Grace

Morning, June 5

Ge 7:16

… Lord, shut me in by thy grace.

Morning, October 9

Jude 24

… One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go. What a slippery path is that which some of …

The Keynote of the Year

Psalm 103:1

… Do not cease to think of the Covenant of electing love, of everlasting faithfulness, of redeeming blood, of pardoning Grace and all the ways in which Eternal Love …

Morning, January 3

Is 49:8

… to it that all which is promised to you in the covenant of grace shall be most certainly secured to you. And all that he has as perfect …

Morning, February 13

1Jn 3:1-2

… How is it with your heart this morning? Are you in the lowest depths of sorrow? Does corruption rise within your spirit, and grace seem like a poor …

Evening, March 14

Ps 39:1

… and if you ever reach heaven, it will be a miracle of divine grace to be ascribed entirely to your Father’s power. Be on your guard. When …

Morning, May 23

Ps 138:8

… He did not say, “ I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me—my faith is so steady that it will not stagger—my love is so …

Evening, November 24

Pr 24:33-34

… Like sands from an hour-glass, time passes, life is wasted by driblets, and seasons of grace lost by little slumbers. Oh, to be wise, to catch the …

Psalm 83

Psalm 83

… They would be humbled by his mercy, and ashamed of themselves because of his grace; and then they would with sincerity return to the earnest worship of Jehovah …

Evening, February 3

Song 1:7

… My soul’s rest must be a grace-given rest, and can only be found in thee. Where is the shadow of that rock? Why should I not …

Morning, November 14

Zep 1:5

… Is my heart set upon so doing? If so, blessed be the mighty grace which has led me to salvation; and if not so, O Lord, pardon my …

Evening, December 30

2Sa 2:26

… you do now, professing religion by an outward attendance upon the means of grace, but having no heart in the matter. Tread softly, for I must show you …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… The grace of God at last enables us to bring them to the light, but not until we have seen our own inefficiency. In the strange perversities of …

Evening, January 31

2Sa 18:23

… have I been delivered from proud reason and been brought as a little child to rest in Jesus’ love and blood? If so, by God’s grace I …

Evening, April 6

Ps 118:12

… strong for strength, wait humbly upon God, and the mighty God of Jacob will surely come to the rescue, and you shall sing of victory through his grace.

Evening, April 28

Eze 3:7

… Once I had nothing but a heart of stone, and although through grace I now have a new and fleshy heart, much of my former obduracy remains. I …

Morning, July 6

Pr 1:33

… simply one “Elijah,” but he had a remnant according to the election of grace, who were hidden by fifties in a cave, and though the whole land was …

Evening, July 3

2Ti 2:12

… If we are rash and imprudent, and run into positions for which neither providence nor grace has fitted us, we ought to question whether we are not rather …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… David puts it amongst the peculiar gift’s of grace: “So he giveth his beloved sleep.” But alas! sin could not let even this alone. Sin did over …

Jesus, The King of Truth

John 18:37

… Some, taught by His Grace, shall in this life rejoice in Him as their altogether lovely King. Blessed be God, the Lord Jesus might look into the eyes …

Evening, December 26

Mt 28:20

… If we know that Jesus is with us, every power will be developed , and every grace will be strengthened, and we shall cast ourselves into the Lord’s …

Thorns and Thistles

Genesis 3:18

… To have to mix in it is rather a task for which we need much Grace, as we cry, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from …

Howling Changed To Singing

Psalm 13:1

… Until the Grace of God seeks us, we never seek God. Even God looked in vain. He was no stern critic—He was no hypercritic—"The Lord looked …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878

… Our circumstances are peculiarly helpful to growth in grace, and we are grateful to have our Institution so happily surrounded by them. The College is recognized by the …

Evening, January 25

Ro 3:31

… me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.” Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness, and not the apologist of sin.

Evening, February 14

Lu 8:47

… should retract the blessing, and put a negative upon the grant of his grace: little did she comprehend the fulness of his love! We have not so clear …

Evening, April 15

Ps 28:9

… They have no wings, or, if they have, they are like the dove of old which lay among the pots; and they need divine grace to make them …

Evening, June 13

Pr 30:8

… O for grace to walk humbly with our God!

The Portion Of The Ungodly

Isaiah 47:14

… It will make you grateful— "Oh, were it not for Grace Divine, This case so dreadful had been mine." Does not the thought of the misery from which …

Memory—The Handmaid Of Hope

Lamentations 3:21

… And if they would turn to the Book of Truth and the Throne of Grace, their candle would soon shine as before. I shall apply that general principle …

Morning, January 20

Ge 4:2

… the natural and carnal man hated the accepted man in whom the Spirit of grace was found, and rested not until his blood had been shed. Abel fell …

Morning, April 19

Mt 27:51

… We may come with boldness to the throne of the heavenly grace. Shall we err if we say that the opening of the Holy of Holies in this …

Evening, August 13

Ge 9:15

… We should remember the covenant, and we shall do it, through divine grace; but the hinge of our safety does not hang there—it is God’s remembering …

Morning, September 12

Na 1:2

… Oh that we may have grace this day to keep our hearts in sacred chastity for our Beloved alone, with sacred jealousy shutting our eyes to all the …

Morning, December 5

Mt 7:7

… Leave not the throne of grace till all thy wants have been spread before the Lord, and until by faith thou hast a comfortable prospect that they shall …

The Dual Nature and the Duel Within

Romans 7:23

… Oftentimes to himself the evil man within him appears to be uppermost and yet, by the Grace of God, he never can be, for the ultimate victory belongs …

'Never, No Never, No Never'

Hebrews 13:5

… We have cast away the sword of the warrior and we have done well, for we fight not with carnal weapons, but, by the Grace of God we …

Morning, October 20

Eph 4:15

… If we would ripen in grace, we must live near to Jesus—in his presence—ripened by the sunshine of his smiles. We must hold sweet communion with …

Evening, March 21

Job 38:31

… I need celestial influences, the clear shinings of thy love, the beams of thy grace, the light of thy countenance; these are the Pleiades to me. I suffer …

Morning, April 1

Song 1:2

… The kiss of acceptance is still warm on our brow, as we know that he hath accepted our persons and our works through rich grace. The kiss of …