Category Archives: Bible

September 15th What to renounce But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty. 2 Cor. 4:2. Have you “renounced the hidden things of dishonesty”—the things that your sense of honour will not allow to come to the light? You can easily hide them. Is there a thought in your heart about anyone which you wouldContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

September 15 “Blow upon my garden that the spices may flow out.” (S. of Sol. 4:16.) SOME of the spices mentioned in this chapter are quite suggestive. The aloe was a bitter spice, and it tells of the sweetness of bitter things, the bitter-sweet, which has its own fine application that only those can understandContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

15 SEPTEMBER (PREACHED HARVEST 14 SEPTEMBER 1766) The Lord, the Giver ‘For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.’ Hosea 2:8SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 65:1–13 It is the Lord that gives corn. How many plough and sow andContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

September 14th Imagination v. inspiration The simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Cor. 11:3. Simplicity is the secret of seeing things clearly. A saint does not think clearly for a long while, but a saint ought to see clearly without any difficulty. You cannot think a spiritual muddle clear, you have to obey it clear.Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

September 14 “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mark 8:34.) THE cross which my Lord bids me take up and carry may assume different shapes. I may have to content myself with a lowly and narrow sphere, when I feel that I have capacitiesContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”