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April 27th What do you want? Seekest thou great things for thyself? Jeremiah 45:5. Are you seeking great things for yourself? Not seeking to be a great one, but seeking great things from God for yourself. God wants you in a closer relationship to Himself than receiving His gifts, He wants you to get toContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

April 27 “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore.” (Rev. 1:18) FLOWERS! Easter lilies! speak to me this morning the same dear old lesson of immortality which you have been speaking to so many sorrowing souls. Wise old Book! let me read again in your pages ofContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

27 APRIL A hardened heart ‘And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he didContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

April 26th The supreme climb Take now thy son, … and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Genesis 22:2. Character determines how a man interprets God’s will (cf. Psalm 18:25–26 ). Abraham interpreted God’s command to mean that he had to kill his son,Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

April 26 “I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord”(Phil. 3:8.) (Weymouth.) SHINING is always costly. Light comes only at the cost of that which produces it. An unlit candle does no shining. Burning must come before shining. We cannot be of great useContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”