Death & Dying

Jan. 19 — MOUTH CONFESSION; HEART BELIEF

Rom. 10:9

… Lord God at this moment, and throughout life, and in the hour of death, and at the day of judgment. I must be saved from the guilt of …

Over the Mountains

Song 2:16

… How sweet is that song, "Yes, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for You are with me; Your …

Jan. 20 — THE OVERCOMER

Rev. 2:7

… We shall thus escape that endless death which is the doom of sin, and gain that everlasting life which is the seal of innocence, the outgrowth of immortal …

Aug. 30 — SOLACE, SECURITY, SATISFACTION

II Sam. 23:5

… The covenant is a rocky foundation to build on for life or for death. David feels satisfaction: he wants no more for salvation or delectation. He is delivered …

Nov. 21 — THE OUTWARD, UPWARD LOOK

Isa. 45:22

… may see the sun and enjoy his light, so you who lie in death's borders at the very gates of hell may by a look receive the …

Aug. 28 — OUT OF ANY CIRCUMSTANCE

Ps. 55:16

… Out of this trouble and all future troubles the great I AM will bring me as surely as He lives; and when death comes, and all the mysteries …

Oct. 15 — SUSTAINED BY FEEDING

John 6:57

… Not His life, or death, or offices, or work, or word alone, but Himself, as including all these. On Jesus, Himself, we feed. This is set forth to …

April 17 — ENEMIES AT PEACE

Prov. 16:7

… lions were to Daniel in the den, quiet and companionable! When I meet death, who is called the last enemy, I pray that I may be at peace …

The Joy of Victory

… O, what a thrill of joy shall be felt by all the blessed, when their conquests shall be complete in heaven; when death itself, the last of foes …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… If this happens not in this life, the hand of death will let light in upon the coveted character, and expose the sinner to shame and contempt. The …

Wanted!—Volunteers

2 Chronicles 17:16

… He does not talk much about bleeding to death on the battlefield, nor about being discharged, at last, with nothing a week to live upon after your best …

The Happiness of Religion

… and all her paths are peace.” And if this life were all, if death were the burial of all our life, and if the shroud were the winding …

The Upper Hand

Romans 6:14

… When Draco wrote his laws in blood and every sin was punished with death, crime was far more rife than it is even now. Law has proved its …

With Golden Band Girded

Revelation 1:13

… sense of their own personal danger and rushed into the very mouth of death to gain the victory! In those old days of the Huguenots when they were …

COME AND WELCOME

John 6:37

… Imagine that you see Him standing here just now—that same Jesus who fed the multitude and loved the souls of men even unto death. And then imagine …

The Captive Savior Freeing His People

John 18:8

… The proofs that the Master went voluntarily to His death are very abundant. He rose from supper when He knew that Judas had gone out to betray Him …

A Song and a Solace

Job 10:12

… I cannot tell what the Divine will may be concerning me, or however dark and dreary may be the Valley of the Shadow of Death through which I …

Morning, December 29

1Sa 7:12

… More trials, more joys; more temptations, more triumphs; more prayers, more answers; more toils, more strength; more fights, more victories; and then come sickness, old age, disease, death …

Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints

Matthew 12:20

… The death of Sir John Moore, in the Peninsular war, was very touching; he fell in the arms of triumph; and sad as was his fate, I doubt …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… Through the death of His dear Son, He is able, without the violation of His justice, to forgive at once, freely, readily. There are no compulsions with Him …

The Church and the World

… Wide as the poles asunder, are life and death, light and darkness, purity and sin. There should be as much difference between the worldling and the Christian, as …

Morning, May 28

Ro 8:30

… Thou art secure; that voice which called thee at first, shall call thee yet again from earth to heaven, from death’s dark gloom to immortality’s unuttered …

Morning, July 29

Ps 73:23

… Thou hast set me as a signet upon thine arm; thy love is strong as death, many waters cannot quench it; neither can the floods drown it. Surprising …

Evening, April 21

Ro 8:34

… If Jesus is thine all-prevailing King, and hath trodden thine enemies beneath his feet; if sin, death, and hell are all vanquished by him, and thou art …

Abraham's Trial—a Lesson for Believers

Genesis 22:1

… We will not say, with wretched Balaam, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!" We would have a far …

Help for Your Sickness

Matthew 8:16

… It may be thought to be little, but as a little prick with a poisoned arrow will heat all the blood and bring on death, so is sin …

God in Heaven, and Men on the Sea

Psalm 65:5

… It is carried out by the life and death of our Savior. It is worked in us by the Holy Spirit, by whom we are quickened, illuminated, converted …

Morning, January 23

Ps 89:19

… However difficult and painful thy road, it is marked by the footsteps of thy Saviour; and even when thou reachest the dark valley of the shadow of death …

The Hunger and Thirst Which Are Blessed

Matthew 5:6

… O wretched man that I am, to have sinful tendencies! Oh, that I could be perfect and altogether delivered from this embodied death which surrounds me in the …

God's Glory and His Goodness

Exodus 33:18-23

… Because He poured out His soul unto death, therefore your soul is raised up to everlasting life! Your relying upon Christ is my warranty for accrediting you with …

The Matchless Mystery

Ephesians 5:30

… Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height. Your saints and You can part. Oh, teach us, Lord, to know and own This wondrous mystery, That You with …

Morning, January 18

Heb 4:9

… fade; my dainty cups are drained to dregs; my sweetest birds fall before Death’s arrows; my most pleasant days are shadowed into nights; and the flood-tides …

Morning, June 22

Zec 6:13

… it, we shall be ferried by a loving hand across the stream of death, and brought to the heavenly Jerusalem, to abide as eternal pillars in the temple …

Morning, March 21

Jn 16:32

… have fellowship with him in his sufferings, and are made conformable unto his death. Yet even these cannot penetrate the secret places of the Saviour’s woe. “Thine …

Morning, March 28

Eph 3:19

… the Son of God; but to suffer such unparalleled agony—to endure a death of shame and desertion by his Father, this is a depth of condescending love …

Evening, February 16

Ne 9:20

… He is good benevolently , tenderly bearing with our waywardness, striving with our rebellious wills; quickening us from our death in sin, and then training us for the skies …

Changefulness

… God to-day, and falling into the mire to-morrow, triumphing over sin, death, and hell yesterday, and to-day led captive by the lusts of the flesh …

Morning, November 17

Ro 11:36

… and only object, “To me 'tis equal whether love ordain My life or death—appoint me ease or pain.” Let your desire for God’s glory be a …

The Singing Pilgrim

Psalm 119:54

… He is hurried to the land of confusion and dismay where the shadow of death forever rests on hopeless spirits. You do not wonder, therefore, that he tries …

Evening, February 10

Is 44:22

… of Jehovah’s face, and cause us to sit in the shadow of death. They are earth-born things, and rise from the miry places of our nature …