May 2nd The passion of patience Though it tarry, wait for it. Hab. 2:3. Patience is not indifference; patience conveys the idea of an immensely strong rock withstanding all onslaughts. The vision of God is the source of patience, because it imparts a moral inspiration. Moses endured, not because he had an ideal of rightContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
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Streams in the Desert
May 2 “The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.” (Psa. 103:19) SOME time since, in the early spring, I was going out at my door when round the corner came a blast of east wind—defiant and pitiless, fierce and withering—sending a cloud of dust before it.I wasContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”
365 days with Newton
2 MAY His surpassing glory ‘For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this houseContinue reading “365 days with Newton”
My Utmost for His Highest
May 1st Insight not emotion I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing Him. 2 Cor. 5:7. (Moffatt.) For a time we are conscious of God’s attentions, then, when God begins to use us in His enterprises, we take on a pathetic look and talk of the trials and the difficulties, and allContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”
Streams in the Desert
May 1 “God that cannot lie promised.” (Titus 1:2) FAITH is not working up by will power a sort of certainty that something is coming to pass, but it is seeing as an actual fact that God has said that this thing shall come to pass, and that it is true, and then rejoicing toContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”
