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December 13th What to pray for Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. Luke 18:1. You cannot intercede if you do not believe in the reality of the Redemption; you will turn intercession into futile sympathy with human beings which will only increase their submissive content to being out of touch with God.Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 13 “I will give thee the treasures of darkness.” (Isa. 45:3.) IN the famous lace shops of Brussels, there are certain rooms devoted to the spinning of the finest and most delicate patterns. These rooms are altogether darkened, save for a light from one very small window, which falls directly upon the pattern. ThereContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

13 DECEMBER (PREACHED 13 DECEMBER 1767) Foundations under trial ‘And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.’ Isaiah 32:2SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Mark 4:35–41 If the firstContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 12th Personality That they may be one, even as we are one. John 17:22. Personality is that peculiar, incalculable thing that is meant when we speak of ourselves as distinct from everyone else. Our personality is always too big for us to grasp. An island in the sea may be but the top ofContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 12 “The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come. I have fought in the good fight; I have kept the faith.” (2 Tim. 4:6, 7.) AS soldiers show their scars and talk of battles when they come at last to spend their old age in the country atContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”