OCTOBER 23 “Do you want to go away as well?”(John 6:67) Many have forsaken Christ and have walked no more with Him; but what reason do you have to make a change? Has there been any reason for it in the past? Has Jesus not proved Himself all-sufficient? He asks you this morning, “Have I…

OCTOBER 22 I will love them freely.(Hosea 14:4) This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. Whoever grasps its meaning is a theologian, and whoever is able to dive into its fullness is a learned professor! It is a summary of the glorious message of salvation that was delivered to us in Christ Jesus…

OCTOBER 21 For the love of Christ controls us.(2 Corinthians 5:14) How much do you owe to my Lord? Has He ever done anything for you? Has He forgiven your sins? Has He covered you with a robe of righteousness? Has He set your feet upon a rock? Has He established your goings? Has He…

OCTOBER 20 We are to grow up in every way into him.(Ephesians 4:15) Many Christians remain stunted and limited in spiritual things and never seem to make progress from year to year. No surge of growth and spiritual interest is seen in them. They exist but do not “grow up in every way into him.”…

OCTOBER 18 Your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.(Psalm 65:11) Many of the Lord’s tracks overflow with abundance, but a special one is the track of prayer. A believer, who is often in private prayer, will not need to cry, “My leanness has risen up against me.”1 Starving souls live at a distance from the mercy-seat…

OCTOBER 17 Then David said in his heart,“Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul.”(1 Samuel 27:1) The thought in David’s heart at this time was a false thought, because he certainly had no ground for thinking that God’s anointing him by Samuel was intended to be left as an empty, unmeaning…

OCTOBER 16 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.”(John 21:12) In these words the believer is invited to enjoy a holy nearness to Jesus. “Come and eat” implies the same table, the same food, and perhaps it means to sit side by side, and even lean our head on the Savior’s shoulder. It is…

OCTOBER 15 But who can endure the day of his coming … ?(Malachi 3:2) Christ’s first coming was without external pomp or display of power, and yet in truth there were few who could endure its test. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred at the news of the wondrous birth. Those who supposed…

OCTOBER 14 I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.(Philippians 3:8) Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person’s acquaintance with Him. I must know Him myself; I must know Him on my own account. It will be an…

OCTOBER 10Blameless before the presence of his glory. (Jude 1:24) Let your mind revolve around that wonderful word “blameless”! We are far from it now; but since our Lord never stops short of perfection in His work of love, we will reach it one day. The Savior who will keep His people to the end…