August 9 – Evening
“He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.” Mark 16:9 Mary of Magdala was the victim of a fearful evil. She was possessed by not one devil only, but seven. These dreadful inmates caused …
Category: Devotional
August 9 – Morning
“The city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it.” Revelation 21:23 Yonder in the better world, the inhabitants are independent of all creature comforts. They have no need of raiment; their white robes …
August 8 – Evening
“All things are possible to him that believeth.” Mark 9:23 Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for “all things are possible to …
August 8 – Morning
“They weave the spider’s web.” Isaiah 59:5 See the spider’s web, and behold in it a most suggestive picture of the hypocrite’s religion. It is meant to catch his prey: the spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has …
August 7 – Evening
“Satan hindered us.” 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us. From all points of the compass, all along …