Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 2
Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. —Galatians 6:9
The hours of this present life are the ages in embryo of the life to come. —A. J. Gordon
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 1
Thus saith the Lord GOD, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. —Ezekiel 36:37
Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history and you will find that scarcely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication. Prayer is always the preface to blessing. It goes before the blessing as the blessing’s shadow. When the sunlight of God’s mercies rises upon our necessities it casts the shadow of prayer far down upon the …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 31
I would have you without carefulness. —1 Corinthians 7:32
Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear. Rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He has kept you hitherto—do you but hold fast to His dear hand, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand, He will bear you in His arms. Do not look forward to what may happen to-morrow. The same everlasting Father who cares …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 30
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. —1 John 2:15
If you will go to the banks of a little stream, and watch the flies that come to bathe in it, you will notice that, while they plunge their bodies into the water, they keep their wings high out of the water; and, after swimming about a little while, they fly away with their wings unwet through the sunny air. Now, that is the lesson for us. Here we are immersed in the cares and business of …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 29
Ye serve the Lord Christ. —Colossians 3:24
Our business as Christians is to serve the Lord in every business of life. —Mark Guy Pearse
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 28
Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. —Colossians 3:15
Years ago one of our fleets was terribly shattered by a violent gale—but it was found that some of the ships were unaffected by its violence. They were in what mariners call “the eye of the storm.” While all around was desolation, they were safe. So it is with him who has the peace of God in his heart. —Pilkington
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 27
The word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. —1 Peter 1:23
The Word abideth. The Jew hated it—but it lived on, while the veil was torn away from the shrine which the Shekinah had forsaken, and while Jerusalem itself was destroyed. The Greek derided it—but it has seen his philosophy effete and his Acropolis in ruins. The Romans threw it into the flames—but it rose from its ashes, and swooped down upon the falling eagle. The reasoner cast it into the furnace, which his own negligence had heated “seven times hotter …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 26
If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him. —2 Timothy 2:12
The photographer must have a negative, as he calls it, in order to furnish you with a picture. Now, the earthly cross is the negative from which the heavenly crown is to be made; the suffering and sorrow of the present time determining the glory, honor and immortality of the life to come. —A. J. Gordon
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - August 25
Nevertheless, at thy word. —Luke 5:5
Oh, what a blessed formula for us! This path of mine is dark, mysterious, perplexing; nevertheless, at Thy word I will go forward. This trial of mine is cutting, sore for flesh and blood to bear. It is hard to breathe through a broken heart, Thy will be done. But, nevertheless, at Thy word I will say, Even so, Father! This besetting habit, or infirmity, or sin of mine, is difficult to crucify. It has become part of myself—a second nature; to be severed from it …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - September 22
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret. —Matthew 6:6
This is faith’s stronghold; here she weapons herself for the daily conflict. Silence in that closet of prayer bespeaks death throughout all the house. When that door is suffered to rust on its hinges, and that chamber is deserted, then the heart-house is soon retaken by Satan, and evil spirits come in and dwell there. —Theodore Cuyler