|
||||
|
Morning, February 9 Scripture: “And David enquired of the Lord.”(2 Samuel 5:23) When David made this enquiry he had just fought the Philistines, and gained a signal victory. The Philistines came up in great hosts, but, by the help of God, David had easily put them to flight. Note, however, that when they came […] The Dross Purged Scripture: “And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My Name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they shall say, The LORD […] Evening, February 9 Scripture: “Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil [or, the evil one].”(Luke 11:4) What we are taught to seek or shun in prayer, we should equally pursue or avoid in action. Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk so guardedly in the path of […] February 9 Comfort in the Depths “Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee who passing through the valley of weeping, make it a well” (Ps. 84:5, 6). Comfort does not come to the light-hearted and merry. We must go down into “depths” if we would experience this most precious of […] February 8 The Cost of Sanctification May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely . . . —1 Thessalonians 5:23 When we pray, asking God to sanctify us, are we prepared to measure up to what that really means? We take the word sanctification much too lightly. Are we prepared to pay the cost […] |
||||