April 25th I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Isa. 41:13. Don’t try to hold God’s hand; let Him hold yours, Let Him do the holding, and you do the trusting. —H. W. Webb-Peploe Thoughts for the QuietRead More …

April 24th The love of Christ constraineth us. 2 Cor. 5:14. The love of Christ is too large for any heart to hold it. It will overflow into others’ hearts: it will give itself out, give itself away, for the enriching of other lives. The heart of Christ is aRead More …

April 23rd Perfect love casteth out fear. 1 John 4:18. Fear and love rise up in antagonism to each other as motives in life, like those two mountains from which respectively the blessings and curses of the old law were pronounced—the Mount of Cursing all barren, stony, without verdure andRead More …

April 22nd They that wait upon the Lord shall… mount up with wings as eagles. Isa. 40:31. All creatures that have wings can escape from every snare that is set for them, if only they will fly high enough; and the soul that uses its wings can always find aRead More …

April 21st In everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. Phil. 4:6. The natural temptation with every difficulty is to plan for it, to put it out of the way yourself; but stop short with all your planning, your thinking, your worry,Read More …

April 20th There stood by me this night the angel of God… saying, Fear not, Paul…. God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Wherefore… be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. Acts 27:23,24, 25. An activeRead More …

April 19th Having… boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus… let us draw near with a true heart. Heb. 10:19, 22. Oh, the glory of the message! For fifteen centuries Israel had a sanctuary with a Holiest of All, into which, under pain of death, noRead More …

April 18th Lo, I am with you all the days. Matt. 28:20. (R. V., margin.) “All the days”—in winter days, when joys are fled; in sunless days, when the clouds return again and again after rain; in days of sickness and pain; in days of temptation and perplexity, as muchRead More …

April 17th It is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Phil. 2:13. Full salvation is to realize that everything we see in Christ, our Example, may be ours, not by imitation, but by reproduction. —Selected, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

April 16th My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me. John 4:34. Seek your life’s nourishment in your life’s work. —Phillips Brooks.’ Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.