December 20th The right lines of work I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto Me. John 12:32. Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ died. If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is a farce, there was no needContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
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Streams in the Desert
December 20 “Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” (John 16:32.) IT need not be said that to carry out conviction into action is a costly sacrifice. It may make necessary renunciations and separations which leave one to feel a strange sense both of deprivation and loneliness. But he who willContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”
365 days with Newton
20 DECEMBER (PREACHED 20 DECEMBER 1767) Oh, lonesome me! ‘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: Psalm 143:1–12 We have spokenContinue reading “365 days with Newton”
My Utmost for His Highest
December 19th What to concentrate on I came not to send peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:34. Never be sympathetic with the soul whose case makes you come to the conclusion that God is hard. God is more tender than we can conceive, and every now and again He gives us the chance of beingContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
Streams in the Desert
December 19 “It shall turn to you for a testimony.” (Luke 21:13.) LIFE is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody “call back” and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. We are all climbers together, and we must help one another. This mountain climbing is serious business, butContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”
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