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27 OCTOBER (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S EVENING 1785) The supreme desire of our souls ‘And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.’ Jeremiah 24:7SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: HoseaContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

October 26th What is a missionary? As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you. John 20:21. A missionary is one sent by Jesus Christ as He was sent by God. The great dominant note is not the needs of men, but the command of Jesus. The source of our inspiration in workContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

October 26 “He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when evening was come, he was there alone.” (Matt. 14:23.) THE man Christ Jesus felt the need of perfect solitude—Himself alone, entirely by Himself alone with Himself. We know how much intercourse with men draws us away from ourselves and exhausts our powers.Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”

26 OCTOBER (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S EVENING 1785) Pray for a new heart ‘And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.’ Jeremiah 24:7SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Ezekiel 36:22–32Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

October 25th The external crush of things I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 1 Cor. 9:22. A Christian worker has to learn how to be God’s noble man or woman amid a crowd of ignoble things. Never make this plea—‘If only I were somewhere else!’Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”