Category: Daily Devotion

Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.” Matthew 26:33. “Why,” cries one, “this is no promise of God.” Just so, but it was a promise of man, and therefore it came to nothing. Peter thought that he was saying what he should assuredly carry out; but a promise which…

“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11. Many are celebrating our Lord’s first coming this day; let us turn our thoughts to the promise…

Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights. Deuteronomy 33:29. That archenemy, the devil, is a liar from the beginning; but he is so very plausible that, like mother Eve, we are led to…

About Joseph he said: “May the Lord bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below;” Deuteronomy 33:13. We may be rich in such things as Joseph obtained, and we may have them in a higher sense. Oh, for “the precious things of heaven”! Power with God and the manifestation of power…

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1. A help that is not present when we need it is of small value. The anchor which is left at home is of no use to the seaman in the hour of storm; the money which he used to have is…

He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19. God never turns from His love, but He soon turns from His wrath. His love to His chosen is according to His nature; His anger is only according to His office. He loves because…