Devotionals

“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:2 Everything upon earth, as viewed by the eyes of the Majesty of heaven, is low and paltry. Earth is after all but a huge clod of dust, and as such, apart from its having been once the place of the Redeemer’s … Read more

“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him.” Psalm 62:8 Have we not sometimes been enabled to pour out our hearts at a throne of grace, and tell the Lord what we really wanted, what we really asked for, and tell him that nothing but that which he alone … Read more

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” 1 John 5:4 If we are to be saved our faith must gain the day; we must have a faith that shall triumph over death and hell and gain a glorious conquest over every … Read more

“O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” Psalm 90:14 Many of the dear children of God are tossed up and down on a sea of great uncertainty, doubt and fear, because they have not had sensible manifestations of Christ to their soul. He has not … Read more

“Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” Micah 7:19 When God takes all our iniquities with his own hand, and casts them with his own arm into the depths of the sea, they will never come out of those depths to witness against the family of God in the great … Read more

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.” Colossians 3:16 This surely means something more than merely reading the word in a careless, formal manner. It is “to dwell in us,” that is, take up its firm and lasting abode in our heart, and that “richly;” not poorly and niggardly, but … Read more

“I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.” Jeremiah 32:40 As the fear of God springs up in a believing soul, and is maintained and kept alive by the influences which come out of Christ as a covenant Head, it produces, as its effects, an abiding in him. … Read more

“We are saved by hope.” Romans 8:24 What is the meaning of being saved by hope? It does not mean saved actually, but instrumentally; not saved as regards our eternal security, but as regards our experience of salvation. By hope we are instrumentally saved from despair, saved from turning our backs upon Christ and the … Read more

“And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest.” Isaiah 32:2 Who is this man? Need I ask the question? Is there not a response in every God-fearing breast? It is the man Christ Jesus—the man who is God’s fellow. How blessed it is to have … Read more

“Ye are bought with a price.” 1 Corinthians 6:20 How deep, how dreadful, of what awful magnitude, of how black a dye, of how ingrained a stamp must sin be, to need such an atonement—no less than the blood of him who was the Son of God—to put it away. What a slave to sin … Read more

“Ye are not your own.” 1 Corinthians 6:19 There is a blessed sense in these words, “Ye are not your own.” Remember you must be some one’s. If God be not your master, the devil will be; if grace do not rule, sin will reign; if Christ is not your all in all, the world … Read more

“Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.” Psalm 35:3 To keep water sweet, it must be perpetually running; and to keep the life of God up in the soul, there must be continual exercises. This is the reason why the Lord’s people have so many conflicts, trials, painful exercises, sharp sorrows, and deep temptations,—to … Read more