Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 23
Perfect love casteth out fear. —1 John 4:18
Fear and love rise up in antagonism to each other as motives in life, like those two mountains from which respectively the blessings and curses of the old law were pronounced—the Mount of Cursing all barren, stony, without verdure and without water; the Mount of Blessing green and bright with many a flower, and blessed with many a trickling rill. Fear is barren. Love is fruitful. The one is a slave, and its work is little worth. The other is free, and its deeds are …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 22
They that wait upon the LORD shall…mount up with wings as eagles. —Isaiah 40:31
All creatures that have wings can escape from every snare that is set for them, if only they will fly high enough; and the soul that uses its wings can always find a sure “way to escape” from all that can hurt or trouble it. —Smith
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 21
In everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. —Philippians 4:6
The natural temptation with every difficulty is to plan for it, to put it out of the way yourself; but stop short with all your planning, your thinking, your worry, and talk to Him! “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” You may not always be able to do this in a moment or two. Then keep on with supplication until you know He has it, and prayer becomes praise. …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 20
There stood by me this night the angel of God…saying, Fear not, Paul…God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Wherefore…be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. —Acts 27:23-25
An active faith can give thanks for a promise, though it be not yet performed; knowing that God's bonds are as good as ready money. —Matthew Henry
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 19
Having…boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus…let us draw near with a true heart. —Hebrews 10:19, 22
Oh, the glory of the message! For fifteen centuries Israel had a sanctuary with a Holiest of All, into which, under pain of death, no one might enter. Its one witness was: Man cannot dwell in God’s presence; cannot abide in His fellowship. And now how changed is all! As then the warning sounded: “No admittance! Enter not!” so now the call goes forth: “Enter in! the veil is rent; the …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 18
Lo, I am with you all the days. —Matthew 28:20 (R. V., margin)
“All the days”—in winter days, when joys are fled; in sunless days, when the clouds return again and again after rain; in days of sickness and pain; in days of temptation and perplexity, as much as in days when the heart is as full of joy as the woodlands in spring are full of song. That day never comes when the Lord Jesus is not at the side of His saints. Lover and friend may stand afar, but He …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 17
It is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure. —Philippians 2:13
Full salvation is to realize that everything we see in Christ, our Example, may be ours, not by imitation, but by reproduction. —Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 16
My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me. —John 4:34
Seek your life’s nourishment in your life’s work. —Phillips Brooks
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 15
Could ye not watch with me one hour? —Matthew 26:40
Oh! ye who sigh and languish, and mourn your lack of power,
Heed ye this gentle whisper, “Could ye not watch one hour?”
To fruitfulness and blessing, there is no “royal road”;
The power for holy service is intercourse with God.
—Selected
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - April 14
My soul, wait thou only upon God. —Psalm 62:5
Did it ever occur to you that if you do not hear God’s answer to prayer, it may be not because He is dumb, but because you are deaf; not because He has no answer to give, but because you have not been listening for it? We are so busy with our service, so busy with our work, and sometimes so busy with our praying, that it does not occur to us to stop our own talking and listen if God has some …
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