July 07, 2025 Brothers, pray for us. - 1 Thessalonians 5:25 This one morning in the year we reserved to remind each reader of the importance of praying for ministers, and we earnestly implore every Christian household to heed this request first uttered by Paul and now...

July 06, 2025 Whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster. - Proverbs 1:33 Divine love is clearly observable when it shines in the face of judgments. Fair is that single star that smiles through the gaps in the thunderclouds;...

July 05, 2025 Called to be saints. - Romans 1:7 We are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were "saints" in a more special manner than the other children of God. All are "saints" whom God has called by His grace and sanctified by His Spirit; but we are...

July 04, 2025 Sanctify them in the truth. - John 17:17 Sanctification begins in regeneration. The Spirit of God implants in man that new living principle by which he becomes "a new creation"1 in Christ Jesus. This work, which begins in the new birth, is carried on in...

July 03, 2025 The ugly, thin cows ate up the seven attractive, plump cows. - Genesis 41:4 Pharaoh's dream has too often been my waking experience. My days of laziness have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in times of zealous endeavor; my seasons of coldness...

July 02, 2025 Our heart is glad in him. - Psalm 33:21 Blessed is the fact that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress; although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and like many birds, they sing best in their cages. The waves may roll over them,...

July 01, 2025 It shall continue in summer as in winter. - Zechariah 14:8 The streams of living water that flow from Jerusalem are not dried up by the parching heats of sultry midsummer any more than they are frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter. Rejoice, O my...

June 30, 2025 The glory that you have given me I have given to them. - John 17:22 Behold the superlative generosity of the Lord Jesus, for He has given us His all. Although a tithe of His possessions would have made a universe of angels, rich beyond all thought, yet...

June 29, 2025 Even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. - 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Let us not imagine that the soul sleeps in insensibility. "Today you will be with me in paradise" is the whisper of Christ to every dying saint. They...

June 28, 2025 Looking to Jesus. - Hebrews 12:2 It is always the Holy Spirit's work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus. But Satan's work is just the opposite; he is constantly trying to make us look at ourselves instead of Christ. He insinuates, "Your sins are...