Scripture > Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! > > — Psalm 72:19 (ESV) Devotional This is a large petition. To intercede for a whole city needs a stretch of faith, and there are times when a prayer for one man is enough … Read more
Scripture > The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?” > > — Isaiah 21:11 (ESV) Devotional What enemies are abroad? Errors are a numerous horde, and new ones appear every hour: against what heresy am I to be on … Read more
Scripture > But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here?” > > — Numbers 32:6 (ESV) Devotional Kindred has its obligations. The Reubenites and Gadites would have been unbrotherly if they had claimed the land which had been … Read more
Scripture > And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. > > — Romans 8:28 (ESV) Devotional Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when … Read more
Scripture > I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. > > — Haggai 2:17 (ESV) Devotional How destructive is the hail to the standing crops, beating out the precious grain upon the ground! How … Read more
Scripture > He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action. > > — Daniel 11:32 (ESV) Devotional Every believer understands that to know God is the highest and best form of knowledge; and this spiritual knowledge is a source of … Read more
Scripture > for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. > > — Luke 8:42 (ESV) Devotional Jesus is passing through the throng to the house of Jairus, to raise the ruler’s dead daughter; but he is so profuse in … Read more
Scripture > And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. > > — Revelation 21:23 (ESV) Devotional Quietly contemplate the Lamb as the light of heaven. Light in Scripture is the emblem of joy. The … Read more
Scripture > So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. > > — Ruth 2:17 (ESV) Devotional Let me learn from Ruth, the gleaner. As she went out to gather the ears of corn, so must I go forth … Read more
Scripture > In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, > > — Ephesians 1:11 (ESV) Devotional Our belief in God’s wisdom supposes and necessitates that he has a settled purpose and plan in the work … Read more
