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
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 …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 1
As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. —John 20:21
We should never leave our room until we have seen the face of our dear Master, Christ, and have realized that we are being sent forth by Him to do His will, and to finish the work which He has given us to do. He who said to His immediate followers, “As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you,” says as much to each one of us, as the dawn summons us to live another day. …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 31
Without me ye can do nothing. —John 15:5
I can do all things, through Christ which strengtheneth me. —Philippians 4:13
Apart from Him we can do nothing. Whilst we are abiding in Him nothing is impossible. The one purpose of our life should therefore be to remain in living and intense union with Christ, guarding against everything that would break it, employing every means of cementing and enlarging it. And just in proportion as we do so, we shall find His strength flowing into us for every possible emergency. We may not …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 30
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. —Matthew 5:14
Lamps do not talk, but they do shine. A lighthouse sounds no drum, it beats no gong; and yet far over the waters its friendly spark is seen by the mariner. So let your actions shine out your religion. Let the main sermon of your life be illustrated by all your conduct. —Charles H. Spurgeon
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 29
Our Lord Jesus Christ…gave Himself for our sins that He might deliver us from this present evil world. —Galatians 1:4
Attachment to Christ is the only secret of detachment from the world. —A. J. Gordon
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 28
Him they compelled to bear His cross. —Matthew 27:32
There are many Christians of whom this is true. They are compelled to bear the cross, but how does it come? It comes by their running away from it. They make up their minds they won't have Christ’s cross; and they find when the cross does come that it comes in a more terrible form, with a more crushing weight than ever it would have come had they only been content to submit themselves to the divine direction; for the cross has to …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 27
Whatsoever ye do,…do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. —Colossians 3:17
Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ, who dwells in thee; and do great things as if they were little and easy, because of His omnipotence. —Pascal
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 26
Keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life. —Proverbs 4:23
He who would keep his heart pure and holy, must plant a sentinel at every avenue by which sin may find access there, guarding against none more than the “little” sins, as they are called.
The man of God has his eyes to keep, and so Job said, “I have made a covenant with mine eyes”—his tongue, and hence the exhortation, “Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile”—his ears, and …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 25
If we suffer we shall also reign with Him. —2 Timothy 2:12
The highest bidder for the crown of glory is the lowliest wearer of the cross of self-denial. —A. J. Gordon