May 20 – Evening
“I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love.” Hosea 11:4 Our heavenly Father often draws us with the cords of love; but ah! how backward we are to run towards him! How slowly do we respond …
Category: Devotional
May 20 – Morning
“Marvellous lovingkindness.” Psalm 17:7 When we give our hearts with our alms, we give well, but we must often plead to a failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favours are always performed with the …
May 19 – Evening
“And he requested for himself that he might die.” 1 Kings 19:4 It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried …
May 19 – Morning
“I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.” Ecclesiastes 10:7 Upstarts frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day …
May 18 – Evening
“Afterward.” Hebrews 12:11 How happy are tried Christians, afterwards. No calm more deep than that which succeeds a storm. Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings after rain? Victorious banquets are for well-exercised soldiers. After killing the lion we eat …