Grace

Morning, March 21

Jn 16:32

… The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to behold the mysteries of “the agony.” Occupied with the passover feast at their …

Evening, March 25

Jn 3:13

… and a near kinsman, it is to us a dear token of thy grace, thy humility, thy love. “Oh see how Jesus trusts himself Unto our childish love …

Evening, October 23

Lu 22:46

… it so? When you had daily troubles to take to the throne of grace, were you not more wakeful than you are now? Easy roads make sleepy travellers …

An Assuredly Good Thing

Psalm 73:28

… There is no blessing in the Covenant of Grace which prayer cannot obtain, which close approaches to God will not ensure. Let me gather them up under these …

Baptism Essential To Obedience

Mark 16:16

… We preach about no temporary salvation, no work of Grace that, by-and-by, will grow feeble and lose its power! We tell of a work of Grace …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… Of such I have to speak at this time—from such may God give you Divine Grace to turn away! May none of us ever be spots in …

Evening, February 16

Ne 9:20

… Unmixed purity and truth, and grace is he. He is good benevolently , tenderly bearing with our waywardness, striving with our rebellious wills; quickening us from our death in …

'The Lamb of God'

John 1:29

… And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-Begotten of the Father), full of Grace …

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… This is the flower of our being! We are never happier, surely, never more developing what God has put into us by His Grace, than when we are …

Morning, March 8

Ac 14:22

… it before them; they have his presence and sympathy to cheer them, his grace to support them, and his example to teach them how to endure; and when …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… A man is very far gone in guilt when he reads Divine Grace the wrong way upwards and infers, from the long-suffering of the Lord, that he …

'David's Spoil'

1 Samuel 30:20

… You sang just now that verse— "Never did angels taste above Redeeming grace and dying love." It is clear that you could never have known free grace and …

Morning, March 18

Ga 3:26

… One may have more grace than another, but God our heavenly Father has the same tender heart towards all. One may do more mighty works, and may bring …

Evening, May 4

1Pe 1:23

… Surely he ought to carry himself, in all his dealings, as one who is not of the multitude, but chosen out of the world, distinguished by sovereign grace …

Morning, August 21

Pr 11:25

… We discover how much grace there is where we had not looked for it; and how much the poor saint may outstrip us in knowledge. Our own comfort …

Manasseh

… There have been men who hated God, who have leaped for joy, and said— “I’m forgiven, I’m forgiven, I’m a miracle of grace,” and have …

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… It is thus that a rebellious subject should meet his King—confessing guilt, praying for mercy, pleading for forgiveness, asking for Grace. Thus David met his God. Read …

Evening, February 10

Is 44:22

… the scene, and in divine benignity, instead of manifesting his anger, reveals his grace: he at once and forever effectually removes the mischief, not by blowing away the …

Evening, September 17

De 1:38

… When you find a spark of grace in the heart, kneel down and blow it into a flame. Leave the young believer to discover the roughness of the …

Evening, March 17

Mt 5:9

… Lord, give us grace to climb to this seventh beatitude! Purify our minds that we may be “first pure, then peaceable,” and fortify our souls, that our peaceableness …

Two Visions

Zechariah 1:8-21

… And the Church, in her worst time, still has a blessed verdure of Grace about her! No, she has sometimes exhibited most verdure when her winter has been …

Morning, June 10

Ro 14:8

… Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to “the praise of the glory of his grace.” Meanwhile we long to be with him, and daily sing— “My heart …

Morning, August 15

Ge 24:63

… We should all know more, live nearer to God, and grow in grace, if we were more alone. Meditation chews the cud and extracts the real nutriment from …

Morning, December 22

Is 41:10

… O thou who art my God and my strength, I can believe that this promise shall be fulfilled, for the boundless reservoir of thy grace can never be …

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… Be well acquainted with His relationships and His offices—know what He is in the Covenant of Grace, what He is to the Father, what He is to …

Evening, March 3

Mt 3:16

… Quietness seems essential to many spiritual operations; the Lord is in the still small voice, and like the dew, his grace is distilled in silence. The dove has …

Evening, September 21

Ps 26:9

… of the catalogue of the saved?” He recollects his present unfruitfulness—so little grace, so little love, so little holiness, and looking forward to the future, he considers …

Evening, December 3

Ps 24:8

… What victories has grace won in our evil hearts! How glorious is Jesus when the will is subdued, and sin dethroned! As for our remaining corruptions, they shall …

Grand Glorying

Galatians 6:14

… Set your account, you Christians, upon rough weather and get seaworthy vessels that will stand a gale or two! Ask the Lord to give you Grace enough to …

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… When Sovereign Grace has renewed and changed them, you may easily distinguish the Lord's sheep from the world's goats. Naturally, these sheep of the Lord have …

Evening, August 15

Eze 36:26

… the renewed will, like molten metal, is soon moulded by the hand of grace. In the fleshy heart there is a tenderness of the affections . The hard heart …

Evening, December 8

Ps 68:10

… It is goodness which he has prepared for the poor in heart, goodness and goodness only. “My grace is sufficient for thee.” “As thy days, so shall thy …

Morning, December 27

Job 8:11

… But can I honestly assert that when bodily comforts have been few, and my surroundings have been rather adverse to grace than at all helpful to it, I …

God's Innumerable Mercies

Psalm 71:15

… Think of the bounties of God's Grace. Your sins, though many, are all forgiven and every forgiveness a mercy—do any of you know the numbers thereof …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… And where and how could the means of Grace be maintained? Would not almost the very preaching of the Gospel become extinct? For the Church of God "is …

Marvellous Increase of the Church

Isaiah 60:8

… hands in astonishment, and having been so used to see the Lord’s grace confined to a small nation, she exclaims in amazement, “Who are these that fly …

Morning, February 5

1Jn 4:14

… What if Jesus came? Did not his Father send him? If he spake wondrously, did not his Father pour grace into his lips, that he might be an …

Evening, September 24

Song 5:2

… When our renewed heart struggles against our natural heaviness, we should be grateful to sovereign grace for keeping a little vitality within the body of this death. Jesus …

Evening, October 31

Ho 13:5

… Since then, my inward experience has often been a wilderness; but thou hast owned me still as thy beloved, and poured streams of love and grace into me …

Morning, November 3

Acts 9:11

… therefrom. “Faith asks no signal from the skies, To show that prayers accepted rise, Our Priest is in His holy place, And answers from the throne of grace.”