Category Archives: Bible

August 24 “I have all, and abound.” (Phil. 4:18.) IN one of my garden books there is a chapter with a very interesting heading, “Flowers that Grow in the Gloom.” It deals with those patches in a garden which never catch the sunlight. And my guide tells me the sort of flowers which are notContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

24 AUGUST The furnace of affliction ‘And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.’ Genesis 15:17SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Job 23:1–10 The whole [incident] was closed by a sign—a smoking furnace and a burning lamp—a typeContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

August 23rd Prayer choice and prayer conflict When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and pray to thy Father which is in secret. Matthew 6:6. Jesus did not say—‘Dream about thy Father in secret,’ but ‘pray to thy Father in secret.’ Prayer is an effort of will. After we have entered our secret place andContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

August 23 “He went out, not knowing whither he went.” (Heb. 11:8.) IT is faith without sight. When we can see, it is not faith, but reasoning. In crossing the Atlantic we observed this very principle of faith. We saw no path upon the sea, nor sign of the shore. And yet day by dayContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

23 AUGUST Delivered from bondage ‘And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them;Continue reading “365 days with Newton”