Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 26
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. —Genesis 32:1
It is in the path where God has bade us walk that we shall find the angels around us. We may meet them, indeed, on paths of our own choosing, but it will be the sort of angel that Balaam met, with a sword in his hand, mighty and beautiful, but wrathful too; and we had better not front him! But the friendly helpers, the emissaries of God’s love, the apostles of His grace, do not haunt the …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 25
Thy gentleness hath made me great. —2 Samuel 22:36
The gentleness of Christ is the comeliest ornament that a Christian can wear. —William Arnot
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 24
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. —John 3:8
We know that the wind listeth to blow where there is a vacuum. If you find a tremendous rush of wind, you know that somewhere there is an empty space. I am perfectly sure about this fact: if we could expel all pride, vanity, self-righteousness, self-seeking, desire for applause, honor, and promotion—if by some divine power we …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 23
Philip findeth Nathaniel and saith unto him, we have found Him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write…Come and see. —John 1:45, 46
The next thing to knowing that “we have found Him” is to find someone else, and say, “Come and see.” —Frances Ridley Havergal.
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 22
After ye were illuminated ye endured a great fight of afflictions. —Hebrews 10:32
Our boldness for God before the world must always be the result of individual dealing with God in secret. Our victories over self, and sin, and the world, are always first fought where no eye sees but God’s…If we have not these secret conflicts, well may we not have any open ones. The outward absence of conflict betrays the inward sleep of the soul. —F. Whitfield
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 21
The LORD is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed. —1 Samuel 2:3
God does not measure what we bring to Him. He weighs it. —Mark Guy Pearse
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 20
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed. —Hebrews 11:8
Whither he went, he knew not; it was enough for him to know that he went with God. He leant not so much upon the promises as upon the Promiser. He looked not on the difficulties of his lot, but on the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, who had deigned to appoint his course, and would certainly vindicate Himself. O glorious faith! This is thy …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 19
Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. —John 21:10
Why was this? Oh, the Lord wants us to minister to Him as well as to receive from Him, and our service finds its true end when it becomes food for our dear Lord. He was pleased to feed on their fish while they were feeding on His. It was the double banquet of which He speaks in the tender message of revelation, “I will sup with him, and he with Me.” —A. B. Simpson.
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 18
To every man his work. —Mark 13:34
He does the most for God’s great world who does the best in his own little world. —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - February 17
I will help thee, saith the LORD. —Isaiah 41:14
O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the omnipotence of the united Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit? Bring hither thine empty pitcher! Surely this well will fill it. Haste, gather up thy wants, and bring them here—thine emptiness, thy woes, thy needs. Behold, this river of God is full for …
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