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08/21/2026 – “The Ministry of the Unnoticed” / Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Matthew 5:3

“The New Testament notices things which from our standards do not seem to count. “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” literally — Blessed are the paupers — an exceedingly commonplace …

08/20/2026 – “Completeness” / “Christ-consciousness will take the place of self-consciousness.” / Comment below

“And I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28

“Whenever anything begins to disintegrate your life with Jesus Christ, turn to Him at once and ask Him to establish rest. …

08/18/2026 – “Have you ever been expressionless with sorrow?”

“And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.” — Luke 18:23

“The rich young ruler went away expressionless with sorrow; he had not …

08/10/26 – “The Sacrament of the Saint” / “Let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well-doing.” 1 Peter 4:19

“To choose to suffer means that there is something wrong; to choose God’s will even if it means suffering is a very different thing. No healthy saint ever chooses suffering; …

08/09/2026 – “Prayer in the Father’s Hearing” / “Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. John 11:41

When the Son of God prays, He has only one consciousness, and that consciousness is of His Father. God always hears the prayers of His Son, and if the Son …

07/26/2026 – “Remember that “the need to receive, recognize and rely on the Holy Spirit” is before all else. // “If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine…” John 7:17

“The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus …

07/15/2026 – “The Point of Spiritual Honour” / Verse commentary below – Psalms 13-15 & 24: 3-4

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians. — Romans 1:14

“Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent …

07/07/2026 – “Brethren, pray for us.” 1 Thessalonians 5:25

This one morning in the year we reserved to refresh the reader’s memory upon the subject of prayer for ministers, and we do most earnestly implore every Christian household to …

07/04/2026 – “One Of God’s Great Don’ts” / “Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil doing” Psalm 37-8 (rv)

“Fretting means getting out at elbows mentally or spiritually. It is one thing to say “Fret not,” but a very different thing to have such a disposition that you find …