October 18th The key to the missionary devotion For His name’s sake they went forth. 3 John 7. Our Lord has told us how love to Him is to manifest itself. “Lovest thou Me?” “Feed My sheep”—identify yourself with My interests in other people, not, identify Me with your interests in other people. 1 CorinthiansContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
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Streams in the Desert
October 18 “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs;… they shall afflict them four hundred years;… and afterward they shall come out with great substance.” (Gen. 15:12–14.) AN assured part of God’s pledged blessing to us is delay and suffering. A delay in Abram’s ownContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”
365 days with Newton
18 OCTOBER (PREACHED 1770) Build upon the Word of God ‘And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.’Continue reading “365 days with Newton”
My Utmost for His Highest
October 17th Greater works And greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father. John 14:12. Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater work. We think of prayer as a commonsense exercise of our higher powers in order to prepare us for God’s work. InContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
Streams in the Desert
October 17 “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” (Gal. 6:14.) THEY were living to themselves; self with its hopes, and promises and dreams, still had hold of them; but the Lord began toContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”
