March • 62 entries
Morning • 3/1
Song of Solomon 4:16
Anything is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to the drawing forth of the perfume of our graces. So long as it cannot be said, “The Lord was not in the wind,” we will not shrink from th…
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Evening • 3/1
1 Peter 2:7
As all the rivers run into the sea, so all delights centre in our Beloved. The glances of his eyes outshine the sun: the beauties of his face are fairer than the choicest flowers: no fragrance is like the breath of his mouth. Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea, are worthle…
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Morning • 3/2
1 Samuel 13:20
We are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil. Every weapon within our reach must be used . Preaching, teaching, praying, giving—all must be brought into action. Talents that have been considered too humble for service must now be employed. Coulter, and axe, and matt…
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Evening • 3/2
Ephesians 3:8
The apostle Paul felt it was a great privilege to be allowed to preach the gospel. He did not look upon his calling as a drudgery, but he entered upon it with intense delight. Yet while Paul was so thankful for his office, his success in it greatly humbled him. The fuller a vesse…
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Morning • 3/3
Isaiah 48:10
Comfort yourself, tried believer, with this thought: God says, “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Does not the word come like a soft shower, soothing the fury of the flame? Yes, is it not an asbestos armor, against which the heat has no power? Let affliction come—…
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Evening • 3/3
Matthew 3:16
As the Spirit of God descended upon the Lord Jesus, the Head, so He also, in measure, descends upon the members of the mystical body. His descent is to us in the same manner as it fell upon our Lord. There is often a singular rapidity about it; before we are even aware, we are im…
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Morning • 3/4
2 Corinthians 12:9
If none of God’s saints were poor and tried, we would not know nearly as well the consolations of divine grace. When we find the wanderer who has not where to lay his head , who yet can say, “Still will I trust in the Lord;” when we see the pauper starving on bread and water, who…
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Evening • 3/4
Psalm 36:8
The Queen of Sheba was amazed at the sumptuousness of Solomon’s table. She lost all heart when she saw the provision for a single day, and she marveled equally at the company of servants who were feasted at the royal table. But what is this compared to the hospitality of the God…
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Morning • 3/5
1 Thessalonians 5:6
There are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among others, let me strongly advise Christians to talk together about the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves, “To prevent drowsiness in this place, let…
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Evening • 3/5
Psalm 35:3
What does this sweet prayer teach me? It will be my evening’s petition; but first let it yield me an instructive meditation. The text informs me first of all that David had his doubts ; for why should he pray, Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation, if he were not sometimes exercis…
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Morning • 3/6
John 3:7
Regeneration is a subject that lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to ensure that we really are “born again,” for there are many who imagine they are, but are not. Be assured that the name of a Christian is not the nature of a Christian; and that b…
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Evening • 3/6
Proverbs 18:12
It is an old and common saying that “coming events cast their shadows before them”; the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. Pride is as surely the sign of destruction as the change of mercury in the weather-glass is the sign of rain, and far…
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Morning • 3/7
Mark 11:22
Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and without fai…
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Evening • 3/7
Psalm 118:8
Doubtless the reader has been tested by the temptation to rely on the things that are seen, instead of resting solely on the invisible God. Christians often look to man for help and counsel, and spoil the noble simplicity of their reliance on their God. Does this evening’s portio…
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Morning • 3/8
Acts 14:22
God’s people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when He chose His people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction; they were never chosen for worldly peace and earthly joy. Freedom from sickness and the pains of mortality…
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Evening • 3/8
Genesis 35:18
To every matter there is a bright as well as a dark side. Rachel was overwhelmed with the sorrow of her own labor and death; Jacob, though weeping the mother’s loss, could see the mercy of the child’s birth. It is well for us if, while the flesh mourns over trials, our faith triu…
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Morning • 3/9
Song of Solomon 5:16
The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, he is lovely. Surely the people of God can fully justify the use of this golden word, for he is the object of their warmest love, a love founded o…
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Evening • 3/9
John 15:4
Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to Jesus, Christian, and it is a matt…
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Morning • 3/10
Psalm 30:6
Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel. Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundant…
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Evening • 3/10
Job 14:1
It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this mournful fact, for it may lead us to hold loosely to earthly things. There is nothing very pleasant in the recollection that we are not above the shafts of adversity, but it may humble us and prevent our bo…
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Morning • 3/11
Romans 7:13
Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they offend God. But alas! Very soon the fine bloom on these first ripe fruits is removed by the…
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Evening • 3/11
Isaiah 62:12
The surpassing grace of God is seen very clearly in that we were not only sought, but sought out . Men seek for a thing that is lost on the floor of the house, but in such a case there is only seeking, not seeking out. The loss is more perplexing and the search more persevering w…
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Morning • 3/12
Matthew 5:43
“Love your neighbor.” Perhaps he rolls in riches, and you are poor, living in your little cottage side-by-side with his lordly mansion. You see his estates, his fine linen, and his sumptuous banquets every day. God has given him these gifts; do not covet his wealth, and think no…
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Evening • 3/12
1 Samuel 30:13
No neutralities can exist in religion. We are either ranked under the banner of Prince Immanuel, to serve and fight his battles, or we are vassals of the black prince, Satan. "To whom do you belong?" Reader, let me assist you in your response. Have you been "born again"? If you h…
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Morning • 3/13
2 Kings 7:3
Dear reader, this little book was mainly intended for the edification of believers, but if you are still unsaved, our heart yearns over you, and we would gladly say a word that may be blessed to you. Open your Bible, read the story of the lepers, and note their position, which wa…
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Evening • 3/13
Genesis 8:9
Wearied out with her wanderings, the dove finally returns to the ark as her only resting place. How heavily she flies—she will drop—she will never reach the ark! But she struggles on. Noah has been looking out for his dove all day long, and is ready to receive her. She has just e…
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Morning • 3/14
1 Corinthians 10:12
It is a curious fact that there is such a thing as being proud of grace. A man says, “I have great faith. I shall not fall. Poor little faith may, but I never shall.” “I have fervent love,” says another, “I can stand. There is no danger of my going astray.” He who boasts of grace…
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Evening • 3/14
Psalm 39:1
Fellow-pilgrim, do not say in your heart, “I will go here and there, and I will not sin;” for you are never so safe from sinning as to boast of security. The road is very muddy; it will be hard to choose your path so as not to soil your garments. This is a world of pitch; you wil…
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Morning • 3/15
2 Timothy 2:1
Christ has grace without measure in himself, but he has not retained it for himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so has Christ emptied out his grace for his people. Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. He seems to possess it only to dispen…
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Evening • 3/15
2 Chronicles 31:21
This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labor leaving half their hearts behind them. God does not give harvests to idle men e…
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Morning • 3/16
Psalm 39:12
Yes, O Lord, with you, but not to you. All my natural alienation from you, your grace has effectually removed; and now, in fellowship with yourself, I walk through this sinful world as a pilgrim in a foreign country. You are a stranger in your own world. Man forgets you, dishonor…
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Evening • 3/16
Psalm 19:13
Such was the prayer of the "man after God's own heart" . Did holy David need to pray so? How necessary, then, must such a prayer be for us babes in grace! It is as if he said, "Keep me back, or I shall rush headlong over the precipice of sin." Our evil nature, like an ill-tempere…
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Morning • 3/17
Galatians 2:10
Why does God allow so many of his children to be poor? He could make them all rich if he pleased; he could lay bags of gold at their doors; he could send them a large annual income; or he could scatter around their houses abundance of provisions, as once he made the quails lie in…
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Evening • 3/17
Matthew 5:9
This is the seventh of the beatitudes, and seven was the number of perfection among the Hebrews. It may be that the Savior placed the peacemaker seventh on the list because he most nearly approaches the perfect man in Christ Jesus. He who would have perfect blessedness, as far as…
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Morning • 3/18
Galatians 3:26
The fatherhood of God is common to all his children . Ah! Little-faith, you have often said, “Oh, that I had the courage of Great-heart, that I could wield his sword and be as valiant as he! But, alas, I stumble at every straw, and a shadow makes me afraid.” Listen, Little-faith.…
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Evening • 3/18
John 15:9
As the Father loves the Son, in the same manner Jesus loves his people. What is that divine method? He loved him without beginning , and so Jesus loves his members. I have loved thee with an everlasting love. You can trace the beginning of human affection; you can easily find the…
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Morning • 3/19
Romans 4:20
Christian, take good care of your faith; for remember faith is the only way by which you can obtain blessings . If we want blessings from God, nothing can bring them down but faith. Prayer cannot draw down answers from God’s throne unless it is the earnest prayer of the man who b…
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Evening • 3/19
Ruth 2:14
Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet feast. When Jesus is the host, no guest goes empty from the table. Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which Christ reveals; our heart is content with…
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Morning • 3/20
Song of Solomon 2:8
This was a golden name which the ancient Church in her most joyous moments was accustomed to give to the Anointed of the Lord. When the time of the singing of birds had come, and the voice of the turtle was heard in her land, her love-note was sweeter than either, as she sang, My…
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Evening • 3/20
Ephesians 5:25
What a golden example Christ gives to His disciples! Few masters could venture to say, “If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life”; but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, He can point to Himself as the paragon of holiness, as well as the teac…
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Morning • 3/21
John 16:32
Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to witness the mysteries of “the agony.” Occupied with the Passover feast at their own houses, they represent the many who live on the letter, b…
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Evening • 3/21
Job 38:31
If inclined to boast of our abilities, the grandeur of nature may soon show us how puny we are. We cannot move the least of all the twinkling stars, or quench so much as one of the beams of the morning. We speak of power, but the heavens laugh us to scorn. When the Pleiades shine…
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Morning • 3/22
Matthew 26:39
There are several instructive features in our Savior’s prayer in his hour of trial: Lonely prayer . He withdrew even from his three favored disciples. Believer, be much in solitary prayer, especially in times of trial. Family prayer, social prayer, prayer in the Church, will not…
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Evening • 3/22
John 17:24
O death! why do you touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness has rest? Why do you snatch away the excellent of the earth, in whom is all our delight? If you must use your axe, use it upon the trees which yield no fruit; you might be thanked then. But why will you…
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Morning • 3/23
Luke 22:44
The mental pressure arising from our Lord’s struggle with temptation so forced His body to an unnatural excitement that His pores sent out great drops of blood which fell down to the ground. This proves how tremendous must have been the weight of sin when it was able to crush the…
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Evening • 3/23
Luke 19:40
But could the stones cry out? Assuredly, they could if he who opens the mouth of the dumb should bid them lift up their voice. Certainly, if they were to speak, they would have much to testify in praise of him who created them by the word of his power; they could extol the wisdom…
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Morning • 3/24
Hebrews 5:7
Did this fear arise from the infernal suggestion that he was utterly forsaken ? There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken? "See," said Satan, "you have a friend nowhere! Your Father has shut up his tender compassion against yo…
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Evening • 3/24
Luke 10:21
The Savior was "a man of sorrows," but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that deep down in His innermost soul He carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. Of all the human race, there was never a man who had a deeper, purer, or more abiding peace…
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Morning • 3/25
Luke 22:48
The kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. Whenever a man is about to stab religion, he usually professes very great reverence for it. Let me beware of the…
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Evening • 3/25
John 3:13
How constantly our Master used the title, the “Son of Man!” If he had chosen, he might always have spoken of himself as the Son of God, the Everlasting Father, the Wonderful, the Counsellor, the Prince of Peace; but see the humility of Jesus! He prefers to call himself the Son of…
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Morning • 3/26
John 18:8
Mark, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in his hour of trial, towards the sheep of his hand! The ruling passion is strong in death. He resigns himself to the enemy, but he interposes a word of power to set his disciples free. As to himself, like a sheep before her she…
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Evening • 3/26
Mark 8:38
If we have been partakers with Jesus in his shame, we shall be sharers with him in the splendor which shall surround him when he appears again in glory. Are you, beloved one, with Christ Jesus? Does a vital union unite you to him? Then you are today with him in his shame; you hav…
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Morning • 3/27
Matthew 26:56
He never deserted them, but they, in cowardly fear of their lives, fled from him in the very beginning of his sufferings. This is but one instructive instance of the frailty of all believers if left to themselves; they are but sheep at best, and they flee when the wolf comes. The…
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Evening • 3/27
Matthew 15:27
This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking great thoughts of Christ . The Master had talked about the children’s bread. “Now,” she argued, “since you are the Master of the table of grace, I know that you are a generous housekeeper, and there is sure to be an abundance of…
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Morning • 3/28
Ephesians 3:19
The love of Christ in its sweetness, its fullness, its greatness, its faithfulness, passes all human comprehension. Where can language be found that will describe His matchless, His unparalleled love toward the children of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but…
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Evening • 3/28
Ezekiel 20:41
The merits of our great Redeemer are a sweet savour to the Most High. Whether we speak of the active or passive righteousness of Christ, there is an equal fragrance. There was a sweet savour in his active life by which he honoured the law of God and made every precept glitter lik…
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Morning • 3/29
Hebrews 5:8
We are told that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering ; therefore, we who are sinful, and who are far from being perfect, must not wonder if we are called to pass through suffering too. Shall the head be crowned with thorns, and shall the other members…
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Evening • 3/29
Song of Solomon 5:6
Prayer sometimes waits, like a petitioner at the gate, until the King comes out to grant her the blessings that she seeks. The Lord, when He has given great faith, has been known to test it with long delays. He has allowed His servants’ voices to echo in their ears as if from a s…
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Morning • 3/30
Isaiah 53:12
Why did Jesus allow Himself to be enrolled among sinners? This wonderful condescension was justified by many powerful reasons. In such a character He could more effectively become their advocate . In some trials, there is an identification of the counselor with the client, nor ca…
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Evening • 3/30
Lamentations 3:40
The spouse who fondly loves her absent husband longs for his return; a long, protracted separation from her lord is a semi-death to her spirit: and so it is with souls who love the Saviour much, they must see His face, they cannot bear that He should be away upon the mountains of…
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Morning • 3/31
Isaiah 53:5
Pilate delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourge was a most dreadful instrument of torture. It was made of the sinews of oxen, and sharp bones were intertwined here and there among the sinews, so that every time the lash came down, these pieces of bone i…
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Evening • 3/31
2 Samuel 21:10
If the love of a woman for her slain sons could make her prolong her mournful vigil for so long a period, should we weary of considering the sufferings of our blessed Lord? She drove away the birds of prey, and should we not also chase from our meditations those worldly and sinfu…
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