Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 22
Flee into Egypt. —Matthew 2:13
Why? Because there is a cruel king who will seek the young child’s life.
Is Christ born in thee? Is thy life like that manger—precious as a casket, because of what it holds? Then have a care; for, craftier and more unscrupulous than Herod, the destroyer of souls will seek to destroy thee.
There is a day coming when they shall say, “They are dead which sought the young child’s life.” Grace shall survive the foe, and we shall yet return to enjoy the comforts of life, …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 21
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. —Revelation 2:10
There is a heaven at the end of every faithful Christian’s journey. —Cuyler
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 20
Who is among you that feareth the Lord . . . that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. —Isaiah 50:10
“In fierce storms,” said an old seaman, “we can do but one thing, there is only one way; we must put the ship in a certain position and keep her there.”
This, Christian, is what you must do. Sometimes, like Paul, you can see neither sun nor stars, and no small tempest lies on you; and then you can …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 19
The LORD set a mark upon Cain. —Genesis 4:15
We speak of the mark of Cain as if it was the mark of a curse. In reality it was the mark of God’s mercy, a defence against his enemies. —D. J. Burrell
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 18
Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. —Psalm 91:3
He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. That is, from the little things, the hidden traps and nets that are set for us. Great sins frighten where little snares entangle. It is easier to escape the huntsman's arrow than the crafty lure.
And where are they not set? Riches and poverty, sickness and strength, prosperity and adversity, friendship and loneliness, the work and the want of it—each has its snare, wherein not only are the unwary caught, …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 17
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity. —Jeremiah 22:21
We shade our eyes with the hand to shut out the glare of the strong daylight when we want to see far away. God thus puts, as it were, His hand upon our brows, and tempers the glow of prosperity, that we may take in the wider phases of His goodness. It is a common experience that, looking out from the gloom of some personal affliction, men have seen for the first time beyond the earth plane, and caught glimpses of the Beulah …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 16
The word of our God shall stand forever. —Isaiah 40:8
The Word of God is the water of life; the more ye lave it forth, the fresher it runneth. It is the fire of God’s glory; the more ye blow it, the clearer it burneth. It is the corn of the Lord’s field; the better ye grind it, the more it yieldeth. It is the bread of heaven; the more it is broken and given forth, the more it remaineth. It is the sword of the Spirit; the more it is scoured, …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 15
Let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. —1 Thessalonians 5:8
Faith, love, hope—these three form the defensive armor that guards the soul; and these three make self-control possible. Like a diver in his dress who is let down to the bottom of the wild, far-weltering ocean, a man whose heart is girt by faith and charity, and whose head is covered with the helmet of hope, may be dropped down into the wildest …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 14
I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me. —Galatians 2:20
The man who lives in God knows no life except the life of God. —Phillips Brooks
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 13
Now therefore, hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. —Deuteronomy 4:1
“Hearken” and “do,” that ye may “live” and “possess.” This is a universal and abiding principle. It was true for Israel, and it is true for us. The pathway of life and the true secret of possession is simple obedience to the holy commandments of God. We see this all …
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