“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
(J.R. Miller, “Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ” 1890) LISTEN to audio! Download audio “Our Father in Heaven!” Matthew 6:9 This is the ‘golden gate’ of the temple of prayer! When our Lord taught His disciples how to … Continued
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 minds through … Continued
(William Bridge, 1600-1670, “The Sweetness and Profitableness of Divine Meditation”) “My meditation of Him shall be sweet!” Psalm 104:34 By meditation . . . your knowledge is raised; therefore memory is strengthened; your hearts are warmed and also will be freed from sinful thoughts; … Continued
(J.R. Miller, “For a Busy Day” 1895) LISTEN to audio! Download audio “Show me the way I should walk, for I have come to you in prayer.” Psalm 143:8 We cannot know the way ourselves. The path across one little day seems … Continued
(J.R. Miller, “The Wider Life” 1908) LISTEN to audio! Download audio “Lord, teach us to pray!” Luke 11:1 A little child missed her mother at a certain time every day. The mother’s habit was to slip away upstairs alone, and to be … Continued
(J.R. Miller, 1905) LISTEN to audio! Download audio Where to go in sorrow is one of life’s great questions. For there are none to whom sorrow come at some time. The Master, whose footprints are on all life’s paths, shows us the … Continued
(from Winslow’s, “The Broken Heart Bound Up”) What is your sorrow?Take your bereaved, stricken and bleeding heart to Him, and rest it upon His, once bereaved, stricken and bleeding, too; for He knows how to bind up the broken heart, … Continued
(J.R. Miller, “The Shining Light” 1911) “Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to them: Sit here while I go over there and pray.” Matthew 26:36 We see the Master at prayer in Gethsemane. It was … Continued
Grace Gems Gems from Martin Luther Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God! ~ ~ ~ ~ God does not need your good works–but your neighbor does! ~ ~ ~ ~ I have held many things … Continued
