January 25 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.—John 13:17. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.—James 4:17. We cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth andRead More …

January 25th My God shall be my strength. Isa. 49:5. Oh, do not pray for easy lives! Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But youRead More …

January 24th He made as though He would have gone further. Luke 24:28. Is not God always acting thus? He comes to us by His Holy Spirit as He did to these two disciples. He speaks to us through the preaching of the Gospel, through the Word of God, throughRead More …

January 23rd Under His shadow. Song of Solomon 2:8 Frances Ridley Havergal says: I seem to see four pictures suggested by that: under the shadow of a rock in a weary plain; under the shadow of a tree; closer still, under the shadow of His wing; nearest and closest, inRead More …

January 22nd There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Heb. 4:9. How sweet the music of this first heavenly chime floating across the waters of death from the towers of the New Jerusalem. Pilgrim, faint under thy long and arduous pilgrimage, hear it! It is rest. Soldier,Read More …

January 21st Show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths. Psa. 25:4. There is a path in which every child of God is to walk, and in which alone God can accompany him. —Denham Smith Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

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 20th My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up. Psa. 5:3. The morning is the gate of the day, and should be well guarded with prayer. It is one end of the threadRead More …

January 19th Thou shall make holy garments for Aaron. Ex. 28:2. Have we no garments of blue, and purple, and beautiful suggestiveness? We have garments of praise; we are clothed with the Lord Jesus. And have we no ornaments? The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is, in theRead More …

January 18th All things work together for good to them that love God. Rom. 8:28. In one thousand trials it is not five hundred of them that work for the believer’s good, but nine hundred and ninety-nine of them, and one beside. —George Müller Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.