Category Archives: Bible

July 28th After obedience—what? And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side.… Mark 6:45–52 . We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never put our dreams of successContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

July 28 “The Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and storm.”(Nahum 1:3.) IRECOLLECT, when a lad, and while attending a classical institute in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant, sitting on an elevation of that mountain, and watching a storm as it came up the valley. The heavens were filled with blackness, and the earthContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

28 JULY Sought out and not forsaken ‘And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.’ Isaiah 62:12SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Isaiah 62:1–12 Sought out—a city not forsaken. These are names of the church of God applicable to each of hisContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

July 27th The way to know If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine … John 7:17. The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, heContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

July 27 “Prove me now.” (Mal. 3:10.) WHAT is God saying here but this: “My child, I still have windows in Heaven. They are yet in service. The bolts slide as easily as of old. The hinges have not grown rusty. I would rather fling them open, and pour forth, than keep them shut, andContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”