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5 APRIL A great shaking ‘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”

April 4th Those borders of distrust Behold, the hour cometh, … that ye shall be scattered. John 16:32. Jesus is not rebuking the disciples, their faith was real, but it was disturbed; it was not at work in actual things. The disciples were scattered to their own interests, alive to interests that never were inContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

April 4 “Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see.” (2 Kings 6:17) THIS is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves and for one another, “Lord, open our eyes that we may see”; for the world all around us, as well as around the prophet, isContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

4 APRIL (PREACHED EASTER EVENING, 4 APRIL 1779) Don’t be deceived ‘Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.’ Galatians 6:7SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Obadiah 1–17 There is a lamentable proneness in mankind to deceive themselves in matters of the highest importance. Indeed in worldly affairs theyContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

April 3rd If thou hadst known! If thou hadst known … in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. Luke 19:42. Jesus had entered into Jerusalem in triumph, the city was stirred to its foundations; but a strange god was there, the pride ofContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”