Devotional “Holding forth the word of life.” Philippians 2:16 Having just called the world "crooked and perverse" (Philippians 2:15), Paul reminds us that we are to maintain an impeccable testimony before it. We are to be "blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke." But Paul doesn't stop there. In today's text, [...]
Devotional Who is He of whom such gracious words are spoken? He is THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Why doth He carry the lambs in His bosom? Because He hath a tender heart, and any weakness at once melts His heart. The sighs, the ignorance, and the feebleness of the little ones of His flock [...]
Devotional “Fathers and mothers are the most natural agents for God to use in the salvation of their children. I am sure that, in my early youth, no teaching ever made such an impression upon my mind as the instruction of my mother. Neither can I conceive that, to any child, there can [...]
"How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God." — Psalm 139:17 Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God, it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside His mind from us, has us always before His eyes; and this is [...]
Devotional Christ died for our sins …; he was buried, and … he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 "Christ died." That the Prince of Life should come under the power of death by the free exercise of His sovereign will is a miracle of grace that [...]
Devotional “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1) The wise believer revels in the fact of Christ’s resurrection. Some things in Scripture may be easier to identify with and apply, including Christ’s substitutionary death, but it [...]
Devotional Read history and see how the covenanters stood and died rather than give up to the enemy. Are we satisfied to be degenerate sons of great fathers? Consider A. B. Simpson who walked the shores of the Atlantic Ocean with cardboard in the soles of his shoes because he did not have [...]
Devotional “Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4 The last half of this verse is well known because of Paul's use of it in three of his epistles (Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38). Those who know church [...]
Devotional Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. James 4:8 The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will He reveal Himself to us. When the prodigal comes to his father, his father runs to meet him. When the wandering dove returns to the ark, Noah puts out [...]
Devotional "He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." Luke 18:1 C. H. Spurgeon said that the key to the meaning of the parable of the widow who kept crying to the unjust judge until he finally responded to her is found hanging [...]
Devotional Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold I cannot speak; for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Jeremiah 1:6-7 Jeremiah was young and [...]
Devotional "In thee the fatherless findeth mercy." Hosea 14:3 This is an excellent reason for casting away all other confidences and relying upon the Lord alone. When a child is left without its natural protector, our God steps in and becomes his guardian: so also when a man has lost every object of [...]
