If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9: 23. If we would develop a character which God can accept, we must form correct habits in our religious life. Daily prayer is as essential to growth in grace, and even to spiritual […]
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THE CURE FOR SHORT SIGHT
“If these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle or unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near.”– 2Pe_1:8-9 (R.V.). THE CHRISTIAN graces which we have to supply present themselves to the Apostle s mind as […]
THE FOLLY OF BEING UNPREPARED
“While they went to buy, the Bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with Him to the marriage: and the door was shut.” — Mat_25:10. THE FOOLISH virgins made five great mistakes. (1)They made no provision for the continuance of their light. It is not enough merely to have the lamp; it must […]
PROPOSALS AND DISPOSALS
“Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” — Luk_12:15. MEN ARE often more eager to get God’s help in temporalities than in spiritualities. The man in the crowd, who appealed to Christ, was more anxious that He should interpose on his […]
THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE
“Serve the Lord with gladness: Come before His presence with singing.”– Psa_100:2. “Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, the fruit of lips which make confession to His Name.”– Heb_13:15 (R.V.). THE HUNDREDTH Psalm is rightly entitled “A Psalm of Thanksgiving” (R.V.). The Psalmist calls for a “joyful noise,” i.e. an audible […]
GOD OUR DEFENCE AND DELIVERER
“As birds flying, so will the Lord of Hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also He will deliver it, and passing over He will preserve it.”– Isa_31:5. WE HAVE in this chapter three beautiful synonyms for God. He is Wise (Isa_31:1-3). The politicians of that time were boasting of their wisdom-in having secured the Egyptian alliance, but […]
THE SOUL’S VENTURE
“And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark.”– Gen_8:1. IT IS very helpful to ponder these words, for it gives the assurance that not only will God take care of cattle, and birds, and every living thing, as we learn from Deu_25:4; Psa_104:11-22; Jon_4:11; […]
THE SUPREME CHOICE
“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere.., as the garden of the Lord. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan… and they separated themselves the one from the other.”– Gen_13:10-11. THE SOUL that has taken God as its portion can afford […]
THE PILGRIM OF THE UNSEEN
“The Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee …. And I will bless thee, and make thy name great.” Gen_12:1-2. THE CLUE to the beginning of this chapter is given in various parts of the Bible. From Act_7:2-5, […]
THE COMING KINGDOM
“Yet I have set My King upon my holy hill of Zion. Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.”– Psa_2:6-12 (R.V. marg.). THE BASIS of this magnificent Psalm is the Reign of Christ. No king of David s line realized its sublime ideal, but the mind of the singer is borne forward to […]