Category Archives: Bible

23 DECEMBER The blood of God ‘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: Leviticus 16:6–22 The Messiah was not only to obey, but to expiate, to sustain and exhaust the curse due to sinContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 22nd The drawing of the Father No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him. John 6:44. When God draws me, the issue of my will comes in at once—will I react on the revelation which God gives; will I come to Him? Discussion on spiritual matters isContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 22 “Lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.” (Gen. 15:12.) THE sun at last went down, and the swift, eastern night cast its heavy veil over the scene. Worn out with the mental conflict, the watchings, and the exertions of the day, Abraham fell into a deep sleep, and in that sleepContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

22 DECEMBER (POSSIBLY PREACHED JANUARY 1768) The shadow of a great Rock ‘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: Isaiah 25:1–8Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 21st Experience or revelation We have received … the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 1 Cor. 2:12. Reality is Redemption, not my experience of Redemption; but Redemption has no meaning for me until it speaks the language of my consciousContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”