First Pure, Then Peaceable

First Pure, Then Peaceable

March 17, 2026 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. – Matthew 5:9 This is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven was the number of perfection among the Hebrews. It may be that the Savior placed the peacemaker seventh on the list...
First Pure, Then Peaceable

Keep Me Back from Sin

March 16, 2026 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. – Psalm 19:13 Such was the prayer of the “man after God’s own heart.” Did holy David need to pray like this? How needful, then, such a prayer must be for us babes in grace! It...
First Pure, Then Peaceable

Work with Your Whole Heart

March 15, 2026 … he did with all his heart, and prospered. – 2 Chronicles 31:21 This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that the prosperous are those who do their work with all their hearts, while others are almost certain to...
First Pure, Then Peaceable

Be On Your Guard

March 14, 2026 I will guard my ways. – Psalm 39:1 Fellow-pilgrim, do not say in your heart, “I will go here and there, and I will not sin,” for you are never so out of danger of sinning as to boast of security. The road is very muddy; it will be hard...
First Pure, Then Peaceable

Only Return

March 13, 2026 So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. – Genesis 8:9 Tired out by her wanderings, the dove finally returns to the ark as her only resting place. How heavily she flies—she will drop—she will never...

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