July • 62 entries
Morning • 7/1
Zechariah 14:8
The streams of living water which flow from Jerusalem are not dried up by the parching heats of sultry midsummer any more than they were frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter. Rejoice, O my soul, that you are spared to testify of the faithfulness of the Lord. The seasons…
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Evening • 7/1
Genesis 3:8
My soul, now that the cool of the day has come, retire for a while and listen to the voice of your God. He is always ready to speak with you when you are prepared to hear. If there is any slowness to commune, it is not on his part, but altogether on your own, for he stands at the…
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Morning • 7/2
Psalm 33:21
It is a blessed truth that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress; although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and, like many birds, they sing best in their cages. The waves may roll over them, but their souls soon rise to the surface and see the light of Go…
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Evening • 7/2
Psalm 28:1
A cry is the natural expression of sorrow and a suitable utterance when all other modes of appeal fail us; but the cry must be solely directed to the Lord, for to cry to man is to waste our entreaties into the air. When we consider the readiness of the Lord to hear and his abilit…
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Morning • 7/3
Genesis 41:4
Pharaoh’s dream has too often been my waking experience. My days of sloth have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in times of zealous industry; my seasons of coldness have frozen all the genial glow of my periods of fervor and enthusiasm; and my fits of worldliness have…
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Evening • 7/3
2 Timothy 2:12
We must not imagine that we are suffering for Christ, and with Christ, if we are not in Christ . Beloved friend, are you trusting in Jesus only? If not, whatever you may have to mourn over on earth, you are not “suffering with Christ,” and have no hope of reigning with him in hea…
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Morning • 7/4
John 17:17
Sanctification begins in regeneration. The Spirit of God infuses into man that new living principle by which he becomes “a new creature” in Christ Jesus. This work, which begins in the new birth, is carried on in two ways—mortification, through which the lusts of the flesh are su…
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Evening • 7/4
Psalm 24:4
Outward practical holiness is a very precious mark of grace. It is to be feared that many professors have perverted the doctrine of justification by faith in such a way as to treat good works with contempt; if so, they will receive everlasting contempt at the last great day. If o…
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Morning • 7/5
Romans 1:7
We are very inclined to regard the apostolic saints as if they were “saints” in a more special manner than the other children of God. All are “saints” whom God has called by His grace, and sanctified by His Spirit; but we are inclined to look upon the apostles as extraordinary be…
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Evening • 7/5
Isaiah 26:4
Seeing that we have such a God to trust in, let us rest upon him with all our weight; let us resolutely drive out all unbelief, and endeavor to get rid of doubts and fears, which so much diminish our comfort; since there is no excuse for fear where God is the foundation of our tr…
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Morning • 7/6
Proverbs 1:33
Divine love becomes conspicuous when it shines in the midst of judgments. Fair is that lone star which smiles through the rifts of the thunder clouds; bright is the oasis which blooms in the wilderness of sand; so fair and so bright is love in the midst of wrath. When the Israeli…
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Evening • 7/6
Job 13:23
Have you ever really weighed and considered how great the sin of God’s people is? Think how heinous is your own transgression, and you will find that not only does a sin here and there tower up like an alp, but that your iniquities are heaped upon each other, as in the old fable…
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Morning • 7/7
1 Thessalonians 5:25
This one morning in the year we have reserved to refresh your memory on the subject of prayer for ministers, and we do most earnestly implore every Christian household to grant the fervent request of the text first uttered by an apostle and now repeated by us. Brethren, our work…
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Evening • 7/7
Ezekiel 16:6
Saved one, consider gratefully this mandate of mercy. Note that this fiat of God is majestic . In our text, we perceive a sinner with nothing in him but sin, expecting nothing but wrath; but the eternal Lord passes by in His glory; He looks, He pauses, and He pronounces the solit…
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Morning • 7/8
Judges 16:6
Where lies the secret strength of faith? It lies in the food it feeds on; for faith studies what the promise is—an emanation of divine grace, an overflowing of the great heart of God. Faith says, "My God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore, it…
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Evening • 7/8
Psalm 25:5
When the believer has begun with trembling feet to walk in the way of the Lord, he asks to be continually led onward like a little child upheld by its parent’s helping hand, and he craves to be further instructed in the alphabet of truth. Experiential teaching is the essence of t…
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Morning • 7/9
Psalm 103:2
It is a delightful and profitable occupation to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints, and to observe his goodness in delivering them, his mercy in pardoning them, and his faithfulness in keeping his covenant with them. But would it not be even more interesting and…
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Evening • 7/9
Genesis 1:4
A believer has two principles at work within him. In his natural state, he was subject to one principle only, which was darkness; now light has entered, and the two principles disagree. Mark the apostle Paul’s words in Romans 7:21-23: I find then a law, that, when I would do good…
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Morning • 7/10
Ephesians 2:19
What is meant by our being citizens in heaven? It means that we are under heaven’s government . Christ the king of heaven reigns in our hearts; our daily prayer is, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The proclamations issued from the throne of glory are freely receiv…
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Evening • 7/10
Genesis 1:5
The evening was “darkness” and the morning was “light,” and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone ! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer there is darkness and light, and yet he i…
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Morning • 7/11
1 Peter 5:10
You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but sadly, it passes away, and behold, it is gone. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and the sky is no longer brilliant with the tints of heaven. It…
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Evening • 7/11
Joel 1:3
In this simple way, by God’s grace, a living testimony for truth is always to be kept alive in the land—the beloved of the Lord are to hand down their witness for the gospel and the covenant to their heirs, and these in turn to their next descendants. This is our first duty; we a…
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Morning • 7/12
Jude 1:1
Sanctified in Christ Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:2) Through sanctification of the Spirit. (1 Peter 1:2) Notice the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely those believers speak who make preferences among the Persons of the Trinity, who think of Jesu…
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Evening • 7/12
2 Timothy 4:18
That city of the great King is a place of active service . Ransomed spirits serve him day and night in his temple. They never cease to fulfill the good pleasure of their King. They always “rest,” as far as ease and freedom from care is concerned; and never “rest,” in the sense of…
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Morning • 7/13
Jonah 4:9
Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this inquiry, Doest thou well to be angry? It may be that we can answer, “YES.” Very frequently anger is the madm…
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Evening • 7/13
Psalm 56:9
It is impossible for any human speech to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, “ God is for me .” He was “for us” before the worlds were made. He was “for us,” or He would not have given His beloved Son. He was “for us” when He smote the Only-Begotten and laid the f…
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Morning • 7/14
Exodus 20:25
God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, so that no trace of human skill or labor could be seen upon it. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more congenial with the depraved tastes of fallen nature. Instead,…
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Evening • 7/14
Matthew 28:1
Let us learn from Mary Magdalene how to obtain fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Notice how she sought. She sought the Saviour very early in the morning. If you can wait for Christ, and be patient in the hope of having fellowship with him at some distant season, you will never have…
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Morning • 7/15
Leviticus 6:13
Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here; therefore, let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer of vital and experiential religion. Burn here the fat…
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Evening • 7/15
Mark 16:9
Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene , probably not only on account of her great love and persevering seeking, but because, as the context intimates, she had been a special trophy of Christ’s delivering power . Learn from this, that the greatness of our sin before conversion sh…
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Morning • 7/16
Exodus 16:21
Labour to maintain a sense of your entire dependence upon the Lord’s good will and pleasure for the continuance of your richest enjoyments. Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come from Jesus, or you are undone forever. Old anointings will…
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Evening • 7/16
Psalm 102:13, 14
A selfish man in trouble is exceedingly hard to comfort, because the springs of his comfort lie entirely within himself, and when he is sad all his springs are dry. But a large-hearted man full of Christian philanthropy has other springs from which to supply himself with comfort…
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Morning • 7/17
1 Thessalonians 1:4
Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot learn it in this way; it is only to be discovered by looking unto Jesus . If you desire to determine your own election, this is how you can assure your heart before God: Do you feel yourself to b…
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Evening • 7/17
1 Kings 18:40
When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and the fire from heaven had consumed the sacrifice in the presence of all the people, he called upon the assembled Israelites to take the priests of Baal, and sternly cried, "Let not one of them escape." He took them…
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Morning • 7/18
Numbers 2:31
The camp of Dan brought up the rear when the armies of Israel were on the march. The Danites occupied the hindmost place , but what did the position matter, since they were as truly part of the host as were the foremost tribes? They followed the same fiery cloudy pillar, they ate…
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Evening • 7/18
Joel 2:8
Locusts always keep their rank, and although their number is legion, they do not crowd upon each other, so as to throw their columns into confusion. This remarkable fact in natural history shows how thoroughly the Lord has infused the spirit of order into His universe, since the…
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Morning • 7/19
Deuteronomy 5:24
God’s great design in all his works is the manifestation of his own glory. Any aim less than this would be unworthy of himself. But how can the glory of God be manifested to such fallen creatures as we are? Man’s eye is not single; he always has a side glance towards his own hono…
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Evening • 7/19
Matthew 12:20
What is weaker than the bruised reed or the smoking flax? A reed that grows in the fen or marsh, let a wild duck merely land upon it, and it snaps; let a person's foot merely brush against it, and it is bruised and broken; every wind that flits across the river moves it to and fr…
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Morning • 7/20
Ephesians 1:14
Oh! What enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart is experienced by the one who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone. Yet our realization of Christ’s preciousness is, in this life, imperfect at best. As an old writer says, “It is but a taste!”…
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Evening • 7/20
Jeremiah 2:18
By various miracles, by various mercies, by strange deliverances Jehovah had proved Himself to be worthy of Israel’s trust. Yet they broke down the hedges with which God had enclosed them as a sacred garden; they forsook their own true and living God and followed after false gods…
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Morning • 7/21
Isaiah 37:22
Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of Zion grew bold, and shook their heads at Sennacherib’s boastful threats. Strong faith enables the servants of God to look with calm contempt upon their most haughty foes. We know that our enemies are attempting imp…
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Evening • 7/21
Psalm 42:9
Can you answer this, believer? Can you find any reason why you are so often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why yield to gloomy anticipations? Who told you that the night would never end in day? Who told you that the sea of circumstances would ebb out until there should be nothing…
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Morning • 7/22
Jeremiah 3:14
Christ Jesus is joined to his people in a marriage union. In love he espoused his Church as a chaste virgin, long before she fell under the yoke of bondage. Full of burning affection he toiled, like Jacob for Rachel, until the whole of her purchase price had been paid, and now, h…
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Evening • 7/22
John 19:5
If there is one place where our Lord Jesus most fully becomes the joy and comfort of His people, it is where He plunged deepest into the depths of woe. Come here, gracious souls, and behold the Man in the Garden of Gethsemane; behold His heart so brimming with love that He cannot…
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Morning • 7/23
Obadiah 1:11
Brotherly kindness was due from Edom to Israel in the time of need, but instead, the men of Esau made common cause with Israel’s foes. Special stress is laid upon the word you in the sentence before us; as when Caesar cried to Brutus, “And you , Brutus?”; a bad action can be all…
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Evening • 7/23
1 John 1:7
“Cleanseth,” says the text—not “ shall cleanse.” There are multitudes who think that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh! how infinitely better to have cleansing now than to depend on the bare possibility of forgiveness when I come to die. Some imagine that a sens…
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Morning • 7/24
Exodus 14:13
These words contain God’s command to the believer when he is reduced to dire straits and brought into extraordinary difficulties. He cannot retreat; he cannot go forward; he is shut up on the right hand and on the left. What is he to do now? The Master’s word to him is, “ Stand s…
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Evening • 7/24
Joel 2:11
Consider, my soul, the mightiness of the Lord who is your glory and defense. He is a man of war, Jehovah is his name. All the forces of heaven are at his command; legions wait at his door, cherubim and seraphim, watchers and holy ones, principalities and powers, are all attentive…
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Morning • 7/25
Genesis 39:12
In contending with certain sins, there remains no way to achieve victory except by flight. Ancient naturalists wrote much about basilisks, whose eyes fascinated their victims and made them easy prey; so the mere gaze of wickedness puts us in grave danger. Whoever would be safe fr…
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Evening • 7/25
Hosea 5:15
Losses and adversities are frequently the means which the great Shepherd uses to fetch home His wandering sheep; like fierce dogs, they worry the wanderers back to the fold. There is no making lions tame if they are too well fed. They must be brought down from their great strengt…
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Morning • 7/26
2 Peter 1:5, 6
If you would enjoy the eminent grace of the full assurance of faith, under the blessed Spirit's influence and assistance, do what the Scripture tells you, Give diligence . Take care that your faith is of the right kind—that it is not a mere belief of doctrine, but a simple faith,…
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Evening • 7/26
Psalm 113:8
Our spiritual privileges are of the highest order. "Among princes" is the place of select society . Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. Speak of select society, there is none like this! We are a chosen generation, a peculiar people, a royal pri…
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Morning • 7/27
2 Peter 1:4
If you would know experientially the preciousness of the promises, and enjoy them in your own heart, meditate much upon them . There are promises which are like grapes in the wine-press; if you tread them, the juice will flow. Thinking over the hallowed words will often be the pr…
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Evening • 7/27
Romans 8:33
Most blessed challenge! How unanswerable it is! Every sin of the elect was laid upon the great Champion of our salvation and, by the atonement, carried away. There is no sin in God’s book against his people: he sees no sin in Jacob, neither iniquity in Israel; they are justified…
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Morning • 7/28
Psalm 73:22
Remember this is the confession of the man after God’s own heart; and in telling us his inner life, he writes, So foolish was I, and ignorant . The word " foolish ," here, means more than it signifies in ordinary language. David, in a former verse of the Psalm, writes, I was envi…
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Evening • 7/28
Acts 10:38
Few words, yet an exquisite miniature of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are not many touches, but they are the strokes of a master’s pencil. Of the Savior, and only of the Savior, is it true in the fullest, broadest, and most unqualified sense: He went about doing good. From this d…
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Morning • 7/29
Psalm 73:23
“ Nevertheless ”—as if, despite all the foolishness and ignorance David had just been confessing to God, it was no less true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly in God’s presence was undoubtedly his. Fully conscious of his own…
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Evening • 7/29
John 6:37
This declaration involves the doctrine of election : there are some whom the Father gave to Christ. It involves the doctrine of effectual calling : these who are given must and shall come; however resolutely they may set themselves against it, yet they shall be brought out of dar…
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Morning • 7/30
Mark 14:72
It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, the fountain of his tears began to flow whenever he remembered his denying his Lord. It is not unlikely that it was so, for his sin was very great, and grace in him had afterwards a perfect work. This same experience is com…
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Evening • 7/30
John 6:37
No limit is set to the duration of this promise. It does not merely say, “I will not cast out a sinner at his first coming,” but, “ I will in no wise cast out. ” The original reads, “I will not, not cast out,” or “I will never, never cast out.” The text means that Christ will not…
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Morning • 7/31
John 17:23
If such is the union that exists between our souls and the person of our Lord, how deep and broad is the channel of our communion! This is no narrow pipe through which a thread-like stream might wind its way; it is a channel of amazing depth and breadth, along whose glorious leng…
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Evening • 7/31
1 Chronicles 9:33
It was well ordered in the temple that the sacred chant never ceased, for the singers praised the Lord forevermore, whose mercy endureth forever . As mercy did not cease to rule either by day or by night, so neither did music hush its holy ministry. My heart, there is a lesson sw…
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