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September 25th The “go” of relationship And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matthew 5:41. The summing up of Our Lord’s teaching is that the relationship which He demands is an impossible one unless He has done a supernatural work in us. Jesus Christ demands that there be notContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

September 25 “Why go I mourning?” (Psalm 42:9.) CANST thou answer this, believer? Canst thou find any reason why thou art so often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why yield to gloomy anticipations? Who told thee that the night would never end in day? Who told thee that the winter of thy discontent would proceed fromContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

25 SEPTEMBER (PREACHED 22 SEPTEMBER 1782) The value of a soul ‘Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.’ Judges 5:18SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Romans 10:1–15 Methinks I have a still more important and prevailing argument to excite your benevolence to provide Bibles forContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

September 24th The “go” of preparation Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there thou rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matthew 5:23, 24. It isContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

September 24 “After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.” (Acts 16:7.) WHAT a strange prohibition! These men were going into Bithynia just to do Christ’s work, and the door is shut against them by Christ’s own Spirit. I, too, have experienced this in certainContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”