Category Archives: Bible

13 FEBRUARY (PREACHED 13 FEBRUARY 1774) When every creature comfort fails ‘The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.’ Lamentations 3:24SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Acts 27:13–44 The prophet Jeremiah and the spiritual worshippers of God in his time lived in a cloudy and dark day. Though the Lord set aContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

12 FEBRUARY (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S EVENING 1774) Certain deliverance ‘How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!’ Jeremiah 50:23SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Jeremiah 50:1–10 Babylon was the great enemy of Israel, and by God’s permission triumphed over it for a season, laid Jerusalem in heaps and led the people into captivity. But the prophet inContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

11 FEBRUARY (PREACHED 6 FEBRUARY 1777) He hears the feeblest cry for mercy ‘What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: then hear thou in heaven thy dwellingContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

February 15 “Fret not thyself.” (Psalm 37:1.) DO not get into a perilous heat about things. If ever heat were justified, it was surely justified in the circumstances outlined in the Psalm. Evil-doers were moving about clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every day. “Workers of iniquity” were climbing into the supremeContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

February 14 “And again I say, Rejoice.” (Phil. 4:4.)IT is a good thing to rejoice in the Lord. Perhaps you have tried this, and the first time seemed to fail. Never mind, keep right on and when you cannot feel any joy, when there is no spring, and no seeming comfort and encouragement, still rejoice,Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”