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December 3rd Not by might nor by power And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. 1 Cor. 2:4. If in preaching the Gospel you substitute your clear knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power ofContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 3 “Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child?And she answered, It is well.” (2 Kings 4:26.) FOR sixty-two years and five months I had a beloved wife, and now, in my ninety-second year I am left alone. But I turn to the ever present Jesus, as I walk upContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

3 DECEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS EVENING 1769) Lost to God ‘For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ Luke 19:10SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Isaiah 1:2–8 A sinner may be described as lost to God. He made us and he made us for himself, for his own service, for hisContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 2nd Christian perfection Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect.… Phil. 3:12. It is a snare to imagine that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do; God’s purpose is to make us one with Himself. The emphasis of holiness movements is apt to be thatContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 2 “Perfect through suffering.” (Heb. 2:10.) STEEL is iron plus fire. Soil is rock, plus heat, or glacier crushing. Linen is flax plus the bath that cleans, the comb that separates, and the flail that pounds, and the shuttle that weaves. Human character must have a plus attached to it. The world does notContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”