Category Archives: Bible

September 26th The unblameable attitude If … thou rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee … Matthew 5:23. If when you come to the altar, there you remember that your brother has anything against you, not—If you rake up something by a morbid sensitiveness, but—“If thou rememberest,” that is, it is brought to yourContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

September 26 “We walk by faith, not by appearance.” (2 Cor. 5:7, R. V.) BY faith, not appearance; God never wants us to look at our feelings. Self may want us to; and Satan may want us to. But God wants us to face facts, not feelings; the facts of Christ and of His finishedContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

26 SEPTEMBER (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S MORNING, 1770) Dying daily ‘I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.’ 1 Corinthians 15:31SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 15:12–34 This is a very lively and animated expression, especially in the original, where the words stand differently from our version: by yourContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

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”