Scripture > because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. > > — 1 Thessalonians 2:18 (ESV) Devotional Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us. From all points of the … Read more
Scripture > Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. > > — Song of Solomon 1:4 (ESV) Devotional Believers love Jesus with a deeper affection than they … Read more
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
