Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 8
He asked life of Thee, and Thou gavest it him, even length of days or ever and ever. —Psalm 21:4
When poor men make requests of us we usually answer them as the echo does the voice—the answer cuts off half the petition. We shall seldom find among men Jael’s courtesy, giving milk to those that ask water, except it be as this was, an entangling benefit, the better to introduce a mischief. There are not many Naamans among us, that, when you beg of them one talent, will force you to …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 7
The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. —Romans 15:13
In spiritual as in earthly things there is great strength in hope, and, therefore, God’s people are carefully to cultivate that grace. A well-grounded hope that, having been made new creatures in Jesus Christ, we are His; that with our names, though unknown to fame, written in the Book of Life, we have grace in possession and heaven in prospect; that after a few …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 6
The church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood. —Acts 20:28
Surely He may do what He will with His own. The price He has paid to make them His own is a sufficient guarantee that He will never make light of anything in which their welfare is at all concerned. We are precious to Him by the virtue of the blood which He has shed for us, and for Him to be found at any time wanting in solicitude for our happiness would be for Him to treat …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 5
It is high time to awake out of sleep. —Romans 13:11
I have heard of a painter who loved to work by the morning light. He said that the colors were better understood by the light of the early day, and so he was wont to be in his studio waiting for the rising of the sun. Then every moment it grew lighter, and he found he could accomplish things which he could not reach if he waited till the day had advanced.
Is there not work waiting for us—work that no …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 4
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness. —Daniel 9:9
As a spring lock closes itself, but cannot be unlocked without a key, so we ourselves may run into sin, but cannot return without the key of God's grace. —Cawdray
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 3
My presence shall go with thee. —Exodus 33:14
We should never leave our prayer closets in the morning without having concentrated our thoughts deeply and intensely on the fact of the actual presence of God there with us, encompassing us, and filling the room as literally as it fills heaven itself. It may not lead to any distinct results at first, but, as we make repeated efforts to realize the presence of God, it will become increasingly real to us. And, as the habit grows upon us, when alone in a room, …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 2
Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. —Galatians 6:9
The hours of this present life are the ages in embryo of the life to come. —A. J. Gordon
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 1
Thus saith the Lord GOD, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. —Ezekiel 36:37
Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history and you will find that scarcely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication. Prayer is always the preface to blessing. It goes before the blessing as the blessing’s shadow. When the sunlight of God’s mercies rises upon our necessities it casts the shadow of prayer far down upon the …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 31
I would have you without carefulness. —1 Corinthians 7:32
Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear. Rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He has kept you hitherto—do you but hold fast to His dear hand, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand, He will bear you in His arms. Do not look forward to what may happen to-morrow. The same everlasting Father who cares …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 30
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. —1 John 2:15
If you will go to the banks of a little stream, and watch the flies that come to bathe in it, you will notice that, while they plunge their bodies into the water, they keep their wings high out of the water; and, after swimming about a little while, they fly away with their wings unwet through the sunny air. Now, that is the lesson for us. Here we are immersed in the cares and business of …
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