Category Archives: Bible

December 24th The hidden life Your life is hid with Christ in God. Col. 3:3. The Spirit of God witnesses to the simple, almighty security of the life hid with Christ in God, and this is continually brought out in the Epistles. We talk as if it were the most precarious thing to live theContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 24 “And Isaac went out to meditate in the fields at eventide.” (Gen. 24:63.) WE should be better Christians if we were more alone; we should do more if we attempted less, and spent more time in retirement, and quiet waiting upon God. The world is too much with us; we are afflicted withContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

24 DECEMBER God with us ‘Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.’ Isaiah 7:14SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: John 20:24–31 As fallen creatures, God is against us and we are against him. But in the Messiah he is reconciled—God withContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 23rd How can I personally partake in the atonement? But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. 6:14. The Gospel of Jesus Christ always forces an issue of will. Do I accept God’s verdict on sin in the Cross of Christ? Have I the slightestContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 23 “The journey is too great for thee.” (1 King 19:7) AND what did God do with His tired servant? Gave him something good to eat, and put him to sleep. Elijah had done splendid work, and had run alongside of the chariot in his excitement, and it had been too much for hisContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”