor power, nor gifts that do the work of God, but it is that which lies within the power of the humblest; it is the simple, earnest life hid withRead More …

July 28 Your heavenly Father knoweth. Matt. 6:32. The Master judges by the result, but our Father judges by the effort. Failure does not always mean fault. He knows how much things cost, and weighs them where others only measure. Your Father! Think how great store His love sets byRead More …

July 27 Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived, and by it slew me. Rom. 7:11. Christian, beware how thou thinkest lightly of sin. Take heed lest thou fall by little and little. Sin, a little thing? Is it not a poison? Who knows its deadliness? Sin, a little thing?Read More …

July 26 Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. 3:18. Grace has its dawn as well as day; grace has its green blade, and afterwards its ripe corn in the ear; grace has its babes and its men in Christ. WithRead More …

July 25 Do thou that which is good. 2 Kings 10:5. Keep as few good intentions hovering about as possible. They are like ghosts haunting a dwelling. The way to lay them is to find bodies for them. When they are embodied in substantial deeds they are no longer, dangerous.Read More …