Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 9
Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not. —Genesis 28:16
“Surely the Lord was in this place, and I knew it not.” My soul, this is also thine experience! How often hast thou said in thy sorrow, “Verily thou art a God that hidest Thyself!” How often hast thou slept for very heaviness of heart, and desired not to wake again! And when thou didst wake again, lo, the darkness was all a dream! Thy vision of yesterday was a delusion. God had been with thee all …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 8
As thy days, so shall thy strength be. —Deuteronomy 33:25
No day without its duty; no duty without strength to perform it. —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 7
Let every man take heed how he buildeth. —1 Corinthians 3:10
Our business is not to build quickly, but to build upon a right foundation, and in a right spirit. Life is more than a mere competition as between man and man; it is not who can be done first, but who can work best; it is not who can rise highest in the shortest time, but who is working most patiently and lovingly in accordance with the designs of God. —Joseph Parker
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 6
Judas Iscariot…was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein. —John 12:4, 6
Freely ye have received, freely give. —Matthew 10:8
Ah, but if we should go thoroughly into this matter, should we not probably find that many of us are guilty, in some modified and yet sufficiently alarming sense, of treachery to the poor? Are we not, some of us, sent to them with benefactions which never reach them, and are only unconscious of guilt because so long accustomed to look upon the goods as bestowed on …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 5
Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. —Genesis 25:11
Isaac dwelt there, and made the well of the living and all-seeing God his constant source of supply. The usual tenor of a man’s life, the dwelling of his soul, is the true test of his state. Let us learn to live in the presence of the living God. Let us pray the Holy Spirit that this day, and every other day, we may feel, “Thou God seest me.” May the Lord Jehovah be as a well to us, delightful, comforting, unfailing, springing up …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 4
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you…let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. —John 14:27
Dark hours come to us all; and if we have no clew to a peace that can pass unbroken through their murky gloom, we shall be in a state of continual dread. Any stone flung by a chance passer-by may break the crystal clearness of the Lake of Peace and send disturbing ripples across it, unless we have learnt to trust in the perpetual presence of Him who can …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 3
Jesus,…being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well…(For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)…And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. —John 4:6, 8, 39
The bits of wayside work are very sweet. Perhaps the odd bits, when all is done, will really come to more than the seemingly greater pieces!...It is nice to know that the King’s servants are always really on duty, even while …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 2
Being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. —Acts 1:3
This lingering for forty days is the crowning proof of Christ’s tender regard for His little flock. He who had laid down His life for them is loath to leave them. Though they had forsaken Him, and doubted Him, they had not wearied, much less had they worn out, His love. He stays to look again, and yet again, and yet again, upon them, as if turning back and lingering to bless them. …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 1
He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not. —Revelation 1:17
One of Wellington’s officers, when commanded to go on some perilous duty, lingered a moment as if afraid, and then said:
“Let me have one clasp of your all-conquering hand before I go; and then I can do it.”
Seek the clasp of Christ’s hand before every bit of work, every hard task, every battle, every good deed. Bend your head in the dewy freshness of every morning, ere you go forth to meet the day’s duties and …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 30
Let us not sleep, as do others. —1 Thessalonians 5:6
There are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves:
“To prevent drowsiness in this place, let us fall into good discourse.”
Christians who isolate themselves and walk alone are very liable to grow drowsy. Hold Christian company, and you will be kept wakeful by it, and refreshed and encouraged to make quicker progress …
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