Category Archives: Bible

December 1 “There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God.” (Heb. 4:9.) The rest includes victory, “And the Lord gave them rest round about;… the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.” (Joshua 21:44.) “He will beautify the meek with victory.” (Psalm 149:4.) (Rotherham, margin.) AN eminent Christian worker tells of hisContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

1 DECEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS EVENING 1769) The coming of Christ ‘The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ Luke 19:10SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Matthew 9:9–13 Attentive observers of divine providence may often remark that very great events often arise from small and unthought-of occasions. What an important moment, whenContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

November 30th By the grace of God I am what I am His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. 1 Cor. 15:10. The way we continually talk about our own inability is an insult to the Creator. The deploring of our own incompetence is a slander against God for having overlookedContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

November 30 “And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.” (Jer. 45:5.) A PROMISE given for hard places, and a promise of safety andContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

30 NOVEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS MORNING 1769) Our Deliverer ‘The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come …’ Genesis 49:10SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 72:1–20 To apply the passage to ourselves, I shall speak a little concerning this name of the Redeemer, Shiloh. Many of the Hebrew wordsContinue reading “365 days with Newton”