July 24th Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Psa. 19:12. The world wants men who are saved from secret faults. The world can put on an outside goodness and go very far in uprightness and morality, and it expects that a Christian shall go beyond it, and be free fromRead More …

July 23 Blessed is the man… that keepeth the Sabbath. Isa. 56:2 The Sabbath is the savings-bank of human life, into which we deposit one day in seven to be repaid in the autumn of life with compound interest. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – July 27. ministry.teksmith.net

July 22nd …Sinners of whom I am chief…. Now unto the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Tim. 1:15, 17. Only those who have struck the deepest note of penitence can reach the highest note of praise. —A.Read More …

July 21 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: for it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Phil. 2:12,13. What a staggering weight of thought is excited by these words! Stay, my soul, and wonder that the EternalRead More …

July 20 Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy. Matt. 8:6, We, in this age of the church, are in the position of that sick servant at Capernaum. To the eye of sense we are separated from the Savior. We see Him not— we can touch HimRead More …

July 19 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe. Psa. 119:117. Do not spoil the chime of this morning’s bells by ringing one half a peal! Do not say, “Hold thou ma up,” and stop there, or add, “But all the same I shall stumble and fall!” FinishRead More …

July 18 Sow beside all waters. Isa. 32:20. Never mind whereabouts your work is. Never mind whether it be visible or not. Never mind whether your name is associated with it. You may never see the issues of your toils. You are working for eternity. If you cannot see resultsRead More …

July 17 Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:4. Are you where God would have you be? If not, come out, and at once, for you certainly ought not to be there. If you are, then be afraid to complainRead More …

July 16 Ye shall not eat of it. Gen. 3:3. The Sin of Paradise was eating the tree of knowledge before the tree of life. Life must ever be first. Knowing and not being, hearing and not doing, admiring and not possessing, all are light without life. —Selected, Thoughts forRead More …

July 15 He (John) saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. John 1:36,37. To be a Christian means to know the presence of a true personal Christ among us, and to follow. —Phillips Brooks Thoughts for the Quiet Hour –Read More …