Oh, that we could reason less about our troubles!
When they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushments… and they were smitten (2 Chron. 20:22). Oh, that we could reason less about our troubles, and sing and praise more! There are...
Category: Spiritual Quotes for Bible Devotions
Spiritual Quotes for Bible Devotions – With every word of thought from these time honored pages of old, read and re-discover the patterns of realizations from past authors. Sometimes the best devotions come from the oldest of quotes. From the Streams in the Desert (Compiled by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman to memorable biblical poetry, enjoy reading this log of compiled daily devotionals and helpful reflections in time.
From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures — “To Those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings… The time for thinkers has come. Truth, independent of doctrines and time-honored systems, knocks at the portal of humanity. Contentment with the past and the cold conventionality of materialism are crumbling away. Ignorance of God is no longer and stepping stone to faith. The only guarantee of obedience is a right apprehension of Him whom to know aright is Life Eternal. Though empires fall, “The Lord shall reign forever.”
Pressed out of measure…. God within Crisis
"Pressed out of measure" (2 Cor. 1:8). "That the power of Christ may rest upon me" (2 Cor. 12:9). God allowed the crisis to close around Jacob on the night when he bowed at...
…with the king for his work. Beyond the hindrances in all directions.
"These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work" (1 Chron. 4:23). Anywhere and everywhere we may dwell "with the...
“…and I heard a still voice.”
"There was silence, and I heard a still voice" (Job 4:16) A score of years ago, a friend placed in my hand a book called True Peace. It was an old mediaeval message, and...
Letting Down of the Wings
Then there was a voice from from the firmament that was over their heads when they stood, and had let down their wings..—Ezek 1:25 What is the letting down of the wings? People so...
An Irish Blessing
An Irish Blessing May you live a long life, Full of gladness and health, With a pocket of gold As the least of your wealth. May the dreams you hold dearest, Be those which...
Showers of Blessing
"I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing." (Ezekiel 34:26). What is your season today? Are you experiencing a season of drought? If so then it is...
The Value of the Hidden LIfe
Life Hide thyself by the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:3). Definition of Cherith in the Bible: a cutting; separation; a gorge; a torrent-bed for winter-stream, a "brook." God's servants must be taught the...
Circumstances of Our Sorrows ~ The Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones Dear Lord please aways let me see In everything befalling me, A spark of light that I may know That through it all You will it so. May every silent pain I...
The Vision is Yet for an Appointed Time
"For the Vision is yet for an appointed time…though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry" (Habakkuk 2:3). In the charming little booklet, Expectation Corner, Adam Slowman...
Into the Deep
"Lauch out into the deep.”—Luke 5:4 How deep He does not say. The depth into which we launch will depend upon how perfectly we have given up the shore, and the greatness of...
The Lord is My Strength – Climb the Hill of Difficulty
The Lord is my strength. The Lord hath sent strength for thee (Ps.68.28, PBV). The Lord imparts unto us that primary strength of character which makes everything in life work with intensity and...
What it is to be in the Spirit
What it is to be in the Spirit A door opened in heaven (Rev. 4:1). You must remember that John was in the Isle of Patmos, a lone, rocky, inhospitable prison, for the...
Evident Wisdom of Being Kept Waiting
Evident Wisdom of Being Kept Waiting "And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee"...
What I Tell You. Prayer in the Darkness…
Prayer in the darkness. What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light" (Matt. 10:27). Our Lord is constantly taking us into the dark, that He may tell us things....
Water ⛈ The Radiance of the Rain
Given the importance of water to all of life's processes, it's not surprising to discover how often water, water imagery, and water symbolism appear in the Bible. What surprised many, however, is the depth of...
Incompleteness ~ Natural Law: “Environment.”
Who has not come to the conclusion that he is not but a part, a fraction of some larger whole? Who does not miss at every turn of life an absent God? That...
God’s Works in the Dark ~ How He still controls the hour
God's Works in the Dark — "Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea...
Mystery within Light: The Footsteps of Truth
What is mystery to many men, what feeds their worship and at the same time spoils it, is that area round all great truth which is really capable of illumination, and into which...
The Special Delight Amidst Difficult Circumstances
When Difficult Circumstances Arise… This thing is from me. (1 Kings 12:24) The disappointments of life are simply the hidden appointments of love. –C.A. Fox My child, I have a message for you...
Who Can Dare? A Dreadful Spirit of Division
Who can watch the rising sun Or see the wonders God has done, Who can count them one by one — and say, There is no God. Who, the orchard's gofts can share Can...
Left Alone. The Master and the Example
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day (Gen. 32:24). Left alone! What different sensations those words conjure up to each of us....
The Gold Beyond the Grey ~ Life’s Tapestry
Life's Tapestry Glancing at the pattern Of my life's rare tapestry It seemed the threads of darkness Were all that I could see, I failed to see the glitter Of the gold beyond the...