Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 11
Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a ship. —Matthew 14:22
Jesus constrained them to go! One would think that if ever there was the certain promise of success in a mission, it was here. Surely, here, if anywhere, a triumphant issue might have been confidently predicted; and yet here, more than anywhere, there was seeming failure. He sent them out on a voyage, and they met such a storm as they had never yet experienced.
Let me ponder this, for it has been so with me, too. I have sometimes felt …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 10
Well done, good and faithful servant…Thou wicked and slothful servant. —Matthew 25:21, 26
God holds us responsible not for what we have, but for what we might have; not for what we are, but for what we might be. —Mark Guy Pearse
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 9
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. —Psalm 55:22
He that taketh his own cares upon himself loads himself with an uneasy burden. The fear of what may come, expectation of what will come, desire of what will not come, and the inability to redress all these, must needs bring him continual torment. I will cast my cares upon God: He hath bidden me. They cannot hurt Him: He can redress them. —Hall
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 8
Thou shalt never wash my feet. —John 13:8
Whatever hinders us from receiving a blessing that God is willing to bestow upon us is not humility, but the mockery of it. A genuine humility will ever feel the need of the largest measures of grace, and will be perfected just in the degree in which that grace is bestowed. The truly humble man will seek to be filled with all the fullness of God, knowing that when so filled there is not the slightest place for pride or for self. —George …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 7
As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. —Galatians 3:27
Not simply the righteousness of our Savior, not simply the beauty of His holiness or the graces of His character, are we to put on as a garment. The Lord Himself is our vesture. Every Christian is not only a Christ-bearer but a Christ-wearer. We are so to enter into Him by communion, to be so endued with His presence, and imbued with His Spirit that men shall see Him when they behold us, as they …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 6
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord…I know that…whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. —John 11:21-24
Beware, in your prayer, above everything, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, above all that we ask or think. Each time you intercede, be quiet first and worship God in His glory. …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 5
A certain man…who never had walked…heard Paul speak: who…perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said…Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. —Acts 14:8-10
Where true faith is, it will induce obedience and where it does induce obedience, it will always, in one form or another, bring a blessing. —W. Hay Aitken
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 4
David enquired of the LORD. —2 Samuel 5:19
Christian, if thou wouldst know the path of duty, take God for thy compass; if thou wouldst steer thy ship through the dark billows, put the tiller into the hand of the Almighty. Many a rock might be escaped if we would let our Father take the helm; many a shoal or quicksand we might well avoid if we would leave it to His sovereign will to choose and to command. The Puritan said, “As sure as ever a Christian carves for …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 3
I am black…as the tents of Kedar. —Song of Solomon 1:5
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me. Song of Solomon 7:10
Nothing humbles the soul like sacred and intimate communion with the Lord; yet there is a sweet joy in feeling that He knows all, and, notwithstanding, loves us still. —J. Hudson Taylor
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 2
A fountain…for sin and for uncleanness. —Zechariah 13:1
You that have faith in the Fountain, frequent it. Beware of two errors which are very natural and very disastrous. Beware of thinking any sin too great for it; beware of thinking any sin too small. There is not a sin so little, but it may be the germ of everlasting perdition; there is not a sin so enormous, but a drop of atoning blood will wash it away as utterly as if it were drowned in the depths of the sea. —James …
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