Scripture I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. — Psalm 119:15 (ESV) Devotional There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on his Word spiritual … Read more

Scripture And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. — Romans 8:30 (ESV) Devotional In the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these words–“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.” Now, … Read more

Scripture Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: — Lamentations 3:41 (ESV) Devotional The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to pray for them we should never know … Read more

Scripture I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless. — Jeremiah 15:21 (ESV) Devotional Note the glorious personality of the promise. I will, I will. The Lord Jehovah himself interposes to deliver and redeem his people. He pledges himself personally to rescue them. … Read more

Scripture Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, — Jude 24 (ESV) Devotional Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, “faultless!” We are far off from it now; but as our Lord never stops short of perfection … Read more

Scripture But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” — Matthew 15:23 (ESV) Devotional Genuine seekers who as yet have not obtained the blessing, may take comfort from the story before us. The Saviour did not at … Read more

Scripture Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, — Jude 24 (ESV) Devotional In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous. It is beset with … Read more

Scripture But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, — Jude 20 (ESV) Devotional Mark the grand characteristic of true prayer–“In the Holy Ghost.” The seed of acceptable devotion must come from heaven’s storehouse. Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. We … Read more

Scripture And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” — Luke 5:4 (ESV) Devotional We learn from this narrative, the necessity of human agency. The draught of fishes was miraculous, yet neither the fisherman nor his boat, nor his fishing … Read more