Category Archives: Bible

July 10 “I called upon him, but he gave me no answer.” (S. of Sol. 5:6) THE Lord, when He hath given great faith, hath been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered His servants’ voices to echo in their ears as from a brazen sky. They have knocked at the goldenContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

10 JULY A great salvation ‘How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation …?’ Hebrews 2:3SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Hebrews 1:1–2:4 The love of God towards sinners is most amazing and wonderful. When they deserved death and misery, he revealed unto them a great salvation. The wonders of his grace afford a wonderful proofContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

July 9th The great probing Ye cannot serve the Lord. Joshua 24:19. Have you the slightest reliance on any thing other than God? Is there a remnant of reliance left on any natural virtue, any set of circumstances? Are you relying on yourself in any particular in this new proposition which God has put beforeContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

July 9 “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” (Isa. 48:10.) DOES not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yes, is it not an asbestos armor, against which the heat has no power? Let the affliction come—God has chosen me. Poverty, thou mayest stride in atContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

9 JULY A hardened heart ‘And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?’ Genesis 4:9SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Zechariah 7:1–14 Cain did not escape. The Lord called to him. By his answer you may perceive how sin had hardened his heart. WhatContinue reading “365 days with Newton”