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11/10/2025 – “The eternal God is thy refuge.” Deuteronomy 33:27

The word refuge may be translated “mansion,” or “abiding- place,” which gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness and sweetness in the metaphor, …

11/05/2025 “Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Psalm 100:4 // Evening devotion

Our Lord would have all his people rich in high and happy thoughts concerning his blessed person. Jesus is not content that his brethren should think meanly of him; it …

10/30/2025 – I will praise thee, O Lord.”

“Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earth’s gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and …

10/27/2025 – “It is a faithful saying.” 2 Timothy 2:11

Paul has four of these “faithful sayings.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the …

10/25/2025 – “For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us forever.”(2 John verse 2)

“For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us forever.”2 John 2

Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and …

10/20/2025 – “Grow up into him in all things.” Ephesians 4:15

Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same appearance year after year. No up-springing of advanced and refined feeling is manifest in them. …

10/18/2025 – “Thy paths drop fatness.” Psalm 65:11

Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need …

10/13/2025 – “Godly sorrow worth repentance.” / “For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10)

“Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but …

10/11/2025 – “Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.”Lamentations 3:41// Morning devotion

The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to …