Category Archives: Bible

October 25 “Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. (John 16:24.) DURING the Civil War, a man had an only son who enlisted in the armies of the Union. The father was a banker and, although he consented to his son’s going, itContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

25 OCTOBER (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S EVENING 1785) A heart to know me ‘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: Jeremiah 24:1–10Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

October 24th The viewpoint Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. 2 Cor. 2:14. The viewpoint of a worker for God must not be as near the highest as he can get, it must be the highest. Be careful to maintain strenuously God’s point of view, it has toContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

October 24 “I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument.” (Isa. 41:15.) ABAR of steel worth five dollars, when wrought into horseshoes, is worth ten dollars. If made into needles, it is worth three hundred and fifty dollars; if into penknife blades, it is worth thirty-two thousand dollars; if into springs for watches itContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

24 OCTOBER (PREACHED 1770) The Beloved Son of God ‘And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.’ Luke 9:35SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Isaiah 45:15–25 Except you conceive aright of Jesus as the Beloved Son of God, all your professed dependence upon him as a Saviour, is presumptionContinue reading “365 days with Newton”