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October 9 Pull Yourself Together “Yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.” Romans 6:13-22 I cannot save and sanctify myself; I cannot atone for sin; I cannot redeem the world; I can not make right what is wrong, pure what is impure, holy what is unholy. That is all the sovereign work of God. […] Evening, October 9 Scripture: “But he answered her not a word.”(Matthew 15:23) Genuine seekers who as yet have not obtained the blessing, may take comfort from the story before us. The Saviour did not at once bestow the blessing, even though the woman had great faith in him. He intended to give it, but he […] Morning “Able to keep you from falling.” Jude 24 In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous. It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go. What a […] What Sanctifies Our Offerings? And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord. (Leviticus 4:7) The altar of incense is the place where saints present their prayers and praises; and it is delightful to think of it as sprinkled with the blood of […] October 9 Sin of Worry “Fret not” (Ps. 37:1). This to me is a Divine command; the same as “Thou shalt not steal.” Now let us get to the definition of fretting. One good definition is, “Made rough on the surface.” “Rubbed, or worn away”; and a peevish, irrational, fault-finding person not only wears himself […] |
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