February 4th Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. Psa. 145:16. Desire, it is a dainty word! It were much that He should satisfy the need, the want; but He goeth far beyond that. Pity is moved to meet our need; duty may sometimes lookRead More …

February 3rd Love not the world. 1 John 2:15. Love it not, and yet love it Love it with the love of Him who gave His Son to die for it. Love it with the love of Him who shed His blood for it. Love it with the love ofRead More …

February 2nd In whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. Eph. 2:21. The life-tabernacle is a wondrous building; there is room for workers of all kinds in the uprearing of its mysterious and glorious walls. If we cannot do the greatest work,Read More …

February 1st Continue in prayer. Col. 4:2. Dost thou want nothing? Then I fear thou dost not know thy poverty. Hast thou no mercy to ask of God? Then may the Lord’s mercy show thee thy misery. A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of theRead More …

January 31st Christ is all, and in all. Col. 3:11. The service of Christ is the business of my life. The will of Christ is the law of my life. The presence of Christ is the joy of my life. The glory of Christ is the crown of my life.Read More …

January 30th Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Rom. 6:4. That is the life we are called upon to live,Read More …

January 29th The living God. Dan. 6:20. How many times we find this expression in the Scriptures, and yet it is just this very thing that we are so prone to lose sight of! We know it is written “the living God”; but in our daily life there is scarcelyRead More …

January 28th Not as I will, but as Thou wilt. Matt. 26:39. There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God. —Faber Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

January 27th Are there not twelve hours in the day? John 11:9. The very fact of a Christian being here, and not in heaven, is a proof that some work awaits him. —William Arnot Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

January 26th Despising the shame. Heb. 12:2. And how is that to be done? In two ways. Go up the mountain, and the things in the plain will look very small; the higher you rise the more insignificant they will seem. Hold fellowship with God, and the threatening foes hereRead More …