November 22 – Morning
“Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.” Hosea 12:12 Jacob, while expostulating with Laban, thus describes his own toil, “This twenty years have I been with thee. That which was torn of beasts I brought …
“Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.” Hosea 12:12 Jacob, while expostulating with Laban, thus describes his own toil, “This twenty years have I been with thee. That which was torn of beasts I brought …
“Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.” John 12:2 He is to be envied. It was well to be Martha and serve, but better to be Lazarus and commune. There are times for each purpose, …
“Grieve not the Holy Spirit.” Ephesians 4:30 All that the believer has must come from Christ, but it comes solely through the channel of the Spirit of grace. Moreover, as all blessings thus flow to you through the Holy Spirit, …
“The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.” Proverbs 30:26 Conscious of their own natural defencelessness, the conies resort to burrows in the rocks, and are secure from their enemies. My heart, be …
“0 Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul.” Lamentations 3:58 Observe how positively the prophet speaks. He doth not say, “I hope, I trust, I sometimes think, that God hath pleaded the causes of my soul”; but he …