Heaven

Morning, March 14

1Co 10:12

… Let your conversation be redolent of heaven. Let your hearts be perfumed with affection for men’s souls. So live that men may take knowledge of you that …

Morning, March 20

Song 2:8

… ever precious one! “My sole possession is thy love; In earth beneath, or heaven above, I have no other store; And though with fervent suit I pray, And …

Evening, April 8

Ps 23:4

… the earthly strain melt into the heavenly chorus, the temporal joy into the eternal bliss! Let us have confidence, then, in the blessed Spirit’s power to comfort …

Evening, May 1

Song 2:1

… content with Christ, nay, she shall be the better able to appreciate him. Heaven itself possesses nothing which excels the rose of Sharon. What emblem can fully set …

Morning, May 10

1Co 15:20

… Thus, the silver thread of resurrection runs through all the believer’s blessings, from his regeneration onwards to his eternal glory, and binds them together. How important then …

Evening, July 30

Jn 6:37

… Nothing from his love can sever.” “I give unto my sheep,” saith he, “eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of …

Evening, October 24

Jn 13:5

… It is a great act of eternal love when Christ once for all absolves the sinner, and puts him into the family of God; but what condescending patience …

Morning, November 7

Is 49:16

… word intended to excite admiration . Here, indeed, we have a theme for marvelling. Heaven and earth may well be astonished that rebels should obtain so great a nearness …

Evening, January 13

2Ki 6:6

… Then came an agony of prayer, and before long a blessed answer was sent from heaven. The hard heart was broken, the iron did swim. Beloved reader, what …

Morning, May 17

1Jn 2:6

… There is nothing which can so assist you to walk towards heaven with good speed, as wearing the image of Jesus on your heart to rule all its …

Evening, October 1

Ps 84:11

… Glory, the glory of heaven, the glory of eternity, the glory of Jesus, the glory of the Father, the Lord will surely give to his chosen. Oh, rare …

Morning, January 2

Col 4:2

… So deep are our necessities, that until we are in heaven we must not cease to pray. Dost thou want nothing? Then, I fear thou dost not know …

Evening, January 15

Ps 109:4

… prayer,” says an old divine, “like a cannon planted at the gates of heaven, makes them fly open.” The common fault with the most of us is our …

Morning, February 22

Ge 49:24

… Marvellous condescension! God Almighty, Eternal, Omnipotent, stoops from his throne and lays his hand upon the child’s hand, stretching his arm upon the arm of Joseph, that …

Evening, April 30

Ps 139:17

… In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us—we never roam beyond the Shepherd’s eye. In our sorrows he …

Morning, September 27

De 33:29

… There are streaks of the light of joy to herald our eternal sunrising. Our riches are beyond the sea; our city with firm foundations lies on the other …

Evening, January 19

Lu 24:45

… Happy are we if we have had our understandings cleared and strengthened by the Master! How many men of profound learning are ignorant of eternal things! They know …

Evening, January 20

Ps 119:37

… What! will not hell quicken me? Shall I think of sinners perishing, and yet not be awakened? Will not heaven quicken me? Can I think of the reward …

Morning, February 17

Ge 25:11

… Jehovah be as a well to us, delightful, comforting, unfailing, springing up unto eternal life. The bottle of the creature cracks and dries up, but the well of …

Morning, March 29

Heb 5:8

… his own blood to win the crown, and are we to walk to heaven dryshod in silver slippers? No, our Master’s experience teaches us that suffering is …

Evening, March 31

2Sa 21:10

… rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day …

Morning, April 11

Ps 22:14

Morning, April 11 Go To Evening Reading “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.” Psalm 22:14 Did earth or heaven …

Morning, May 15

Ac 13:39

… Oh! soul-transporting thought! There are some clusters of Eshcol’s vine which we shall not be able to gather till we enter heaven; but this is a …

Morning, June 26

Is 14:10

… Seven devils bound the wretch with nine cords, and dragged him from the road to heaven, in which he had professed to walk, and thrust him through the …

Morning, June 27

Ex 8:28

… does it?” Multitudes of professors yield to this cunning advice, to their own eternal ruin. If we would follow the Lord wholly, we must go right away into …

Evening, August 9

Mk 16:9

… What a blessed deliverance! What a happy change! From delirium to delight, from despair to peace, from hell to heaven! Straightway she became a constant follower of Jesus …

Morning, November 15

De 32:9

… He had mercy on whom he would have mercy, and ordained a chosen company unto eternal life; thus, therefore, are they his by his unconstrained election. They are …

Morning, November 20

La 3:58

… with shouts of victory, we hear the voice of Jeremy going up to heaven—“Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.” O …

Evening, December 18

Pr 27:23

… Every man who is wise in the kingdom of heaven, will cry, “Search me, O God, and try me”; and he will frequently set apart special seasons for …

Morning, December 26

1Co 15:45

… the law of grace, every redeemed soul is one with the Lord from heaven, since he is the Second Adam, the Sponsor and Substitute of the elect in …

Evening, March 4

Ps 36:8

… Though the host that feed at Jehovah’s table is countless as the stars of heaven, yet each one has his portion of meat. Think how much grace …

Evening, March 24

Lu 10:21

… There were a few remarkable seasons when this joy manifested itself. “At that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven …

Morning, April 16

1Pe 1:19

… blood of Jesus! sin dies at its presence, death ceases to be death: heaven’s gates are opened. The blood of Jesus! we shall march on, conquering and …

Morning, June 15

Ge 21:6

… excess of rapture, and all her friends laughed with her; and thou, my soul, look on thy Jesus, and bid heaven and earth unite in thy joy unspeakable.

Evening, August 4

Hag 2:17

… When blight and mildew come they are chastisements from heaven, and men must learn to bear the rod, and him that hath appointed it. Spiritually, mildew is no …

Evening, August 19

Ps 31:4

… from between the jaws of the lion, and out of the belly of hell, can eternal love rescue the saint. It may need a sharp pull to save …

Morning, September 8

Ho 14:8

… When the dew-drops fall from heaven, when the cloud looks down from on high, and is about to distil its liquid treasure, when the bright sun swells …

The Christian Warfare

… The sword of the Lord must be used; the blades of heaven must be smitten against the armor of the evil one, and yet they shall not break …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… They begin, we may say, as pensioners when they are converted, to draw out of Heaven's bank but a small pension. They are poor in Grace, poor …

Evening, March 9

Jn 15:4

… see, O traveller to heaven, that thou go not without thy guide. Thou hast to pass through the fiery furnace; enter it not unless, like Shadrach, Meshach, and …