July 14 Behold the man! John 19:5. “Behold the man!” was Pilate’s jeer. That is what all the ages have been doing since, and the vision has grown more and more glorious. As they have looked, the crown of thorns has become a crown of golden radiance, and the cast-offRead More …

July 13 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Song of Solomon 4:16. There are two winds mentioned in this beautiful prayer. God may send either or both, as seemeth Him good. He may send the north windRead More …

July 12 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Song of Solomon 4:16. Sometimes God sends severe blasts of trial upon His children to develop their graces. Just as torches burn most brightly when swung violently to andRead More …

July 11 Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue. 2 Pet. 1:5. You will find it less easy to unroot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults, still less of others’ faults; in every person who comes near you look for whatRead More …

July 10 My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me. John 4:34. The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will. —J. Hudson Taylor Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – July 10.

July 8 As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Deut. 33:25. No day without its duty; no duty without strength to perform it. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – July 09

July 8 As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Deut. 33:25. No day without its duty; no duty without strength to perform it. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – July 08.

July 7 Let every man take heed how he buildeth. 1 Cor. 3:10. Our business is not to build quickly, but to build upon a right foundation, and in a right spirit. Life is more than a mere competition as between man and man; it is not who can beRead More …

July 6 Judas Iscariot… was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein. John 12:4, 6. Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. 10:8. Ah, but if we should go thoroughly into this matter, should we not probably find that many of us are guilty, inRead More …

July 5 Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. Gen. 25:11. Isaac dwelt there, and made the well of the living and all-seeing God his constant source of supply. The usual tenor of a man’s life, the dwelling of his soul, is the true test of his state. Let us learnRead More …