Devotionals: Daily Devotionals

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him,and he with me.—Rev. 3:20. AS the incarnation of that mighty One, on whom our help is laid, was necessary, that a perfect obedience to the law, […]

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.—2 Cor. 4:6. THE reason why men in a natural state are utterly ignorant of spiritual truths is, that they are wholly […]

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformedto the image of his Son.—Rom. 8:29. THE leading desires of every person under the influence of gospel principles, will be, to maintain an habitual communion with God in his own soul, and to manifest the power of his grace in the sight of […]

…when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered,he threatened not; but committed himself to himthat judgeth righteously.—1 Peter 2:23. WHAT will it profit a man if he gains his cause, and silences his adversary, if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and […]

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.—2 Tim. 2:24, 25. WHATEVER it be that makes us trust in ourselves that we are comparatively […]

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.—Mark 16:16. Thy mercy pardons crying sins, And washes out the deepest stains; ’Tis free, and to the vilest given— The vilest out of hell and heaven. This week’s devotionals are from Our Daily Food

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.—1 Tim. 2:8. Prayer is the wingëd messenger That bears our sighs from earth to heaven; That brings them to our Father’s ear, Nor thence returns till grace is given. This week’s devotionals are from Our Daily Food

They shall be my people, and I will be their God.—Jer. 32:38. All else, which we our treasure call, May in one fatal moment fall; But what their happiness can move Whom God the blessed deigns to love? This week’s devotionals are from Our Daily Food

Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.—Rom. 12:2. Born by a new celestial birth, Why should we grovel here on earth? Why grasp at transitory toys, So near to heaven’s eternal joys? This week’s devotionals are from Our Daily Food

But godliness with contentment is great gain.—1 Tim. 6:6. Father, fix my soul on thee; Every evil let me flee; Nothing want, beneath, above,— Happy in thy precious love. This week’s devotionals are from Our Daily Food

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.—2 Pet. 3:18. Precept and promise still unite To make this service our delight; To grow in grace,—this, surely this, Is the transcendency of bliss. This week’s devotionals are from Our Daily Food

How long will this people provoke me?—Num. 14:11. Lord, I believe! Oh, chase away The gloomy clouds of unbelief! Lord, I repent! Oh, let thy ray Dissolve my heart in sacred grief! This week’s devotionals are from Our Daily Food

16 August He [David] is weary and weak handed.—2 Sam. 17:2. Many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.—1 Cor. 11:30. ALL the king’s subjects are not his champions. —JOHN BUNYAN. Weak Christians are very apt to three things: to choose their mercies, to choose their crosses, to choose their employments. —THOMAS BROOKS. […]

15 August The way of transgressors is hard.—Prov. 13:15. BOTH authors, actors, and abettors of evil shall rue it together. —JOHN TRAPP. Where iniquity breakfasts, calamity will be sure to dine; to sup where it dines and to lodge where it sups. —JOHN TRAPP. Sin is the womb of our sorrows and the grave of […]

14 August Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.—Prov. 23:5. Riches are not for ever.—Prov. 27:24. RICHES may leave us while we live, we must leave them when we die. —THOMAS FULLER. Riches, as glass, are bright but brittle. —JOHN TRAPP. That which was forty years in gathering, comes […]

13 August Exceeding great and precious promises.—2 Pet. 1:4. IT is better to be low as hell with a promise than in paradise without one. —JOHN FLAVEL. Christ’s performances outstrip his promises. —NEHEMIAH ROGERS. A great part of a Christian’s estate lies in bonds and bills of God’s hand. —JOHN TRAPP. The very possession of […]