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August 7 “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spake the word of God with boldness. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection. (Acts 4:31, 33.) CHRISTMAS EVANS tells us in his diaryContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

7 AUGUST Shielded from evil ‘After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.’ Genesis 15:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 91:1–16 Consider the believer’s safety from the evil that is in the world, whether affliction or opposition. HeContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

August 6th The cross in prayer At that day ye shall ask in My name. John 16:26. We are too much given to thinking of the Cross as something we have to get through; we get through it only in order to get into it. The Cross stands for one thing only for us—a completeContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

August 6 “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out!”(Song of Solomon 4:16.) LOOK at the meaning of this prayer a moment. Its root is found in the fact that, as delicious odors may lie latent in a spice tree, so graces may lieContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

6 AUGUST Jesus our shield ‘After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.’ Genesis 15:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Romans 5:1–11 The promise expresses the believer’s safety: the Lord is his shield (Psalm 18:2). Many images denote theContinue reading “365 days with Newton”