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1 AUGUST (VERSE 18 PREACHED 1 FEBRUARY 1767) Instruments for his service ‘And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.’ Genesis 14:18SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Hebrews 7:1–28 In the remaining part of this chapter we have two things worthy of note: Abraham’s interview withContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

July 31st Till you are entirely His Let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect. James 1:4 (Moffatt). Many of us are all right in the main, but there are some domains in which we are slovenly. It is not a question of sin,Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

July 31 “He guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.” (Psa. 78:72.) WHEN you are doubtful as to your course, submit your judgment absolutely to the Spirit of God, and ask Him to shut against you every door but the right one.… Meanwhile keep on as you are, and consider the absence of indicationContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

31 JULY (PREACHED CHRISTMAS EVENING 1777) A Star in sight ‘I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.’ NumbersContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

July 30th The discipline of disillusionment Jesus did not commit Himself unto them … for He knew what was in man. John 2:24–25 . Disillusionment means that there are no more false judgments in life. To be undeceived by disillusionment may leave us cynical and unkindly severe in our judgment of others, but the disillusionmentContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”