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July 9th The great probing Ye cannot serve the Lord. Joshua 24:19. Have you the slightest reliance on any thing other than God? Is there a remnant of reliance left on any natural virtue, any set of circumstances? Are you relying on yourself in any particular in this new proposition which God has put beforeContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

July 9 “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” (Isa. 48:10.) DOES not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yes, is it not an asbestos armor, against which the heat has no power? Let the affliction come—God has chosen me. Poverty, thou mayest stride in atContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

9 JULY A hardened heart ‘And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?’ Genesis 4:9SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Zechariah 7:1–14 Cain did not escape. The Lord called to him. By his answer you may perceive how sin had hardened his heart. WhatContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

July 8th The will to loyalty Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Joshua 24:15. Will is the whole man active. I cannot give up my will, I must exercise it. I must will to obey, and I must will to receive God’s Spirit. When God gives a vision of truth it is neverContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

July 8 “They shall mount up with wings as eagles.” (Isa. 40:31.) THERE is a fable about the way the birds got their wings at the beginning. They were first made without wings. Then God made the wings and put them down before the wingless birds and said to them, “Come, take up these burdensContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”