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September 12 It Must Be Bought

September 12

It Must Be Bought

“On all bare heights shall be their pasture” (Isa. 49:9, RV).

Toys and trinkets are easily won, but the greatest things are greatly bought. The top-most place of power is always bought with blood. You may have the pinnacles if you have enough blood to pay. […]

September 11 Expectations Beyond Us

September 11

Expectations Beyond Us

“But prayer” (Acts 12:5).

But prayer is the link that connects us with God. This is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need.

How significant the picture of the Apostolic Church: Peter in prison, the Jews […]

September 10 What Cannot Be Uttered

September 10

What Cannot Be Uttered

“Likewise also the Spirit helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because […]

September 9 Waiting is Hard

September 9

Waiting is Hard

“When the cloud tarried . . . then the children of Israel . . . journeyed not” (Num. 9:19). This was the supreme test of obedience. It was comparatively easy to strike tents, when the fleecy folds of the cloud were slowly gathering from off the Tabernacle, and […]

September 8 Run with patience

September 8

Run with patience

“Let us run with patience” (Heb. 12:1).

O run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards […]