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June 29 “There we saw the giants.” (Num. 13:33.) YES, they saw the giants, but Caleb and Joshua saw God! Those who doubt say, “We be not able to go up.” Those who believe say, “Let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well able.”Giants stand for great difficulties; and giantsContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

29 JUNE (PREACHED ON THANKSGIVING DAY, 29 JULY 1784) Reverent joy: his greatness, our unworthiness ‘Rejoice with trembling.’ Psalm 2:11SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 2:1–12 This psalm is a prophecy of the establishment of the Redeemer’s kingdom in defiance of all the opposition raised against it. God had declared the decree and therefore the heathens andContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

June 28th Apprehended by God If that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended. Phil. 3:12. Never choose to be a worker; but when once God has put His call on you, woe be to you if you turn to the right hand or to the left. We are not here toContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

June 28 “A door opened in heaven.” (Rev. 4:1.) YOU must remember that John was in the Isle of Patmos, a lone, rocky, inhospitable prison, for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus. And yet to him, under such circumstances, separated from all the loved ones of Ephesus; debarred from the worship ofContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

28 JUNE (PREACHED 23 JUNE 1776) Pray for a fresh anointing ‘Brethren, pray for us.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:25SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Galatians 5:16–26 I feel for the congregation’s heart-burnings and grudgings one towards another. Alas, when a little word inadvertently spoken shall be sufficient foundation for a quarrel. When there is a readiness to give offence,Continue reading “365 days with Newton”