January • 62 entries
Morning • 1/1
Joshua 5:12
Israel’s weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land that flowed with milk and honey, and they ate the old grain of the land. Perhaps this year, belove…
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Evening • 1/1
Song of Solomon 1:4
We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will not open the gates of the year to the sorrowful notes of the trombone, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy and the high-sounding cymbals of gladness. O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise unto the rock of…
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Morning • 1/2
Colossians 4:2
It is interesting to note how large a portion of Sacred Scripture is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, “Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord;” and…
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Evening • 1/2
Isaiah 41:1
All things on earth need to be renewed. No created thing continues by itself. Thou renewest the face of the year, was the Psalmist’s utterance. Even the trees, which do not wear themselves out with care, nor shorten their lives with labor, must drink of the rain of heaven and suc…
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Morning • 1/3
Isaiah 49:8
Jesus Christ is himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts. He is the property of every believer. Believer, can you estimate what you have gained in Christ? “ In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. ” Consider that word “God” and its inf…
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Evening • 1/3
Luke 3:4
The voice crying in the wilderness demanded a way for the Lord, a way prepared, and a way prepared in the wilderness . I would be attentive to the Master’s proclamation, and give him a road into my heart, cast up by gracious operations, through the desert of my nature. The four d…
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Morning • 1/4
2 Peter 3:18
Grow in grace —not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith . Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fullness, constancy, and simplicity. Grow also in love . Ask that your love may become more extended, more intense,…
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Evening • 1/4
Genesis 42:8
This morning our desires were for growth in our acquaintance with the Lord Jesus; it may be well tonight to consider a related topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph's knowledge of us . This was most blessedly perfect long before we had the slightest knowledge of him. His eyes beheld…
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Morning • 1/5
Genesis 1:4
Light might well be good since it sprang from that command of goodness, “Let there be light.” We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we are, and see more of God in it and by it. Light physical is said by Solomon to be sweet, but gospel light is infinitely more precio…
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Evening • 1/5
Genesis 1:4
This morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord’s dividing it from the darkness; we now note the special regard that the Lord had for the light. He saw the light —he looked at it with contentment, gazed upon it with pleasure, and saw that it was good . If the Lord…
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Morning • 1/6
1 Peter 5:7
It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel— HE careth for me. Christian! Do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You are staggering beneath a weight which your Father would not feel. What seems to you a crushin…
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Evening • 1/6
Ezekiel 33:22
In the way of judgment this may be the case, and, if so, let me consider the reason for such a visitation, and bear the rod and Him that has appointed it. I am not the only one who is chastened in the night season; let me cheerfully submit to the affliction, and carefully endeavo…
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Morning • 1/7
Philippians 1:21
The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convicted him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt. From the moment of the new and celestial birth, the man begins to live to Ch…
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Evening • 1/7
Song of Solomon 4:12
Observe the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense affection addresses his bride, the church: “ My sister , one near to me by ties of nature, partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse , nearest and dearest, united to me by the tenderest bands of love; my sweet…
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Morning • 1/8
Exodus 28:38
What a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for us to pause for a while and see this sad sight. The iniquities of our public worship—its hypocrisy, formality, lukewarmness, irreverence, wandering of heart, and forgetf…
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Evening • 1/8
Song of Solomon 1:2
Nothing gives the believer so much joy as fellowship with Christ . He has enjoyment as others have in the common mercies of life, and he can be glad both in God’s gifts and God’s works; but in all these separately, and even in all of them added together, he does not find such sub…
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Morning • 1/9
Jeremiah 31:33
Christian! Here is all you can require. To make you happy, you want something that will satisfy you; and is this not enough? If you can pour this promise into your cup, will you not say, with David, “My cup runneth over; I have more than heart can wish” ? When this is fulfilled,…
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Evening • 1/9
Psalm 100:2
Delight in divine service is a sign of acceptance. Those who serve God with a sad expression, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are not serving him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is absent. Our God requires no slaves to grace his throne; he is the L…
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Morning • 1/10
2 Timothy 4:8
Doubting one! You have often said, “I fear I shall never enter heaven.” Fear not! All the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, “I have no fear of going home; I have sent all before me; God’s finger is on the latch of my door, an…
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Evening • 1/10
Job 19:26
Mark the subject of Job’s devout anticipation: "I shall see God." He does not say, "I shall see the saints"—though doubtless that will be indescribable joy—but, "I shall see God." It is not, "I shall see the pearly gates, I shall behold the walls of jasper, I shall gaze upon the…
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Morning • 1/11
Luke 8:13
My soul, examine yourself this morning by the light of this text. You have received the word with joy; your feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to receive the word in the ear is one thing, and to receive Jesus into your very soul…
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Evening • 1/11
Luke 22:32
How encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer’s never-ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, he pleads for us; and when we are not praying, he is advocating our cause, and by his supplications shielding us from unseen dangers. Notice the word of comfort addressed to Peter— “…
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Morning • 1/12
1 Corinthians 3:23
“Ye are Christ's.” You are his by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; his by his bloody purchase, for he counted down the price for your redemption; his by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to him; his by relation, for you are named by his name, and made one…
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Evening • 1/12
Job 36:2
We should not court publicity for our virtue or notoriety for our zeal; but, at the same time, it is a sin to be always seeking to hide what God has bestowed on us for the good of others. A Christian is not to be a village in a valley, but a city set upon a hill ; he is not to be…
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Morning • 1/13
1 Kings 22:48
Solomon’s ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat’s vessels never reached the land of gold. Providence prospers one and frustrates the desires of another, in the same business and at the same spot, yet the Great Ruler is as good and wise at one time as another. May we have…
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Evening • 1/13
2 Kings 6:6
The axe-head seemed hopelessly lost. Since it was borrowed, the honor of the prophetic band was likely to be endangered, and consequently, the name of their God to be compromised. Contrary to all expectation, the iron was made to rise from the depths of the stream and to swim, fo…
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Morning • 1/14
Isaiah 63:1
By the words “to save” we understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete sanctification. The words are multum in parvo : indeed, here is all mercy in one word. Christ is not only mighty to save those who repent, but He is able t…
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Evening • 1/14
Matthew 14:30
Sinking times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer when starting upon his venturous journey, but when he began to sink, his danger made him a suppliant, and his cry, though late, was not too late. In our hours of bodily pain and mental anguish, we fi…
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Morning • 1/15
2 Samuel 7:25
God’s promises were never meant to be thrown aside as waste paper; He intended that they should be used. God’s gold is not miser’s money, but is minted to be traded with. Nothing pleases our Lord better than to see His promises put in circulation; He loves to see His children bri…
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Evening • 1/15
Psalm 109:4
Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend himself; he moved the case into a higher court and pleaded before the great King himself. Prayer is the safest method of replying to words of hatred. The Psalmist prayed in no cold-hearted manner; he g…
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Morning • 1/16
Isaiah 41:14
This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: “I will help you.” “It is only a small thing for me, your God, to help you. Consider what I have done already. What! Not help you? Why, I bought you with my blood. What! Not help you? “I have died for you; and if I…
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Evening • 1/16
Daniel 9:26
Blessed be his name, there was no cause of death in him. Neither original nor actual sin had defiled him, and therefore death had no claim upon him. No man could have taken his life from him justly, for he had done no man wrong, and no man could even have overpowered him by force…
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Morning • 1/17
Revelation 14:1
The apostle John was privileged to look within the gates of heaven, and in describing what he saw, he begins by saying, “I looked, and, behold, a Lamb!” This teaches us that the chief object of contemplation in the heavenly state is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of…
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Evening • 1/17
2 Samuel 11:2
At that hour David saw Bathsheba. We are never out of the reach of temptation. Both at home and abroad we are liable to meet with allurements to evil; the morning opens with peril, and the shades of evening find us still in jeopardy. They are well kept whom God keeps, but woe to…
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Morning • 1/18
Hebrews 4:9
How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal, fatigue is never known. Anxious to serve his Master, he finds his strength unequal to his zeal. His constant cry is, “Hel…
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Evening • 1/18
Luke 24:27
The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey. Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors ; the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. The Lord Jesus condescended to become a preacher of the gos…
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Morning • 1/19
Song of Solomon 3:1
Tell me where you lost the company of Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find him. Have you lost Christ in your prayer closet by restraining prayer? Then it is there you must seek and find him. Did you lose Christ by sin? You will find Christ in no other way but…
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Evening • 1/19
Luke 24:45
He whom we viewed last evening as opening Scripture, we here perceive opening the understanding. In the first work He has many fellow laborers, but in the second He stands alone; many can bring the Scriptures to the mind, but the Lord alone can prepare the mind to receive the Scr…
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Morning • 1/20
Genesis 4:2
As a shepherd, Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering . This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and distinct. Like the first streak of light which tinges the east…
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Evening • 1/20
Psalm 119:37
There are various kinds of vanity. The cap and bells of the fool, the mirth of the world, the dance, the lyre, and the cup of the dissolute—all these, people know to be vanities; they wear their proper name and title on their forehead. Far more treacherous are those equally vain…
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Morning • 1/21
Romans 11:26
When Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last of God’s Israel had safely planted his foot on the other side of the flood. Once that was done, the waters immediately returned to their…
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Evening • 1/21
Judges 15:18
Samson was thirsty and ready to die. The difficulty was totally different from any that the hero had met before. Merely to have his thirst quenched is not nearly as great a matter as to be delivered from a thousand Philistines! But when the thirst was upon him, Samson felt that l…
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Morning • 1/22
Ezekiel 15:2
These words are for the humbling of God’s people; they are called God’s vine, but what are they by nature more than others? They, by God’s goodness, have become fruitful, having been planted in a good soil. The Lord has trained them upon the walls of the sanctuary, and they bring…
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Evening • 1/22
Job 1:9
This was the wicked question of Satan concerning that upright man long ago, but there are many in the present day concerning whom it might be asked with justice, for they love God in a way because he prospers them; but if things went ill with them, they would give up all their bo…
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Morning • 1/23
Psalm 89:19
Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that he might be able to be our brother, in the blessed tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship there is between Christ and the believer! The believer can say, “I have a Brother…
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Evening • 1/23
Song of Solomon 1:4
Jesus will not let his people forget his love. If all the love they have enjoyed should be forgotten, he will visit them with fresh love. “Do you forget my cross?” he says, “I will cause you to remember it; for at my table I will manifest myself anew to you.” “Do you forget what…
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Morning • 1/24
Psalm 91:3
God delivers his people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From , and out of . First, he delivers them from the snare—he does not let them enter it; and secondly, if they should be caught in it, he delivers them out of it. The first promise is the most precious to some;…
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Evening • 1/24
Luke 10:40
Her fault was not that she served : the condition of a servant well befits every Christian. “I serve,” should be the motto of all the princes of the royal family of heaven. Nor was it her fault that she had “ much serving.” We cannot do too much. Let us do all that we possibly ca…
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Morning • 1/25
Isaiah 63:7
And can you not do this? Are there no mercies which you have experienced ? What, though you are gloomy now, can you forget that blessed hour when Jesus met you, and said, Come unto me ? Can you not remember that rapturous moment when he snapped your fetters, dashed your chains to…
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Evening • 1/25
Romans 3:31
When the believer is adopted into the Lord’s family, his relationship to old Adam and the law ceases at once; but then he is under a new rule and a new covenant. Believer, you are God’s child; it is your first duty to obey your heavenly Father. A servile spirit you have nothing t…
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Morning • 1/26
Matthew 6:26
God’s people are doubly his children; they are his offspring by creation, and they are his sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call him, " Our Father which art in heaven. " Father! Oh, what a precious word that is! Here is authority : " If I be a Father, wher…
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Evening • 1/26
Luke 2:18
We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship ; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God’s glory, though it may not express itself in song, or even utter its voice with b…
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Morning • 1/27
John 1:16
These words tell us that there is a fullness in Christ. There is a fullness of essential Deity, for in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead. There is a fullness of perfect manhood, for in him, bodily, that Godhead was revealed. There is a fullness of atoning efficacy in his…
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Evening • 1/27
Luke 2:19
This blessed woman exercised three powers of her being: her memory —she kept all these things; her affections —she kept them in her heart; and her intellect —she pondered them. Thus, memory, affection, and understanding, were all exercised concerning the things she had heard. Bel…
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Morning • 1/28
Colossians 1:28
Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip mutters “imperfection.” You have too frequently had a view of your own he…
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Evening • 1/28
Luke 2:20
What was the subject of their praise? They praised God for what they had heard —for the good tidings of great joy that a Savior was born to them. Let us copy them; let us also raise a song of thanksgiving that we have heard of Jesus and His salvation. They also praised God for wh…
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Morning • 1/29
2 Corinthians 4:18
In our Christian pilgrimage, it is good, for the most part, to look forward. The crown lies forward, and the goal is onward. Whether for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for inspiring our love, the future must, after all, be the great object for the eye of faith. Looking into t…
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Evening • 1/29
Genesis 8:11
Blessed be the Lord for another day of mercy, even though I am now weary with its toils. To the preserver of men I lift my song of gratitude. The dove found no rest out of the ark and therefore returned to it; and my soul has learned this day, yet more fully than ever, that there…
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Morning • 1/30
2 Samuel 5:24
The members of Christ’s Church should be very prayerful, always seeking the anointing of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, so that the kingdom of Christ may come, and that His will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven ; but there are times when God seems especially to…
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Evening • 1/30
Ephesians 1:11
When Jesus gave himself for us, he gave us all the rights and privileges that went with himself; so that now, although as eternal God, he has essential rights to which no creature may venture to claim, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant of grace, he has…
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Morning • 1/31
Jeremiah 23:6
It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and peace to think of the perfect righteousness of Christ. How often are the saints of God downcast and sad! I do not think they ought to be. I do not think they would if they could always see their perfection in Chr…
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Evening • 1/31
2 Samuel 18:23
Running is not everything; much depends on the path we choose: a swift foot over hill and down dale will not keep pace with a slower traveler on level ground. How is it with my spiritual journey? Am I laboring up the hill of my own works and down into the ravines of my own humili…
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