Category Archives: Bible

August 22nd “I indeed … but He” I indeed baptize you with water … but He … shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire. Matthew 3:11. Have I ever come to a place in my experience where I can say—“I indeed … but He”? Until that moment does come, I will never knowContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

August 22 “And the rest, some on boards, some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land.” (Acts 27:44.) THE marvelous story of Paul’s voyage to Rome, with its trials and triumphs, is a fine pattern of the lights and shades of the wayContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

22 AUGUST Birds of prey ‘And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.’ Genesis 15:10–11SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 2 Peter 2:1–22 We note the birdsContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

August 21st The ministry of the unnoticed Blessed are the poor in spirit. Matthew 5:3. The New Testament notices things which from our standards do not seem to count. “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” literally—Blessed are the paupers—an exceedingly commonplace thing! The preaching of to-day is apt to emphasize strength of will, beauty ofContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

August 21 “He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me.” (Psa. 18:19.) AND what is this “large place”? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other streams of life terminate? God is a large place indeed.Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”