Category Archives: Bible

13 AUGUST Helplessness stirs us to prayer ‘O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.’ Psalm 43:3SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 61:1–8 A conviction of helplessness and insufficiency is implied. When an awakened sinner has seen the world to beContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

August 12th The theology of rest Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Matthew 8:26. When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him. God expects HisContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

August 12 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.” (2 Peter 1:4.) WHEN a shipwright builds a vessel, does he build it to keep it upon the stocks? Nay, he builds it for the sea and the storm. When he was making it, he thought of tempests and hurricanes; if he didContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

12 AUGUST The emptiness of the ‘enchanted places’ ‘O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.’ Psalm 43:3SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Ecclesiastes 2:1–11 Here we observe what is implied: a conviction of the emptiness and vanity of the present state.Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

August 11th This experience must come And he saw him no more. 2 Kings 2:12. It is not wrong to depend upon Elijah as long as God gives him to you, but remember the time will come when he will have to go; when he stands no more to you as your guide and leader,Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”