Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 6
To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. —Philippians 1:21
Live in Christ, and you are in the suburbs of heaven. There is but a thin wall between you and the land of praises. You are within one hour's sailing of the shore of the new Canaan. —William Rutherford
As captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. —Joshua 5:14
Surely Israel might now face the foe with unwavering confidence, and sing of victory even before the battle was gained. And so may the Christian. It is to no conflict of uncertain issue that he advances; the result of the battle is not doubtful. The struggle may be severe, the warfare long; he may sometimes, like the pilgrim, be beaten to the ground, and well-nigh lose his sword; but “though cast down” he is “not destroyed.” The Captain of salvation is on his side, …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 4
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. —1 John 1:9
The same moment which brings the consciousness of sin ought to bring also the confession of it and the consciousness of forgiveness. —Smith
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 3
There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-barnea. —Deuteronomy 1:2
Eleven days, and yet it took them forty years! How was this? Alas! we need not travel far for the answer. It is only too like ourselves. How slowly we get over the ground! What windings and turnings! How often we have to go back and travel over the same ground, again and again. We are slow travelers because we are slow learners. Our God is a faithful and wise, as well as a gracious …