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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JANUARY 22
Am I Looking To God? Look to Me, and be saved… —Isaiah 45:22 Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved….” The greatest difficulty spiritually is … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: DECEMBER 4
MORNING “I have much people in this city.” Acts 18:10 This should be a great encouragement to try to do good, since God has among the vilest of the vile, the most reprobate, the most debauched and drunken, an elect … Continue reading
MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: NOVEMBER 24
Direction of Focus Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters…, so our eyes look to the Lord our God… —Psalm 123:2 This verse is a description of total reliance on God. Just as the … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: NOVEMBER 2
MORNING “I am the Lord, I change not.” Malachi 3:6 It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: OCTOBER 23
MORNING “Will ye also go away?” John 6:67 Many have forsaken Christ, and have walked no more with him; but what reason have you to make a change? Has there been any reason for it in the past? Has not … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: OCTOBER 17
MORNING “And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.” 1 Samuel 27:1 The thought of David’s heart at this time was a false thought, because he certainly had no ground for … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: OCTOBER 7
MORNING “Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant?” Numbers 11:11 Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: OCTOBER 2
MORNING “The hope which is laid up for you in heaven.” Colossians 1:5 Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, … Continue reading