Oh you of little faith!

(Octavius Winslow, “The God of Bethel”)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio  Look at that flower! It neither toils nor spins–and why? Because your Heavenly Father clothes it! Look at that bird! Leaping from bow to bow, springing from hill to valley, … 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

His prayer was not in vain

(Alexander Smellie, “The Secret Place” 1907)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up His clothes by casting lots.” Luke 23:34 “And when the centurion, … Continued

By faith I will let them go

(Charles Spurgeon)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “Father, I will that those also whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am.” John 17:24 O death! Why do you touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches, weariness has rest? … Continued

Prayer is the key

(Thomas Watson)   LISTEN to audio!   Download Audio Prayer keeps the heart open to God, but shut to sin. ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ Prayer is the key which unlocks God’s treasures of mercy! ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ Prayer is … Continued

When can I go?

(Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God! My soul thirsts for God, for the living God! When can I go and meet with God?” Psalm … Continued

Afflictions are allowed in mercy

(David Harsha) To the children of God, afflictions are allowed in mercy. They are allowed by love. They are designed . . . to draw us more closely to the Savior, mortify indwelling sin, purify our hearts, wean us from … Continued

Profound spiritual wisdom

“My voice shall You hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto You, and will look up.” Psalm 5:3 (from Octavius Winslow’s, “Morning Thoughts”) “The first thing I do when I awake in … Continued

No care but all prayer

C.H. Spurgeon Prayer, Thanksgiving, Praise “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and … Continued

This is the way

(J. R. Miller, “The Beauty of Self-control”) “Hold me up—and I shall be safe!” Psalm 119:117 Certain ancient mariners were accustomed to say, as they put out to sea, “Keep me, O God, for my boat is so small—and the … Continued