Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 12
He (Jesus) . . . looked up to heaven. —Mark 6:41
In working for God, first look to heaven. It is a grand plan. Over and over again our Lord Jesus Christ looked to heaven and said, “Father.” Let us imitate Him; although standing on the earth, let us have our conversation in heaven. Before you go out, if you would feed the world, if you would be a blessing in the midst of spiritual dearth and famine, lift up your head to heaven. Then your very face will shine, your very garments will …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 11
What is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeared for a little time, and then vanisheth away. —James 4:14
“Only one life; ‘twill soon be past—
And only what’s done for Christ will last.” —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 10
Then shall ye discern between the righteous and the wicked. Malachi 3:18
Said Anne of Austria to Cardinal Richelieu: “God does not pay at the end of every week, but He pays at last!” —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 9
When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee. —Isaiah 43:2
God’s presence in the trial is much better than exemption from the trial. The sympathy of His heart with us is sweeter far than the power of His hand for us. —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 8
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits . . . who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies. —Psalm 103:2, 4
We talk about the telescope of faith, but I think we want even more the microscope of watchful and grateful love. Apply this to the little bits of our daily lives, in the light of the Spirit, and how wonderfully they come out! —Frances Ridley Havergal
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 7
And they came unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy. —Mark 2:3
Had it not been for the palsy, this man might never have seen Christ! —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 6
He that watereth shall be watered also himself. —Proverbs 11:25
The effective life and the receptive life are one. No sweep of arm that does some work for God but harvests also some more of the truth of God, and sweeps it into the treasury of life. —Phillips Brooks
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 5
Belshazzar the king made a great feast. —Daniel 5:1
There was one Guest not invited, but He came, and the work of His finger glowed upon the wall. —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 4
They all forsook Him, and fled. —Mark 14:50
Separation never comes from His side. —J. Hudson Taylor
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - December 3
Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. —2 Peter 1:21
The Bible is the writing of the living God. Each letter was penned with an Almighty finger. Each word in it dropped from the everlasting lips. Each sentence was dictated by the Holy Spirit. Albeit that Moses was employed to write his histories with his fiery pen, God guided that pen. It may be that David touched his harp, and let sweet psalms of melody drop from his fingers; but God moved his hands over the …
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