Devotionals: Refreshment for the Soul
13 September For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.—Col. 3:3, 4 ‘When Christ who is your life appears.’ There are two appearings. His first appearing was to work our salvation; his second will […]
Read12 September May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.—Rom. 15:13 After he has acquitted us by his all-sufficient satisfaction, being God and man, and has given us his Spirit, there is another life, the […]
Read11 September Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.—1 John 3:2, 3 How is […]
Read10 September If you love me, you will keep my commandments.—John 14:15 Let us labour to kindle in our hearts an affection for Christ. We may judge our love by our esteem. (1) How do we value Christ? What place should he have in our hearts? If he be the chief of ten thousand, let […]
Read9 September He is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.—Song of Sol. 5:16b Was he lovely when he was nailed on the cross, hung between two thieves, when he wore a crown of thorns, whipped, when he sweat water and blood? Oh! yes; then he was […]
Read8 September You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.—Psa. 16:11 There is a double presence of Christ: felt and not felt. Christ’s felt presence is when he is graciously present and is also pleased to let us know, […]
Read7 September And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.—2 Cor. 3:18 We should have a double eye: one eye to see that which is amiss in […]
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