Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 16
Come behind in no gift. —1 Corinthians 1:7
The Scripture gives four names to Christians, taken from the four cardinal graces so essential to man's salvation: Saints for their holiness, believers for their faith, brethren for their love, disciples for their knowledge. —Thomas Fuller
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - Match 15
I sought him, but I found him not. —Song of Solomon 3:1
Tell me where you lost the company of Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find Him. Have you lost Christ in the closet by restraining prayer? Then it is there you must seek and find Him. Did you lose Christ by sin? You will find Him in no other way than by the giving up of the sin, and seeking by the Holy Spirit to mortify the member in which the lust doth dwell. Did …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 14
He that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. —John 6:57
To feed on Christ is to get His strength into us to be our strength. You feed on the corn field, and the strength of the corn field comes into you, and is your strength. You feed on Christ, and then go and live your life; and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth, that fights the battles, and that wins the crown. —Phillips Brooks
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 13
He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. —John 15:5
Too much taken up with our work, we may forget our Master; it is possible to have the hand full, and the heart empty. Taken up with our Master we cannot forget our work; if the heart is filled with His love, how can the hands not be active in His service? —Adolphe Monod
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 12
Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto Me. —Acts 1:8
Look at it! Think of it! A hundred and twenty men and women having no patronage, no promise of any earthly favor, no endowment, no wealth—a company of men and women having to get their living by common daily toil, and busied with all the household duties of daily life—and yet they are to begin the conquests of Christianity! To them is entrusted a work which is to turn the world …
Thoughts on the Quiet Hour - March 11
Keep yourselves in the love of God. —Jude 21
Fruit ripened in the sun is sweetest. —Selected
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 10
Full of years. —Genesis 25:8
Scaffoldings are for buildings, and the moments and days and years of our earthly lives are scaffolding. What are you building inside it? What kind of a structure will be disclosed when the scaffolding is knocked away? Days and years are ours, that they may give us what eternity cannot take away—a character built upon the love of God in Christ, and molded into His likeness.
Has your life helped you to do that? If so, you have got the best out of it, and your life …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 9
When He cometh into the world, He saith,…A body hast Thou prepared Me. —Hebrews 10:5
This word of Christ must be adopted by each of His followers. Nothing will help us to live in this world and keep ourselves unspotted but the Spirit that was in Christ, that looked upon His body as prepared by God for His service; that looks upon our body as prepared by Him too, that we might offer it to Him. Like Christ, we too have a body in which the Holy Spirit dwells. Like Christ, we too …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 8
Quench not the Spirit. —1 Thessalonians 5:19
In order that you may not quench the Spirit, you must make it a constant study to know what is the mind of the Spirit. You must discriminate with the utmost care between His suggestions and the suggestions of your own deceitful heart. You will keep in constant recollection what are the offices of the Spirit as described by Christ in the Gospel of John. You will be on your guard against impulsive movements, inconsiderate acts, rash words. You will abide in prayer. Search the …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - March 7
He that sent Me is with Me; the Father hath not left Me alone, for I do always those things that please Him. —John 8:29
He who holds nearest communion with heaven can best discharge the duties of everyday life. —Selected