December 1 Without Christ. Eph. 2:12. Without a hope to cheer, a Pilot to steer, a Friend to counsel, grace to sustain, heaven to welcome us, and God to console! —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 01

November 30 Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them and walk in them. 2 Cor. 6:16. These temples were reared for Him. Let Him fill them so completely that, like the oriental temple of glass in the ancient legend, theRead More …

November 29 With God all things are possible. Mark 10:27. Unbelief says, “How can such and such things be?” It is full of “hows”; but faith has one great answer to the ten thousand “hows,” and that answer is—God! —C. H. Mackintosh Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – November 29

November 28 He touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank. Gen. 32:32. Whatever it is that enables a soul, whom God designs to bless, to stand out against Him, God will touch. It may be the pride of wealth, or of influence, or of affection: butRead More …

November 27 These have turned the world upside down. Acts 17:6. None of these things move me. Acts 20:24. The men that move the world are the ones who do not let the world move them. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – November 27

November 26 The Lord… thy habitation. Psa. 91:9. We go home without arrangement. We plan our visits, and then go home because they are over. Duty, want, a host of things, lead us forth elsewhere; but the heart takes us home. Blessed, most blessed is he whose thoughts pass upRead More …

November 25 Call to remembrance the former days. Heb. 10:32. The former days—times of trial, conflict, discouragement, temptation. Did we oftener call these to remembrance, with how much more delight would we make the covert of God’s faithfulness our refuge, exclaiming with the psalmist, “Because Thou hast been my help,Read More …

November 24 Singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Col. 3:16. Remember your life is to be a singing life. This world is God’s grand cathedral for you. You are to be one of God’s choristers, and there is to be a continual eucharistic sacrifice of praise andRead More …

November 23 Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thess. 5:24. Earthly faithfulness is possible only by the reception of heavenly gifts. As surely as every leaf that grows is mainly water that the plant has got from the clouds, and carbon that it hasRead More …

November 22 Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth. Heb. 12:6. We should ever bear in mind that the discipline of our heavenly Father’s hand is to be interpreted in the light of our Father’s countenance; and the deep mysteries of His moral government to be contemplated through the medium ofRead More …