January 7 Now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. Eph. 5:8. The influence we exert in the world is created by our relationship to Jesus Christ; and our relationship to Jesus Christ is revealed by our influence. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

January 6 Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. Ex. 14:13. Often God seems to place His children in positions of profound difficulty—leading them into a wedge from which there is no escape; contriving a situation which no human judgment would have permitted, had itRead More …

January 5 The Lord is my… song. Psa. 118:14. Let us think of God Himself becoming our song. This is the fulness and perfection of knowing God: so to know Him that He Himself becomes our delight; so to know Him that praise is sweetest, and fullest, and freshest, andRead More …

January 4 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. Psa. 34:19. All the afflictions of the righteous open out into something glorious. The prisoner is not merely delivered, but he finds an angel waiting for him at the door. And withRead More …

January 3 Where art thou? Gen. 3:9. Art thou hiding thyself away from Him who would send thee forth to do His own blessed work in His own way? Oh, let me say to thee this morning, “The Lord hath need of thee.” It may seem to be only aRead More …

January 2 My reward is with me. Rev. 22:12. We are to be rewarded, not only for work done, but for burdens borne, and I am not sure but that the brightest rewards will be for those who have borne burdens without murmuring. On that day He will take theRead More …

January 1 Come up in the morning… and present thyself… to me in the top of the mount. Ex. 34:2. My Father, I am coming. Nothing on the mean plain shall keep me away from the holy heights. Help me to climb fast, and keep Thou my foot, lest itRead More …

When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret. Matt. 6:6. This is faith’s stronghold; here she weapons herself for the daily conflict. Silence in that closet of prayer bespeaks death throughout all the house. When thatRead More …

Ye serve the Lord Christ. Col. 3:24. Our business as Christians is to serve the Lord in every business of life. —Mark Guy Pearse Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

He… began to wash the disciples’ feet. John 13:5. We forget that Jesus Christ is the same today, when He is sitting on the throne, as He was yesterday, when He trod the pathway of our world. And in this forgetfulness how much we miss! What He was, that HeRead More …