Category: Daily Devotion

“For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.” Romans 6:14. Sin will reign if it can: it cannot be satisfied with any place below the throne of the heart. We sometimes fear that it will conquer us, and then we cry unto the Lord, “Let…

“He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber;” Psalm 121:3. If the Lord will not suffer it, neither men nor devils can do it. How greatly would they rejoice if they could give us a disgraceful fall, drive us from our position, and bury us out of memory! They…

“Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.” Ezekiel 34:30. To be the Lord’s own people is a choice blessing, but to know that we are such is a comfortable blessing. It is one thing to hope that…

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9. Our weakness should be prized as making room for divine strength. We might never have known the power of grace if we had not felt the weakness of nature. Blessed be the Lord for the thorn in the…

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:14. It ought not to be difficult for us to humble ourselves, for what have we to be proud of? We ought…

“Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm37:4. Delight in God has a transforming power and lifts a man above the gross desire of our fallen nature. Delight in Jehovah is not only sweet in itself, but it sweetens the whole soul, till the longings of…