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December 5 “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” (Jer. 10:23.) “Lead me in a plain path.” (Psalm 27:11.) MANY people want to direct God, instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him; to show Him aContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

5 DECEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS EVENING 1769) To seek and to save ‘For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ Luke 19:10SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 80:1–19 He came to seek and to save—to restore man to God and to restore life and peace and happiness to man. ThisContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 4th The law of antagonism To him that overcometh.… Rev. 2:7. Life without war is impossible either in nature or in grace. The basis of physical, mental, moral, and spiritual life is antagonism. This is the open fact of life.Health is the balance between physical life and external nature, and it is maintained onlyContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 4 “He went up into a mountain apart.” (Matt. 14:23.) ONE of the blessings of the old-time Sabbath was its calm, its restfulness, its holy peace. There is a strange strength conceived in solitude. Crows go in flocks and wolves in packs, but the lion and the eagle are solitaires.Strength is not in blusterContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

4 DECEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS EVENING 1769) Lost in ourselves ‘For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ Luke 19:10SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Luke 15:1–32 If man is lost to God, is he not lost in himself also? Yes, he that sinneth against God wrongeth his own soul. TheContinue reading “365 days with Newton”