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Evening, August 23

Evening, August 23

Scripture: “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.”(Ephesians 3:17)

Beyond measure it is desirable that we, as believers, should have the person of Jesus constantly before us, to inflame our love towards him, and to increase our knowledge of him. I would to God that my readers were all entered […]

Evening, August 22

Evening, August 22

Scripture: “The unsearchable riches of Christ.”(Ephesians 3:8)

My Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence of words. They are unsearchable! You may look, and study, and weigh, but Jesus is a greater Saviour than you think him to be when […]

Evening, August 21

Evening, August 21

Scripture: “I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain.”(Isaiah 45:19)

We may gain much solace by considering what God has not said. What he has said is inexpressibly full of comfort and delight; what he has not said is scarcely less rich in consolation. It was one […]

Evening, August 20

Evening, August 20

Scripture: “And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.”(Nehemiah 3:8)

Cities well fortified have broad walls, and so had Jerusalem in her glory. The New Jerusalem must, in like manner, be surrounded and preserved by a broad wall of nonconformity to the world, and separation from its customs and spirit. The tendency […]

Evening, August 19

Evening, August 19

Scripture: “Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.”(Psalm 31:4)

Our spiritual foes are of the serpent’s brood, and seek to ensnare us by subtlety. The prayer before us supposes the possibility of the believer being caught like a bird. So deftly […]