Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 5
Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. —Genesis 25:11
Isaac dwelt there, and made the well of the living and all-seeing God his constant source of supply. The usual tenor of a man’s life, the dwelling of his soul, is the true test of his state. Let us learn to live in the presence of the living God. Let us pray the Holy Spirit that this day, and every other day, we may feel, “Thou God seest me.” May the Lord Jehovah be as a well to us, delightful, comforting, unfailing, springing up …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 4
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you…let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. —John 14:27
Dark hours come to us all; and if we have no clew to a peace that can pass unbroken through their murky gloom, we shall be in a state of continual dread. Any stone flung by a chance passer-by may break the crystal clearness of the Lake of Peace and send disturbing ripples across it, unless we have learnt to trust in the perpetual presence of Him who can …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 3
Jesus,…being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well…(For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)…And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. —John 4:6, 8, 39
The bits of wayside work are very sweet. Perhaps the odd bits, when all is done, will really come to more than the seemingly greater pieces!...It is nice to know that the King’s servants are always really on duty, even while …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 2
Being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. —Acts 1:3
This lingering for forty days is the crowning proof of Christ’s tender regard for His little flock. He who had laid down His life for them is loath to leave them. Though they had forsaken Him, and doubted Him, they had not wearied, much less had they worn out, His love. He stays to look again, and yet again, and yet again, upon them, as if turning back and lingering to bless them. …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - July 1
He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not. —Revelation 1:17
One of Wellington’s officers, when commanded to go on some perilous duty, lingered a moment as if afraid, and then said:
“Let me have one clasp of your all-conquering hand before I go; and then I can do it.”
Seek the clasp of Christ’s hand before every bit of work, every hard task, every battle, every good deed. Bend your head in the dewy freshness of every morning, ere you go forth to meet the day’s duties and …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 30
Let us not sleep, as do others. —1 Thessalonians 5:6
There are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves:
“To prevent drowsiness in this place, let us fall into good discourse.”
Christians who isolate themselves and walk alone are very liable to grow drowsy. Hold Christian company, and you will be kept wakeful by it, and refreshed and encouraged to make quicker progress …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 29
Sleep on now, and take your rest. —Mark 14:41
Never did that sacred opportunity to watch with Christ return to His disciples. Lost then, it was lost forever. And now when Jesus is still beholding the travail of His soul in the redemption of the world, if you fail to be with Him watching for souls as they that must give account, remember that the opportunity will never return. “Watch, therefore,” says your Lord, “lest coming suddenly, He may find you sleeping.” —A. J. Gordon
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 28
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. —Matthew 5:48
Seeking the aid of the Holy Spirit, let us aim at perfection. Let every day see some sin crucified, some battle fought, some good done, some victory won; let every fall be followed by a rise, and every step gained become, not a resting-place, but a new starting-point for further and higher progress. —Guthrie
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 27
Be perfect, be of good comfort. —2 Corinthians 13:11
A glance at the words is enough to make us feel how contradictory they are. Be perfect—that is a word that strikes us with despair; at once we feel how far away we are from our own poor ideal, and alas! how much further from God’s ideal concerning us. Be of good comfort—ah, that is very different! That seems to say, “Do not fret; do not fear. If you are not what you would be, you must be thankful for what …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - June 26
Small things. —Zechariah 4:10
It is the little words you speak, the little thoughts you think, the little things you do or leave undone, the little moments you waste or use wisely, the little temptations which you yield to or overcome—the little things of every day that are making or marring your future life. —Selected
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