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April 8 “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” (2 Cor. 12:10) THE literal translation of this verse gives a startling emphasis to it, and makes it speak for itself with a force that we haveContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

8 APRIL The name of Jesus ‘Thy name is as ointment poured forth.’ Song of Solomon 1:3SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Peter 2:4–10 I knew nothing about the fear of God. I never had a hearty desire to keep his commandments, till I began to know a little of Christ. I was starving and he fedContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

April 7th Why are we not told plainly? He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. Mark 9:9. Say nothing until the Son of man is risen in you—until the life of the risen Christ so dominates you thatContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

April 7 “Their strength is to sit still.” (Isa. 30:7) IN order really to know God, inward stillness is absolutely necessary. I remember when I first learned this. A time of great emergency had risen in my life, when every part of my being seemed to throb with anxiety, and when the necessity for immediateContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

7 APRIL (PREACHED THURSDAY 6 APRIL 1774) Have you a Counsellor in heaven? ‘Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? Is thy counsellor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.’ Micah 4:9SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 16:1–11 But is thy counsellor perished? thy advocate? thy friend?Continue reading “365 days with Newton”