Category Archives: Bible

June 25th Receiving one’s self in the fires of sorrow What shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify Thy name. John 12:27–29 (R.V.). My attitude as a saint to sorrow and difficulty is not to ask that they may be prevented, butContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

June 25 “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.” (Exod. 14:15.) IMAGINE, O child of God, if you can that triumphal march! The excited children restrained from ejaculations of wonder by the perpetual hush of their parents; the most uncontrollable excitement of the women as they found themselves suddenly saved from aContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

25 JUNE (PREACHED 23 JUNE 1776) The trials of a minister ‘Brethren, pray for us.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:25SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 2 Timothy 4:1–8 We are tried in private. I should be happy indeed, if I always felt the comforts of those truths which I trust at times comfort many of you when I set themContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

June 24th Reconciling one’s self to the fact of sin This is your hour, and the power of darkness. Luke 22:53. It is not being reconciled to the fact of sin that produces all the disasters in life. You may talk about the nobility of human nature, but there is something in human nature whichContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

June 24 “Concerning the work of my hands command ye me.” (Isa. 45:11.) OUR Lord spoke in this tone when He said, “Father, I will.” Joshua used it when, in the supreme moment of triumph, he lifted up his spear toward the setting sun, and cried, “Sun, stand thou still!”Elijah used it when he shutContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”