Devotional “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:27 Bearing one’s cross means something quite different from bearing the ordinary burdens and troubles of life. These are common to all men, but the privilege of taking up and carrying the cross is the unique [...]

Devotional Why do we sit still? Jeremiah 8:14 Solomon said that God 'made every thing beautiful in his time' (Eccles. 3:11). There are times when it is a beautiful thing to sit still. 'Be still, and know that I am God' (Psa. 46:10). There is nothing more beautiful or blessed than resting in [...]

Devotional Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Deuteronomy 28:5 Obedience brings a blessing on all the provisions which our industry earns for us. That which comes in and goes out at once, like fruit in the basket which is for immediate use, shall be blest; and that which is laid by [...]

Devotional "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me." Galatians 2:20. The life of Christ and the life of self cannot coexist in the same heart. If the one lives, the other dies. The sentence of death is written upon a man's self, when the [...]

Devotional "I will never leave thee." — Hebrews 13:5. "No promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint, He has said to all. When He opens a well for one, it is that all may drink. When He openeth a granary-door to give out food, there may be some [...]

Devotional "Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and with heldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst." Nehemiah 9:20 Common, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and ingratitude. He deserves well at our hands, for He is [...]

Devotional "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:10. "Herein is love!" as though John would say, "and nowhere else but here!" That God should punish the innocent for the guilty- that He should [...]

Devotional “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” Ephesians 1:4 Although we cannot really understand how God could choose us (same Greek word as “elected”) before the creation of the world, we can rejoice [...]

Devotional "And Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, even what my God says, that will I speak." –2 Chron. 18:13 Micaiah was a God-fearing prophet. His fidelity to the Lord stands in striking and instructive contrast with the worldly policy of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, who joined affinity with Ahab, King of Israel--an [...]

Devotional So run, that ye may obtain. 1 Corinthians 9:24 Paul learned his preaching style from One he never heard in the flesh, the Lord Jesus. The Lord constantly used earthly illustrations to convey divine truth, with the effect of powerfully focussing the hearers attention and aiding his retention. Paul likewise used ordinary [...]

Devotional "We know that all things work together for good." Romans 8:28 Safely may the apostle rest his appeal with us. We know it, because God has said it. We know it, because others have testified to it. Best of all, we know it, because we have experienced it ourselves. We can set [...]

Devotional "Thou shalt see greater things than these." John 1:50 This is spoken to a childlike believer, who was ready to accept Jesus as the Son of God, the King of Israel, upon one convincing piece of argument. Those who are willing to see shall see: it is because we shut our eyes [...]