“And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good.” — Genesis 32:12 When Jacob was on the other side of the brook Jabbok, and Esau was coming with armed men, he earnestly sought God’s protection, and as a master reason he pleaded, “And Thou saidst,

April 18th Morning

1 day ago 3m 27s

“She bound the scarlet line in the window.” — Joshua 2:21 Rahab depended for her preservation upon the promise of the spies, whom she looked upon as the representatives of the God of Israel. Her faith was simple and firm, but it was very obedie

April 17th Evening

3 days ago 3m 25s

“We would see Jesus.” — John 12:21 Evermore the worldling’s cry is, Who will show us any good?” He seeks satisfaction in earthly comforts, enjoyments, and riches. But the quickened sinner knows of only one good. “O that I knew where I might fin

April 17th Morning

3 days ago 3m 25s

“We are come to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.” — Hebrews 12:24 Reader, have you come to the blood of sprinkling? The question is not whether you have come to a knowledge of doctrine, or an observance of

April 16th Evening

4 days ago 3m 10s

“And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.” — Exodus 17:12 So mighty was the prayer of Moses, that all depended upon it. The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, i

April 16th Morning

4 days ago 3m 27s

“The precious blood of Christ.” — 1 Peter 1:19 Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side, all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is “precious” because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins

April 15th Evening

5 days ago 3m 28s

“Lift them up for ever.” — Psalm 28:9 God’s people need lifting up. They are very heavy by nature. They have no wings, or, if they have, they are like the dove of old which lay among the pots; and they need divine grace to make them mount on wi

April 15th Morning

5 days ago 3m 24s

“My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” — Psalm 22:1 We here behold the Saviour in the depth of His sorrows. No other place so well shows the griefs of Christ as Calvary, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as that in which

April 14th Evening

6 days ago 3m 36s

“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him.” — Isaiah 3:10 It is well with the righteous ALWAYS. If it had said, “Say ye to the righteous, that it is well with him in his prosperity,” we must have been thankful for so great a boon

April 14th Morning

6 days ago 3m 30s

“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head.” — Psalm 22:7 Mockery was a great ingredient in our Lord’s woe. Judas mocked Him in the garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed Him to scorn; Herod set

April 13th Evening

7 days ago 3m 19s

“And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.” — Leviticus 1:4 Our Lord’s being made “sin for us” is set forth here by the very significant transfer of sin to the bul

April 13th Morning

7 days ago 3m 30s

“A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me.” — Song of Solomon 1:13 Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connect

April 12th Evening

8 days ago 3m 18s

“The king’s garden.” — Nehemiah 3:15 Mention of the king’s garden by Nehemiah brings to mind the paradise which the King of kings prepared for Adam. Sin has utterly ruined that fair abode of all delights, and driven forth the children of men to

April 12th Morning

8 days ago 3m 13s

“My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.” — Psalm 22:14 Our blessed Lord experienced a terrible sinking and melting of soul. “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?” Deep depress

April 11th Evening

9 days ago 3m 20s

“Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.” — Psalm 25:18 It is well for us when prayers about our sorrows are linked with pleas concerning our sins — when, being under God’s hand, we are not wholly taken up with our pain,

April 11th Morning

9 days ago 3m 20s

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.” — Psalm 22:14 Did earth or heaven ever behold a sadder spectacle of woe! In soul and body, our Lord felt Himself to be weak as water poured upon the ground. The placing of the cro

April 10th Evening

10 days ago 3m 21s

“For there stood by me this night the angel of God.” — Acts 27:23 Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew of the vessel into a sad case; one man alone among them remained perfectly calm, and by h

April 10th Morning

10 days ago 3m 21s

“The place which is called Calvary.” — Luke 23:33 The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; the temple of heavenly blessing is founded upon the riven rock — riven by the spear whic

April 9th Evening

11 days ago 3m 28s

“Thy gentleness hath made me great.” — Psalm 18:35 The words are capable of being translated, “Thy goodness hath made me great.” David gratefully ascribed all his greatness not to his own goodness, but the goodness of God. “Thy providence,” is

April 9th Morning

11 days ago 3m 24s

“And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.” — Luke 23:27 Amid the rabble rout which hounded the Redeemer to His doom, there were some gracious souls whose bitter anguish sought vent in

April 8th Evening

12 days ago 3m 25s

“I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me.” — Psalm 23:4 Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within us when it is all dark without! How firm, how happy, how calm

April 8th Morning

12 days ago 3m 27s

“If they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”— Luke 23:31 Among other interpretations of this suggestive question, the following is full of teaching: “If the innocent substitute for sinners, suffer thus, what will be

April 7th Evening

13 days ago

“Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness.” — Psalm 51:14 In this SOLEMN CONFESSION, it is pleasing to observe that David plainly names his sin. He does not call it ma

April 7th Morning

13 days ago 3m 25s

“O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?” — Psalm 4:2 An instructive writer has made a mournful list of the honours which the blinded people of Israel awarded to their long-expected King. (1.) They gave Him a procession of

April 6th Evening

14 days ago 3m 28s

“In the name of the Lord I will destroy them.” — Psalm 118:12 Our Lord Jesus, by His death, did not purchase a right to a part of us only, but to the entire man. He contemplated in His passion the sanctification of us wholly, spirit, soul, and