Love

Eyes Opened

2 Kings 6:17

… ever-blessed Spirit! This is the reason why men do not admire and love our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ They cannot see His beauties, or they …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… Perhaps some of you have been long professors, and yet come to little growth in love to God, humility, heavenly mindedness, mortification; and it is worth the digging …

Winnowing Time

Jeremiah 23:28

… Oh, how will you like to be separated from her whom you love? Ah, you have babes in Heaven, taken away from some of you before you ever …

Infant Salvation

2 Kings 4:26

… In Calvin’s advice to Omit, he interprets the second commandment “shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,” as referring to generations, and hence he seems …

The Blood of Christ's Covenant

Zechariah 9:11

… You know I love You, dearest Lord, But oh, I love to soar Far from the sphere of mortal joys, And learn to love You more." I trust …

Morning, August 12

Ps 97:1

… On earth the Lord’s power as readily controls the rage of the wicked as the rage of the sea; his love as easily refreshes the poor with …

The Saint's Heritage and Watchword

Isaiah 54:17

… I hope you love to "contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints." I know what is the case with many of you—when you come …

Divine Teaching

… I know not whether all soldiers love the thought of war–some do; there are many who pant for a campaign. How often an officer of low rank …

A New Year's Retrospect And Prospect

Psalm 10:17

… This shall be the first note—"We love Him because He first loved us." We have not to go abroad for materials for praise, they lie at home …

The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Acts 10:44

… A man hates God; the Holy Spirit makes him love God. A man is opposed to Christ, he hates his gospel, does not understand it and will not …

The Minister’s Ordinary Conversation

… I love a minister whose face invites me to make him my friend—a man upon whose doorstep you read, “Salve,” “Welcome”; and feel that there is no …

Evening, July 23

1Jn 1:7

… Sins against a holy God; Sins against his righteous laws; Sins against his love, his blood; Sins against his name and cause; Sins immense as is the sea …

Words To Rest On

2 Chronicles 32:8

… If you want to lead others aright, lead them by showing that you, yourself, love the way. Be intense! Be emphatic! Throw your whole being into it! Be …

First Forgiveness, Then Healing

Luke 5:20

… Well now, there never was a soul, yet, that had faith in Christ but what Christ revealed Himself more fully in the way of love to that soul …

The Old Way of the Wicked

Job 22:15-17

… God help you, dear Brothers and Sisters, to prove by your life to others that you love God because you love your brother also. As for you who …

Christ Made a Curse for Us

Galatians 3:13

… And if there is any method by which holiness and purity can be maintained without a curse, rest assured the God of Love will not imprecate sorrow upon …

Morning, January 29

2Co 4:18

… Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring of our love, the future must, after all, be the grand object of the eye …

How to Read the Bible

1 Timothy 4:13

… They say that all things are fair in love and war—but the holy man thought not so—while he carried his life in his hand, he also …

Evening, April 9

Ps 18:35

… Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened ere thou fallest asleep tonight.

Morning, November 5

Is 54:17

… Our Protestant feeling, and our love of liberty, should make us regard its anniversary with holy gratitude. Let our hearts and lips exclaim, “We have heard with our …

Covenant Blessings

Psalm 111:5

… for Your love is better than wine," he sweetly paraphrased it thus, "Let the lips of my petitioning meet the lips of Your benediction. Let the lips of …

Evening, August 11

2Th 2:16

… often heard the songs of saints as they have rejoiced because the living love of God was shed abroad in their hearts in dying moments? Yes, a sense …

The World On Fire

2 Peter 3:10

… But, alas, men take advantage of His love to grow grossly sinful and to blaspheme His name! Against this spirit the Apostle is arguing in this chapter. The …

Morning, May 29

Ps 45:7

… As warm as is his love to sinners, so hot is his hatred of sin; as perfect as is his righteousness, so complete shall be the destruction of …

The Iniquity of Our Holy Things

Exodus 28:36-38

… They were meant to be tokens of our gratitude, love, dedication, homage—therefore they are holy. The great Father teaches us much precious Truth by every institution of …

Morning, June 2

Ga 5:17

… Grace within us will employ prayer, and faith, and hope, and love, to cast out the evil; it takes unto it the “whole armour of God,” and wrestles …

Morning, October 29

Mt 6:9

… worship to the glowing missionary spirit , which is a sure outgrowth of filial love and reverent adoration—“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it …

Morning, January 25

Is 63:7

… I came to break thy bonds and set thee free”? Or if the love of thine espousals be forgotten, there must surely be some precious milestone along the …

Morning, August 6

Is 21:11

… and fair overhead? We must care for the Church of God with anxious love; and now that Popery and infidelity are both threatening, let us observe the signs …

Morning, November 19

Tit 3:9

… After everything has been said that can be said, neither party is any the wiser, and therefore the discussion no more promotes knowledge than love, and it is …

Evening, December 12

Ho 5:7

… Do you remember the love of your espousals, that happy time—the springtime of your spiritual life? Oh, how closely did you cling to your Master then! saying …

Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1

… That is His voice, the voice of the Lord which is full of majesty." I love to hear my Father's voice. I am never as happy as …

Evening, February 12

Jn 14:16

… Sin has been hammering my heart Unto a hardness, void of love, Let supplying grace to cross his art Drop from above.

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… Set not, then, your love on the fleeting bounties of kindly Providence as though you could embalm them and make them last for years! "For all flesh is …

Morning, April 30

Nu 14:2

… But know one thing—“He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.” All his corrections are sent in love, to purify thee, and to draw …

Evening, November 23

Is 40:9

… Rouse thee, O believer, from thy low condition! Cast away thy sloth, thy lethargy, thy coldness, or whatever interferes with thy chaste and pure love to Christ, thy …

Psalm 68

Psalm 68

… these gifts the rebels are permitted to share in; subdued by love, they are indulged with the benefits peculiar to the chosen. The original runs, "even the rebellious …

Morning, January 12

1Co 3:23

… know that you are the Saviour's, recognizing in you his features of love and his countenance of holiness. “I am a Roman!” was of old a reason …

Early Criticisms and Slanders (Continued)

… I am neither eloquent nor learned, but the Head of the Church has given me sympathy with the masses, love to the poor, and the means of winning …

Evening, June 19

Song 2:16-17

… about the “mountains of Bether,” or, “the mountains of division,” and to our love, anything like division is bitterness. Beloved, this may be your present state of mind …