May 7th Building for eternity For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Luke 14:28. Our Lord refers not to a cost we have to count, but to a cost which He has counted. The cost was those thirtyContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
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Streams in the Desert
May 7 “He spake a parable unto them … that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” (Luke 18:1) NO temptation in the life of intercession is more common than this of failure to persevere. We begin to Pray for a certain thing; we put up our petitions for a day, a week,Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”
365 days with Newton
7 MAY (PREACHED 7 MAY 1775) Ordered and sure ‘Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.’ 2 Samuel 23:5SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: PsalmContinue reading “365 days with Newton”
My Utmost for His Highest
May 6th Liberty on the abyss of the gospel Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. Gal. 5:1. A spiritually minded man will never come to you with the demand—‘Believe this and that’; but with the demand that you square your life with the standards of Jesus. We are notContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
Streams in the Desert
May 6 “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him.” (Psa. 25:14) THERE are secrets of Providence which God’s dear children may learn. His dealings with them often seem, the outward eye, dark and terrible. Faith looks deeper and says, “This is God’s secret. You look only on the outside; I canContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”
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