Grace

Evening, June 1

Is 51:3

… O prize exceedingly the matchless power and grace which changes deserts into gardens, and makes the barren heart to sing for joy.

Morning, August 8

Is 59:5

… They lay their own foundation, and hew out the pillars of their own house, disdaining to be debtors to the sovereign grace of God. But a spider’s …

Morning, September 18

Ga 5:25

… They are two streams from the fountain of grace; two lamps lit with holy fire; two olive trees watered by heavenly care. O Lord, give us this day …

Evening, September 27

Song 5:4

… ungrateful to arise and open the door, but the touch of his effectual grace has made my soul bestir itself. Oh, the longsuffering of my Beloved, to tarry …

Evening, October 5

Mk 16:16

… Believing and being baptized are no matters of merit to be gloried in—they are so simple that boasting is excluded, and free grace bears the palm. It …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… No rest is there, East, West, North, or South, for your soul’s foot, save in the ark of sovereign grace; but there is rest there. As the …

The Betrayal

Luke 22:47

… God give us grace to see the vision of his nailed hands and feet, and remembering that all this came from the treachery of a friend, let us …

The Mediator—Judge And Savior

Acts 10:42

… This shuts out no king and no beggar, no moralist and no whoremonger, no adulterer, no swearer, no thief, no murderer! Blessed be the God of all Grace …

A Fatal Deficiency

Romans 8:9

… Bow to the scepter of His Grace, And find salvation there." If you look to Jesus by faith, the Spirit is with you as you look. There is …

Evening, February 17

Eze 35:10

… A saint never yet had a virtue or a grace which was not the target for hellish bullets: whether it was hope bright and sparkling, or love warm …

Evening, March 2

Eph 3:8

Evening, March 2 Go To Morning Reading “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the …

Morning, July 3

Ge 41:4

… and make my soul to languish, all my former fruitfulness and growth in grace avails me nothing whatever. How anxious should I be to have no lean-fleshed …

Evening, August 5

Nu 32:6

… Wiser far is he who, being first resigned to the divine will, groweth by the energy of grace to be pleased with it, and so learns to gather …

Evening, August 26

Mk 9:15

… Though Jesus is holy and just, yet blended with his purity there is so much of truth and grace, that sinners run to him amazed at his goodness …

Christ the Destroyer of Death

1 Corinthians 15:26

… But, Brother, you do not need dying Grace till dying moments! What would be the good of dying Grace while you are yet alive? A boat will only …

Evening, April 4

Is 2:3

… May God now grant us grace, if we cannot escape from the chain as to our flesh, yet to do so as to our spirits; and leaving the …

Evening, June 7

Rev 3:19

… Every grace shall do exploits, but this shall be first; prudence, knowledge, patience, and courage will follow in their places, but zeal must lead the van. It is …

Evening, July 4

Ps 24:4

… deceitfully.” Psalm 24:4 Outward practical holiness is a very precious mark of grace. It is to be feared that many professors have perverted the doctrine of justification …

Morning, July 12

Jude 1

… In deeds of grace none of the Persons of the Trinity act apart from the rest. They are as united in their deeds as in their essence. In …

Evening, October 12

Jn 14:26

… He heals the wound, but it is by applying the holy ointment of Christ’s name and grace. He takes not of his own things, but of the …

The Love of God and the Patience of Christ

2 Thessalonians 3:5

… He urged them to abound in this grace and to avoid that folly. But he felt that his exhortation would be inefficient unless their hearts were touched. Here …

Evening, January 1

Song 1:4

… Need there be any limit to our rejoicing in the Lord even now? Do not men of grace find their Lord to be camphire and spikenard, calamus and …

Evening, January 30

Eph 1:11

… pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant of grace, he has no heritage apart from us. All the glorious consequences of his obedience …

Evening, May 15

Heb 12:23

… The work of grace must be abiding in us now or it cannot be perfected then . Let us pray to “be filled with the Spirit,” that we may …

Evening, June 20

Mk 1:18

… spot, or at the first fit occasion, our attendance at the means of grace, and our reading of good books, could not fail to enrich us spiritually. He …

Evening, November 8

Mk 14:14

… It is so even to this day—Jesus is not received among the sons of men save only where by his supernatural power and grace he makes the …

God'S First Words To The First Sinner

Genesis 3:9

… It is not, "My God, where are You?" But the first cry is the voice of Grace, "Sinner where are you?" God comes to man; man seeks not …

A Warrant for Your Apprehension

Zephaniah 2:5

… The Word of the Lord will not, cannot change—and there it stands, bearing testimony against many, who, in due time, unless they become partakers of the Grace …

Evening, February 28

1Ki 17:16

… be as many as the sands of the seashore, yet shall God’s grace and mercy last through all your necessities, and you shall never know a real …

Morning, June 12

Da 5:27

… Give me real faith; give me warmer zeal; inflame me with more fervent love; grant me the grace of meekness; make me more like Jesus. Let me no …

Evening, April 5

Pr 15:33

… Humility makes us ready to be blessed by the God of all grace, and fits us to deal efficiently with our fellow men. True humility is a flower …

Morning, April 20

Heb 2:14

… Ask grace from God the Holy Ghost, that by an intimate knowledge and a firm belief of thy Redeemer’s death, thou mayst be strengthened for that dread …

Evening, July 19

Mt 12:20

… Herein is grace and graciousness! Herein is love and lovingkindness! How it opens to us the compassion of Jesus—so gentle, tender, considerate! We need never shrink back …

Evening, August 3

Lu 8:42

… He is so prolific of grace, that like the sun which shines as it rolls onward in its orbit, his path is radiant with lovingkindness. He is a …

Evening, August 28

Is 54:1

… Prayer is lifeless, love is cold, faith is weak, each grace in the garden of our heart languishes and droops. We are like flowers in the hot sun …

Evening, September 6

Ga 5:18

… How blessed to know that we dwell in the domains of grace and not of law! When thinking of my state before God the question is not, “Am …

Morning, October 18

Ps 65:11

… The nearest place to the gate of heaven is the throne of the heavenly grace. Much alone, and you will have much assurance; little alone with Jesus, your …

Morning, October 24

Ps 104:16

… As the sap manifests itself in producing the foliage and fruit of the tree , so with a truly healthy Christian, his grace is externally manifested in his walk …

A Solemn Enquiry Concerning Our Families

Genesis 19:12

… May God grant that no doctrinal belief may ever dry up the milk of human kindness in our souls! Certainly the doctrines of Divine Grace, such as election …

Morning, January 7

Php 1:21

… He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a …