Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me?”
John 14:9
There seems to be pain in the Master’s question. This disciple had been with Him for three years. He had seen His beautiful and gentle life. He had witnessed His works of power. Surely by this time, after such long [...]
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Knowledge of Christ {Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 28/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Comforting Chastisement {C.H. Spurgeon}
Posted in C.H. Spurgeon, Devotions on 14/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy upon Jerusalem? . . . And the Lord answered the angel . . . with good words and comfortable words.”
–Zechariah 1:12,13
What a sweet answer to an anxious enquiry! This night let us rejoice in it. O Zion, there are good things in store for [...]
Our Every-Day Life {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 10/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“He answereth and saith unto them.”
Luke. 3:11
In John’s several answers to the different inquiries made of him we see that religion is not something entirely apart from our every-day life. He did not tell these men to fast for a week, or to leave their business and retire to a monastery, or to enter upon [...]
The Wrath to Come {C.H. Spurgeon}
Posted in C.H. Spurgeon, Devotions on 02/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The wrath to come.” Matthew 3:7
It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the position of a Christian. He is [...]
The Spirit Like a Dove {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 28/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“He saw & the Spirit like a dove desending upon him.”
Mark 1:10
Even Christ with all His divine power needed the anointing of the Holy Spirit to set Him apart for His life-work, and to make Him ready for it. How much more do we, His disciples, need the same anointing before we are truly set [...]
He Will Fulfill Their Desire {C.H. Spurgeon}
Posted in C.H. Spurgeon, Devotions on 18/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. (Psalm 145:19)
His own Spirit has wrought this desire in us, and therefore He will answer it. It is His own life within which prompts the cry, and therefore He will hear it. Those who fear [...]
Taking the Initiative Against Depression {O. Chambers}
Posted in Devotions, My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers on 17/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Arise and eat —1 Kings 19:5
The angel in this passage did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable. He simply told Elijah to do a very ordinary thing, that is, to get up and eat. If we were never depressed, we would not be alive— only material [...]
