Scripture and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: — Philemon 2 (ESV) Devotional Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go round–Am I a member … Read more
Scripture It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought; — Hosea 13:5 (ESV) Devotional Yes, Lord, thou didst indeed know me in my fallen state, and thou didst even then choose me for thyself. When I was loathsome and self-abhorred, thou didst receive me as thy child, and thou … Read more
Scripture Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. — Psalm 51:10 (ESV) Devotional A backslider, if there be a spark of life left in him will groan after restoration. In this renewal the same exercise of grace is required as at our conversion. We needed repentance then; … Read more
Scripture O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it. — Song of Solomon 8:13 (ESV) Devotional My sweet Lord Jesus remembers well the garden of Gethsemane, and although he has left that garden, he now dwells in the garden of his church: there he unbosoms himself … Read more
Scripture I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. — Psalm 9:1 (ESV) Devotional Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earth’s gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and … Read more
Scripture But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. — Luke 24:16 (ESV) Devotional The disciples ought to have known Jesus, they had heard his voice so often, and gazed upon that marred face so frequently, that it is wonderful they did not discover him. Yet is it not so with you also? You have … Read more
Scripture Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. — Matthew 6:9 (ESV) Devotional This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption, “Our Father.” There is no acceptable prayer until we can say, “I will arise, and go unto my Father.” This child-like spirit soon … Read more
Scripture His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven. — Song of Solomon 5:11 (ESV) Devotional Comparisons all fail to set forth the Lord Jesus, but the spouse uses the best within her reach. By the head of Jesus we may understand his deity, “for the head of Christ … Read more
Scripture If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. — John 15:19 (ESV) Devotional Here is distinguishing grace and discriminating regard; for some are made the special objects … Read more
Scripture We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. — Isaiah 64:6 (ESV) Devotional The believer is a new creature, he belongs to a holy generation and a peculiar … Read more
