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New Year
      "The land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: a land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year ... read more

Night of Pure Faith
      "Lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him" (Gen. 15:12). The sun at last went down, and the swift, eastern night cast its heavy veil over the scene. Worn out with the mental conflict, the watchings, and the exertions of the day, Abraham fell into ... read more

No Active Mission
      "Sit ye here while I go and pray yonder" (Matt. 26:36). It is a hard thing to be kept in the background at a time of crisis. In the Garden of Gethsemane eight of the eleven disciples were left to do nothing. Jesus went to the front to pray; Peter, Ja ... read more

No Miracles
      "And the rest, some on boards, some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land" (Acts 27:44). The marvelous story of Paul's voyage to Rome, with its trials and triumphs, is a fine pattern of the lights a ... read more

No Solution in Sight
      "He went out, not knowing whither he went" (Heb. 11:9). It is faith without sight. When we can see, it is not faith, but reasoning. In crossing the Atlantic we observed this very principle of faith. We saw no path upon the sea, nor sign of the shore ... read more

None to Help But God
      "Lord, there is none beside thee to help." (2 Chron. 14:11, RV). Remind God of His entire responsibility. "There is none beside thee to help." The odds against Asa were enormous. There was a million of men in arms against him, besides three hundred ... read more

Not of the Extraordinary
      "Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside, of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the mi ... read more

Nothing is Too Hard
      "Is there anything too hard for Jehovah?" (Gen. 18:14). Here is God's loving challenge to you and to me today. He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest desire and longing of our hearts, something which perhaps was our desire for ourse ... read more

Nothing Satisfies
      "It is not in me" (Job 28:14). I remember a summer in which I said, "It is the ocean I need," and I went to the ocean; but it seemed to say, "It is not in me!" The ocean did not do for me what I thought it would. Then I said, "The mountains wil ... read more

Obstinate Faith
      "And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above ... read more

Only Through Death
      "Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains a single grain, but if it dies away in the ground, the grain is freed to spring up in a plant bearing many grains" (John 12:24). Go to the old burying ground of Northampton, Mass., and ... read more

Open My Eyes
      "Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see" (2 Kings 6:17). This is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves and for one another, "Lord, open our eyes that we may see"; for the world all around us, as well as around ... read more

Open the Trenches
      "Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into yo ... read more

Ordering the Stops
      "In waiting, I waited, for the Lord" (Ps. 40:1, margin). Waiting is much more difficult than walking. Waiting requires patience, and patience is a rare virtue. It is fine to know that God builds hedges around His people--when the hedge is looked a ... read more

Our Dependency on Christ
      "We are troubled on every side" (2 Cor. 7:5). Why should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pre ... read more

Our Great Opportunities
      "Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the day of trouble?" (Job 38:22-23). Our trials are great opportunities. Too often we look on them as great obstacles. It would be a haven of rest and an inspiration of unspeaka ... read more

Our Helper in Prayer
      "Seeing then that we have a great high Priest…Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (Heb. 4:14,16). Our great Helper in p ... read more

Out of Wounding
      "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22.). The best things of life come out of wounding. Wheat is crushed before it becomes bread. Incense must be cast upon the fire before its odors are set free. The ground must be ... read more

Patience in the Routine
      "Be thou there till I bring thee word" (Matt. 2:13). "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord, Though I wanted so badly to go; I was eager to march with the 'rank and file,' Yes, I wanted to lead them, You know. I planned to keep ... read more

Perfection of Suffering
      "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me" (Ps. 138:8). There is a Divine mystery in suffering, a strange and supernatural power in it, which has never been fathomed by the human reason. There never has been known great saintliness of soul whi ... read more

Persistent Prayer
      "Men ought always to pray and not to faint" (Luke18:1). "Go to the ant." Tammerlane used to relate to his friends an anecdote of his early life. "I once he said, "was forced to take shelter from my enemies in a ruined building, where I sat alone ... read more

Picture of Rest
      "My own peace I give to you" (John 14:27, Weymouth). Two painters each painted a picture to illustrate his conception of rest. The first chose for his scene a still, lone lake among the far-off mountains. The second threw on his canvas a thunderin ... read more

Placed For a Purpose
      "It was noised that he was in the house" (Mark 2:1). The polyps which construct the coral reefs, work away under water, never dreaming that they are building the foundation of a new island on which, by-and-by, plants and animals will live and childre ... read more

Polish Comes Through Trouble
      "He hath made me a polished shaft" (Isa. 49:2). There is a very famous "Pebble Beach" at Pescadero, on the California coast. The long line of white surf comes up with its everlasting roar, and rattles and thunders among the stones on the shore. The ... read more

Potent Prayers
      "Make thy petition deep" (Isa. 7:11, margin). Make thy petition deep, O heart of mine, Thy God can do much more Than thou canst ask; Launch out on the Divine, Draw from His love-filled store. Trust Him with everything; Begin today, And find th ... read more

Praise in Advance
      "Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it" (Num. 21:17). This was a strange song and a strange well. They had been traveling over the desert's barren sands, no water was in sight and they were famishing with thirst. Then God spake to Moses and said: " ... read more

Praise in the Midst of Trouble
      "Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually" (Heb. 13:15). A city missionary, stumbling through the dirt of a dark entry, heard a voice say, "Who's there, Honey?" Striking a match, he caught a vision of earthly want and suffering, of ... read more

Prayer Will Be Answered
      "My expectation is from him" (Ps. 62:5). Our too general neglect of looking for answers to what we ask, shows how little we are in earnest in our petitions. A husbandman is not content without the harvest; a marksman will observe whether the ball hit ... read more

Preparation For Praise
      "Beloved, do not be surprised at the ordeal that has come to test you…you are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it" (1 Peter 4:12). Many a waiting hour was needful to enrich the harp of David, and many a waiting hour in the wilderness will ... read more

Preparing His Heroes
      "And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer...who delivered them, even Othniel...Caleb's younger brother. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him" (Judges 3:9, 10). God is preparing His heroes; and when oppo ... read more

Pressing Forward
      "I was crushed...so much so that I despaired even of life, but that was to make me rely not on myself, but on the God who raises the dead" (2 Cor. 1:8, 9). "Pressed out of measure and pressed to all length; Pressed so intensely it seems, beyond st ... read more

Proclaim What You Have Learned
      "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. Into the dark of the shadowed home, where bereavement has drawn the blinds; into the dark of the lonel ... read more

Promises Fulfilled
      "There shall be a performance" (Luke 1:45). "My words shall be fulfilled in their season" (their fixed appointed time) (Greek, Luke 1:20). There shall be a performance of those things That loving heart hath waited long to see; Those words shal ... read more

Providence of Loss
      "It came to pass . . . that the brook dried up" (1 Kings 17:7). The education of our faith is incomplete if we have not learned that there is a providence of loss, a ministry of failing and of fading things, a gift of emptiness. The material insecur ... read more

Pruned to Yield Fruit
      "And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit" (John 15:2). A child of God was dazed by the variety of afflictions which seemed to make her their target. Walking past a vineyard in the rich autumnal glow she ... read more

Put Forth
      "He putteth forth his own sheep" (John10:4). Oh, this is bitter work for Him and us--bitter for us to go, but equally bitter for Him to cause us pain; yet it must be done. It would not be conducive to our true welfare to stay always in one happy and ... read more

Quicken Us
      "Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, wilt quicken us again" (Ps. 71:20, RV). God shows us the troubles. Sometimes, as this part of our education is being carried forward, we have to descend into "the lower parts of the earth," pass thr ... read more

Quiet Time with God
      "And Isaac went out to meditate in the fields at eventide" (Gen. 24:63). We should be better Christians if we were more alone; we should do more if we attempted less, and spent more time in retirement, and quiet waiting upon God. The world is too muc ... read more

Quietness
      "He giveth quietness." (Job 34:29). Quietness amid the dash of the storm. We sail the lake with Him still; and as we reach its middle waters, far from land, under midnight skies, suddenly a great storm sweeps down. Earth and hell seem arrayed against ... read more

Reaching Perfection
      "Perfect through suffering" (Heb. 2:10). Steel is iron plus fire. Soil is rock, plus heat, or glacier crushing. Linen is flax plus the bath that cleans, the comb that separates, and the flail that pounds, and the shuttle that weaves. Human character ... read more

Ready to Move
      "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" (2 Cor.5:1). The owner of the tenement which I have occupied for many years has given notice t ... read more

Receive All He Has For You
      "Look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it" (Gen. 13:14-15). No instinct can be put in you by the Holy Ghost but He purposes to fulfill. Let you ... read more

Receive the Cup of Sorrow
      "Shall I refuse to drink the cup of sorrow which the Father has given me to drink?" (John 18:11, Weymouth). God takes a thousand times more pains with us than the artist with his picture, by many touches of sorrow, and by many colors of circumstance, ... read more

Refreshing Dew
      "I will be as the dew unto Israel" (Hosea 14:5). The dew is a source of freshness. It is nature's provision for renewing the face of the earth. It falls at night, and without it the vegetation would die. It is this great value of the dew which is so ... read more

Rehearse Your Troubles to God Only
      "Love covereth" (Prov. 10:12). "Be eager in pursuit of this love" (1 Cor. 13:7-13, Weymouth). Rehearse your troubles to God only. Not long ago I read in a paper a bit of personal experience from a precious child of God, and it made such an impressi ... read more

Rejoice
      "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice" (Phil. 4:4). "Sing a little song of trust, O my heart! Sing it just because you must, As leaves start; As flowers push their way through dust; Sing, my heart, because you must. "Wait ... read more

Rejoice Evermore
      "And again I say, Rejoice" (Phil. 4:4). It is a good thing to rejoice in the Lord. Perhaps you have tried this, and the first time seemed to fail. Never mind, keep right on and when you cannot feel any joy, when there is no spring, and no seeming com ... read more

Rejoice in the Flood
      "He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him" (Ps. 66:6). It is a striking assertion, "through the floods" (the place where we might have expected nothing but trembling and terror, anguish and d ... read more

Rejoice in the Lord
      "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice i ... read more

Rely on God, Not Self
      "Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow" (Isa. 50:11). What a solemn warning t ... read more

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