Category Archives: Bible

February 18 “Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be.” (Mark 11:24.) WHEN my little son was about ten years of age, his grandmother promised him a stamp album for Christmas. Christmas came, but no stamp album, and no word from grandmother.Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”

February 17 “The land which I do give them, even the children of Israel.” (Joshua 1:2.) GOD here speaks in the immediate present. It is not something He is going to do, but something He does do, this moment. So faith ever speaks. So God ever gives. So He is meeting you today, in theContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

February 16 “Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.” (Nah. 1:12.) THERE is a limit to affliction. God sends it, and re-moves it. Do you sigh and say, “When will the end be?” Let us quietly wait and patiently endure the will of the Lord till He cometh. Our Father takesContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

20 FEBRUARY Be sober—be vigilant ‘Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.’ Genesis 3:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 A lesson of caution: let none be carried away by great names, so as to take things upon trust because the person who teaches themContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

19 FEBRUARY Satan’s subtlety ‘Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.’ Genesis 3:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Matthew 16:13–28 What I can observe to you may be gathered from Satan’s appearance, his address and his arguments. He appeared as a serpent, either in the likeness ofContinue reading “365 days with Newton”