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May 1 “God that cannot lie promised.” (Titus 1:2) FAITH is not working up by will power a sort of certainty that something is coming to pass, but it is seeing as an actual fact that God has said that this thing shall come to pass, and that it is true, and then rejoicing toContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

1 MAY (PREACHED 30 APRIL 1775) Fixed on an immovable rock ‘Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.’ 2 Samuel 23:5SUGGESTED FURTHERContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

April 30th The spontaneity of love Love suffereth long, and is kind … 1 Cor. 13:4–8 . Love is not premeditated, it is spontaneous, that is, it bursts up in extraordinary ways. There is nothing of mathematical certainty in Paul’s category of love. We cannot say—‘Now I am going to think no evil; I amContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

April 30 “And the ill favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine … and the thin, ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears”(Gen. 41:4, 7) THERE is a warning for us in that dream, just as it stands: It is possible for the best years ofContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

30 APRIL (PREACHED 30 APRIL 1775) Jesus, our gracious Mediator ‘… Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant …’ 2 Samuel 23:5SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Timothy 2:5–6 This covenant of grace was established with and in our Lord Jesus Christ for the recovery and salvation of all that should believe in his name.Continue reading “365 days with Newton”