Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 12
Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. —Genesis 28:16
The Parish Priest, of austerity,
Climbed up in the high church steeple
To be nearer God, that he might hand
His word down to the people.
And in sermon script he daily wrote
What he thought was sent from heaven;
And he dropped it down on the people’s heads
Two times one day in seven.
In his age God said, “Come down and die.”
And he cried out from the steeple:
“Where art thou, Lord?” And the …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 11
Behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. —Genesis 28:12
Think of that mystic ladder, which descends from the throne of God to the spot, however lowly, where you may be. It may be a moorland waste; a humble cottage; a ship’s cabin; a settler’s hut; a bed of pain; but Jesus Christ finds you out, and comes just where you are. The one pole of this ladder is the gold of His deity; the other is the silver of His manhood; the rungs …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 10
O Lord GOD, Thou knowest! —Ezekiel 37:3
Here is the response of faith. “Thou knowest!”—what a pillow for the heart to repose upon! “Thou knowest!”—what few but comprehensive words to sum up and express the heart’s difficulties and perplexities and trials. “Thou knowest!”—what an inexpressibly sweet resting-place in the midst of life's tumultuous heavings; in the midst of a sea that knows no calm; in the midst of a scene in which tossings to and fro are the hourly history! What an answer they contain for every heart that can …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 9
Come and dine. —John 21:12
This morning the voice of the Beloved of our soul is heard giving us His invitation.
“Children,” He asks, “have ye any meat?”
We answer, “No; of ourselves we have nothing but hunger and starvation. O God, we cannot feed ourselves!”
Then it is that His own sweet voice replies, “Come and dine!” —W. Hay Aitken
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 8
I (Daniel) was left alone, and saw this great vision. —Daniel 10:8
Solitude is the antechamber of God; only one step more and you can be in His immediate presence. —Landor
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 7
When I sit in darkness the LORD shall be a light unto me. —Micah 7:8
If you are willing to choose the seeming darkness of faith instead of the illumination of reason, wonderful light will break out upon you from the Word of God. —A. J. Gordon
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 6
When they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. —Matthew 2:10
We who look for Jesus ought to be joyful; it is no credit to our Lord when we look as though we were seeking His grave. The dull looks of Christ’s followers have injured Him in the sight of the world. Let us, then, smile as we go, for we have the star if we will look up and put ourselves in the right path. —Thomas Champness
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 5
Happy is the man whom God correcteth. —Job 5:17
Happy, because the correction is designed to bring him into paths of blessedness and peace.
Happy, because there is no unnecessary severity in it.
Happy, because the chastisement is not so much against us, as against our most cruel enemies—our sins.
Happy, because we have abundant words of consolation.
Happy, because whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.
Happy, because our light affliction is but for a moment. —George Bowen
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 4
Be not afraid, only believe. —Mark 5:36
Be not downcast if difficulties and trials surround you in your heavenly life. They may be purposely placed there by God to train and discipline you for higher developments of faith. If He calls you to “toiling in rowing,” it may be to make you the hardier seaman, to lead you to lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and, above all, to drive you to a holier trust in Him who has the vessel and its destinies in His hand, …
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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour - October 3
They took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus. —Acts 4:13
A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of His people. If we were what we profess to be, and what we should be, we would be pictures of Christ; yea, such striking likenesses of Him that the world would not have to hold us up by the hour together, …
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