Heaven

Morning, April 19

Mt 27:51

… saints by virtue of the Passion? Our bleeding Lord hath the key of heaven; he openeth and no man shutteth; let us enter in with him into the …

Morning, September 12

Na 1:2

… He loved you with such a love that he would not stop in heaven without you; he would sooner die than you should perish, and he cannot endure …

Morning, October 4

Zec 14:7

… The pilgrims have reached the land Beulah, that happy country, whose days are as the days of heaven upon earth. Angels visit it, celestial gales blow over it …

Morning, December 5

Mt 7:7

… He shall have spending-money so long as he lives, and he shall have an eternal heritage of glorious treasure when he enters into the joy of his …

Morning, August 31

Is 51:5

… The grandeur of the arch of heaven would be spoiled if the sky were supported by a single visible column, and your faith would lose its glory if …

Evening, September 18

Jn 10:27

… The presence of Jesus is the assurance of eternal salvation, because he lives, we shall live also. We should follow Christ in simplicity and faith, because the paths …

Morning, April 1

Song 1:2

… earth, and the kiss of consummation which fills it with the joy of heaven. Faith is our walk, but fellowship sensibly felt is our rest. Faith is the …

Morning, February 24

Eze 34:26

… to preserve us through this life, and at last to land us in heaven. We cannot do without saturating showers of grace. Again, it is seasonable grace . “I …

Evening, July 8

Ps 25:5

… s atonement, and in the Spirit’s quickening, all the grounds of your eternal hopes? If so, you may use this as an argument for obtaining further blessings …

Providence—as Seen in the Book of Esther

Esther 9:1

… We believe that God has appointed for His people both holiness here and Heaven hereafter. Therefore we strive against sin and press forward to the rest which remains …

Evening, March 5

Ps 35:3

… Much in prayer, much in heaven; slow in prayer, slow in progress. I notice that David would not be satisfied unless his assurance had a divine source . “Say …

Evening, September 26

Zec 11:2

… It ill behoves us to sport while our eternal destiny hangs on a thread. The sword is out of its scabbard—let us not trifle; it is furbished …

Evening, October 27

Is 64:6

… The song which thrills to heaven, and seeks to emulate seraphic strains, hath human discords in it. The prayer which moves the arm of God is still a …

Morning, November 18

Song 4:12

… The chosen of God were separated in the eternal decree; they were separated by God in the day of redemption; and they are separated by the possession of …

Christian Sympathy

Job 30:25

… then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone." Thus vehemently making a tremendous appeal to heaven, he shakes off …

Psalm 70

Psalm 70

… Love, and of the rude aristocratic mob that held over the Apostle of Heaven the mockery of an ecclesiastical trial, and of the larger, more excited, and more …

Evening, February 4

Jos 20:3

… knows himself to be a sinner may by it find his way to heaven. No sooner did the man-slayer reach the outworks of the city than he …

Morning, October 15

Mal 3:2

… fully reveal himself as the “ I am ?” His death shook earth and darkened heaven, what shall be the dreadful splendour of that day in which as the living …

Evening, December 17

Jn 10:9

… Entrance through Jesus into peace is the guarantee of entrance by the same door into heaven. Jesus is the only door, an open door, a wide door, a …

A Place of Trust

… Feel that they are not thine own, but that they are God’s loans to thee–loans which may be recalled at any moment–precious denizens of heaven …

Jesus and the Children

Mark 10:13-16

… breathes out doubt as other men breathe air! Neither God, nor Christ, nor Heaven, nor Hell can escape the foul steam of his infidelity. See how he blasts …

Morning, October 19

1Co 3:1

… The smallest star that gleams is set in heaven; the faintest ray of light has affinity with the great orb of day. In the family register of glory …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… If you have ever eaten the white bread of Heaven, you will never rest content with the black ashes of earth. If the flavor of Christ's love …

Morning, December 15

Ru 1:14

… Orpah is heard of no more; in glorious ease and idolatrous pleasure her life melts into the gloom of death; but Ruth lives in history and in heaven …

Morning, November 10

De 33:27

Morning, November 10 Go To Evening Reading “The eternal God is thy refuge.” Deuteronomy 33:27 The word refuge may be translated “mansion,” or “abiding- place,” which gives …

Evening, September 20

Ec 11:6

… idle heart; stretch out thy hand to work, or uplift it to pray; heaven and hell are in earnest, let me be so, and this evening sow good …

Morning, May 2

Jn 17:15

… ask that they may be taken at once away from this world to heaven. He wishes them to stay here. Yet how frequently does the wearied pilgrim put …

The Sleep of Death

… Guarded by angel-watchers, curtained by eternal mysteries, resting on the lap of mother earth, ye shall sleep on, ye heritors of glory, till the fulness of time …

The Faculty of Impromptu Speech

… Shall the representatives of the nation attain an expertness of speech beyond the representatives of the court of heaven? Brethren, covet earnestly this good gift, and go about …

Evening, August 31

1 Jn 1:7

… Saviour himself said, “Be ye perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect;” and although we may feel that we can never rival the perfection …

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… we are heirs of the same promises; and we shall dwell for ever together in the same heaven. Wherefore, let brotherly love continue; let us love one another …

Increased Faith the Strength of Peace Principles

Luke 17:5

… that your Father also which is in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in Heaven forgive …

A Plain Man's Sermon

Leviticus 22:21

… I want to brick up the dangerous opening of self-confidence, for it leads to deception, dis- appointment and despair! The way to Heaven by works is only …

A Suitable Watchword

Psalm 12:1

… If You do not put Your hand out of Heaven to help me, You will assist me by some ordinary means which would not, however, have been available …

The Shank-bone Sermon—Or, True Believers and Their Helpers

Acts 18:27

… Our record is on high! If the chronicles of earth are faulty, the registers of Heaven are perfect. Many a man who has been forgotten here shall be …

Who Loves Christ More?

Luke 7:41-43

… I even ridiculed His name and yet, all the while, He had prepared a place in Heaven for me and He had made up His mind that He …

The Lord's Knowledge, Our Safeguard

2 Peter 2:9

… He "was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil," a very favorite of Heaven, yet his friends did not know him as one of …

Mongrel Religion

2 Kings 17:41

… What saith the Lord? ‘Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the …

New Uses for Old Trophies

2 Kings 11:10

… Every inch of the way between here and heaven we shall have to fight, for as hitherto every single step of our pilgrimage has been one prolonged conflict …

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… But was it not because, as we read a little before, “I saw another angel fly in the midst of Heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto …