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December 21 Resurrection Hope “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to […] December 20 Waiting and Working “And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee” (Ezek. 3:22). Did you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not have some […] December 19 God Permits Temptation “And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil” (Luke 4:1-2). Jesus was full of the Holy Ghost, and yet He was tempted. Temptation often comes upon a man with its strongest […] December 18 Watch For God “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me” (Hab. 2: 1). There is no waiting on God for help, and there is no help from God, without watchful expectation on our part. If we ever […] December 17 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 […] |
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