Love

Nov. 2 — HEAVENLY WEALTH

Ps. 84:11

… A calm, a heavenly frame, great patience, and fervent love -- all these will He give to holy diligence. But note well that we must "walk uprightly." There must …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… Mercy is Yours—Your crown, Your joy! Their hatred quell, their pride remove, But melt with Grace, subdue with love." Some think the text teaches that when God …

Feb. 29 — WHAT FOLLOWS US

Ps. 23:6

… Could we not today make an unusual offering to the cause of God, or to the poor? By inventiveness of love let us make this twenty-ninth of …

The Pleiades and Orion

Job 38:31

… The Lord has a way of taking up His people when they are despised and rejected of men, and manifesting His love to them after an unusual sort …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… I would exhort all here who love the Lord Jesus Christ to try to do what the Apostle did—try to break up fresh ground and get fresh …

Heavenly Rest

Hebrews 4:9

… And oh! if God should help me to raise but one of his feeble saints on the wings of love to look within the veil, and see the …

July 7 — A MOUNTAIN CHOIR

Isa. 49:13

… Hear their music -- "Sing!" "Be joyful!" "Break forth into singing." The Lord would have His people happy because of His unfailing love. He would not have us sad …

Jan. 4 — IN CALM REPOSE

Hos. 2:18

… to the land of promise, the house of the Father, the chamber of love, and the bosom of Christ: surely we may now "lie down safely." It is …

March 31 — PRESENCE OF MIND

Prov. 3

… Serenity under the rush and roar of unexpected evils is a precious gift of divine love. The Lord would have His chosen display discrimination, so that they may …

Faith Hand in Hand With Fear

Psalm 56:3

… a while, till at last perfect love shall come in and take the place of fear—and then faith and love shall go hand in hand to Heaven …

May 30 — HOLY FORESIGHT

Matt. 26:64

… Help thou me by directing me into thy Father's love and into thine own patience, so that when I am derided for thy name I may not …

July 8 — AN ANGEL ENCAMPMENT

Ps. 34:7

… There is one great Angel of the Covenant, whom not having seen we love, and His eye is always upon us both day and night. He has a …

Nov. 12 — SANCTIFIED SOULS ARE SATISFIED

Jer. 31:14

… Here is goodness without mixture, bounty without stint, mercy without chiding, love without change, favor without reserve. If God's goodness does not satisfy us, what will? What …

Feb. 2 — GROW UP

Mal. 4:2

… Jesus saith that His sheep shall go in and out and find pasture; go forth, then, and feed in the rich meadows of boundless love. Why remain a …

March 5 — HOME BLESSINGS

Prov. 3:33

… His home is an abode of love, a school of holy training, and a place of heavenly light. In it there is a family altar where the name …

Jan. 28 — TEARS SHALL CEASE

Rev. 21:4

… know no more tears! None can wipe tears away like the God of love, but He is coming to do it. "Weeping may endure for a night, but …

Aug. 29 — PLENTIFUL REFRESHMENT

Jer. 31:12

… Enclosed from the waste, walled around by grace, planted by instruction, visited by love, weeded by heavenly discipline, and guarded by divine power, one's favored soul is …

Oct. 5 — AT GOD'S BIDDING

Micah 5:7

… Little as individuals, they are, when united, all-sufficient for the purposes of love which the Lord fulfills through them. Dewdrops accomplish the refreshing of broad acres. Lord …

Dec. 5 — HIGH PLACES OF DEFENSE

Isa. 33:16

… He rejoices in the mountains of eternal love, wherein he has his abode. He is defended by munitions of stupendous rock. The firmest things in the universe are …

Dec. 23 — PRECIOUS THINGS

Deut. 33:13

… The benediction of the three divine Persons in love, and grace, and fellowship we prize beyond the most fine gold. The things of earth are as nothing in …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… to meditate upon God the Father, and muse upon His Sovereign, Immutable, unchangeable love toward His elect people—if you think of God the Father as the great …

May 18 — LOSSES OVERCOME

Joel 2:25

… The wasted years, by a miracle of love, can be restored. Does it seem too great a boon? Let us believe for it, and live for it, and …

Dec. 18 — DEFENDED AND COVERED

Isa. 31:5

… Let this be our comfort, that almighty love will be swift to succor, and sure to cover. The wing of God is more quick and more tender than …

Jan. 7 — ALWAYS GROWING

John 1:50

… greater heights of fellowship, greater works of usefulness, greater discoveries of power, and love, and wisdom. These we are yet to see if we are willing to believe …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… We will love you to Christ. We will incessantly worry you till, at last, you yield yourself up to Jesus! Some of you are getting on in business …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… The man who is pardoned, and who knows it, then becomes violently in love with Christ. He does not love him just a little, but he loves him …

June 29 — INVITATION TO PRAY

Jer. 33:3

… He that made the ear, shall He not hear? He that gave parents a love to their children, will He not listen to the cries of His own …

July 2 — REFRESHING SLEEP

Ps. 127:2

… What more is there even in Heaven than the love of God? Rest, then, O soul, for thou hast all things. Yet we toss to and fro unless …

April 26 — GRACIOUS DEALING

Deut. 15:18

… He can make us feel that we are under His special care, and are surrounded by His peculiar love. This makes this earthly life a joyous prelude to …

May 25 — GOD'S TREASURY

Deut. 28:12

… Certainly thou hast not yet enjoyed the fullness of His covenant riches, but He will direct thine heart into His love, and reveal Jesus in thee. Only the …

June 13 — DIVINE CULTIVATION

Isa. 27:3

… in this verse the Lord says, "I will." What truth, what power, what love, what immutability we find in the great "I will" of Jehovah! Who can resist …

Aug. 27 — CHOICE MEN

Isa. 48:10

… In the furnace beauty is marred, fashion is destroyed, strength is melted, glory is consumed, and yet here eternal love reveals its secrets, and declares its choice. So …

Dec. 19 — AFFLICTIONS, BUT NO BROKEN BONES

Ps. 34:20

… I have neither lost faith, nor hope, nor love. Nay, so far from losing these bones of character, they have gained in strength and energy. I have more …

The Savior’s Legacy

… The legacy, then, of Christ is a twofold peace; a peace of friendship, of agreement, of love, of everlasting union between the elect and God; and a peace …

The Men that “Sell the Books”

… Brethren in Christ, by the love you bear to the gospel of Jesus, be up and doing for the Lord’s cause in the land. If not in …

Oct. 30 — THOROUGH CLEANSING

Ezek. 36:25

… our impure loves, and our excessive love of that which in itself is pure. That which we have idolized shall either be broken from us, or we shall …

Oct. 31 — IMMORTAL TILL WORK DONE

Ps. 118:17

… of the present trouble as another instance of the wonder-working faithfulness and love of the Lord my God. Those who would gladly measure me for my coffin …

The Blood

Exodus 12:13

… What is the basis of that great truth, that all things work together for good to them that love God? What is the cause that all things so …

God's Knowledge of Sin

Psalm 69:5

… We are bound to love our enemies, but we are not bound to love God's enemies. We are to wish them, as enemies, a complete overthrow, but …

Jan. 10 — DIVINE RECOMPENSE

Prov. 11:25

… It will be far more profitable for me to become unselfish, and out of love to my Lord Jesus begin to care for the souls of those around …