February 26 If the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease. (Leviticus 13:13) Although this regulation appears to be strange, there was wisdom in it, for removing the disease proved that the character was healthy. This evening, it may be good for us to discover this principle for…

When we serve our Lord Jesus as believers should do, God is with us, and though we have the whole world against us, what does it matter if we have God with us? But the moment we retreat and seek to establish our own agenda, we are at sea without a pilot.

God loves the church with a love too deep for human imagination: He loves her with all His infinite heart. Therefore, let her sons be of good courage; she cannot be far from prosperity to whom God speaks “gracious and comforting words.”

Jesus was a cross-bearer; He leads the way in the path of sorrow. Surely, you could not desire a better guide! And if He carried a cross, what nobler burden would you desire? The Via Crucis is the way of safety; fear not to tread its thorny paths.

A man who has a strong mind can bear to be insulted and only resents the wrong when a sense of right demands his action. The weak mind is irritated at a little; the strong mind bears it like a rock that doesn’t move though a thousand breakers dash upon it and cast their pitiful malice in spray upon its summit.

You may force your way through anything with the leverage of prayer. Thoughts and reasoning are like the steel wedges that give a hold upon truth, but prayer is the lever that pries open the iron chest of sacred mystery so that we may get the treasure hidden inside.

A holy character does not prevent temptation—Jesus was tempted. Though you become greatly sanctified by the Holy Spirit, expect the great dog of hell will still bark at you.

As soon as a man finds Christ, he finds others. I will not believe you have tasted the honey of the Gospel if you can eat it all yourself. True grace puts an end to all spiritual monopoly.

FEBRUARY 18 Father, I have sinned.(Luke 15:18) Certainly, those whom Christ has washed in His precious blood need not confess their sins as culprits or criminals before God the Judge because Christ has forever taken away all their sins in a legal sense so that they no longer stand where they can be condemned but…

The saints are God’s heritage; He is among them and will protect His own. This assurance grants us comfort in our troubles and spiritual conflicts. We are constantly opposed and yet perpetually preserved!