Five things give contentment
(Don Fortner) “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. And I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any … Continued
Category: Devotionals
He can see a little grace
(Thomas Watson) “Our Father in Heaven.” Matthew 6:9 Since God is our Father–He will take notice of the least good He sees in His children. If there is but a sigh for sin–He hears it. “My groaning is not hidden from You.” Psalm … Continued
This is our happiness
(Letters of William Romaine, 1714-1795) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio When the Holy Spirit takes of the things of Christ and preaches them to the heart–oh, what a sweet peace follows! The believer then finds himself saved from all the … Continued
He is mighty to save
(Thomas Guthrie, 1803-1873) “Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.” Psalm 34:9 Myriads of leaves clothe the forest, flowers bespangle the meadow, insects dance in the sunbeams,birds sing in the woodlands, fish swim in stream and ocean, stars glitter in the nightly sky– and … Continued
Prepare to meet your God!
(Letters of John Berridge, 1792) PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD! Dear friend, I am growing, as I should, more base and loathsome in my own sight, and Christ is growing more precious and lovely! I am very feeble in body, … Continued
Do I so live in this world?
(Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her Beloved?” Song of Solomon 8:5 Ask yourselves, “Am I this blessed person?” Do I so live in this world, that others notice the holiness … Continued
He alone can enlighten us
(Charles Spurgeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “Do you understand what you read?” Acts 8:30 We would be better teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind of doctrine–if we sought to have a more … Continued
Earth’s weary sons
(Octavius Winslow, “A Word in Season from Christ to the Weary”) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “This Man receives sinners!” Luke 15:2 The beings whom Jesus sought out and drew around Him, were . . . the burdened, the … Continued
How little do we possess of that Love
(Letters of John Berridge, 1716-1793) Alas! How little do we possess of that Love which bears, believes, hopes, and endures all things. We grow more like Jesus, only as we grow up into Him in love. And this grace purifies, and … Continued
It is well
(Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “These words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, … Continued