Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 31
Without me ye can do nothing. —John 15:5
I can do all things, through Christ which strengtheneth me. —Philippians 4:13
Apart from Him we can do nothing. Whilst we are abiding in Him nothing is impossible. The one purpose of our life should therefore be to remain in living and intense union with Christ, guarding against everything that would break it, employing every means of cementing and enlarging it. And just in proportion as we do so, we shall find His strength flowing into us for every possible emergency. We may not …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 30
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. —Matthew 5:14
Lamps do not talk, but they do shine. A lighthouse sounds no drum, it beats no gong; and yet far over the waters its friendly spark is seen by the mariner. So let your actions shine out your religion. Let the main sermon of your life be illustrated by all your conduct. —Charles H. Spurgeon
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 29
Our Lord Jesus Christ…gave Himself for our sins that He might deliver us from this present evil world. —Galatians 1:4
Attachment to Christ is the only secret of detachment from the world. —A. J. Gordon
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 28
Him they compelled to bear His cross. —Matthew 27:32
There are many Christians of whom this is true. They are compelled to bear the cross, but how does it come? It comes by their running away from it. They make up their minds they won't have Christ’s cross; and they find when the cross does come that it comes in a more terrible form, with a more crushing weight than ever it would have come had they only been content to submit themselves to the divine direction; for the cross has to …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 27
Whatsoever ye do,…do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. —Colossians 3:17
Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ, who dwells in thee; and do great things as if they were little and easy, because of His omnipotence. —Pascal
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 26
Keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life. —Proverbs 4:23
He who would keep his heart pure and holy, must plant a sentinel at every avenue by which sin may find access there, guarding against none more than the “little” sins, as they are called.
The man of God has his eyes to keep, and so Job said, “I have made a covenant with mine eyes”—his tongue, and hence the exhortation, “Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile”—his ears, and …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 25
If we suffer we shall also reign with Him. —2 Timothy 2:12
The highest bidder for the crown of glory is the lowliest wearer of the cross of self-denial. —A. J. Gordon
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 24
His kingdom ruleth over all. —Psalm 103:19
His kingdom ruleth over all—therefore thou canst find nothing which is not matter for praise, since there is nothing which is not the matter of thy Lord's gracious permission, or planning, or control. Over all—nowhere canst thou step outside His realm, nor in anything get beyond His care and government. Over all—therefore take all as from God; hold all as from God; and by thy gratitude give all back to God again, and thus complete the circle, making Him the Alpha and …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 23
Hide thyself by the brook. —1 Kings 17:3
Not by the river, but by the brook. The river would always contain an abundant supply, but the brook might dry up at any moment.
What does this teach us? God does not place His people in luxuriance here. The world’s abundance might withdraw their affections from Him. He gives them not the river, but the brook. The brook may be running to-day, to-morrow it may be dried up.
And wherefore does God act thus? To teach us that we are not to …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - May 22
Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in nowise lose his reward. —Matthew 10:42
We are in danger of looking too far for opportunities of doing good and communicating. In reaching for rhododendrons we trample down the daisies. —Selected
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