Thoughts

On a summer's evening I walked into a meeting for prayer. I had longed for such a meeting all the day, for I had thought of those words, "They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength"...

As the tempest grew in violence the disciple's terror increased, until, when it seemed that the mighty billows would break them utterly, they awake Him with that cry, made bitter by unbelief, "Carest Thou not that we perish?"...

This is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves and for one another, "Lord, open our eyes that we may see"; for the world all around us, as well as around the prophet, is full of God's horses and chariots...

I have heard this passage described as "a new Eden," a veritable paradise of God, and so it is...

Every organization of men will fail as vessels of the truth, and all hopes placed in an arm of flesh will perish, but the work of God will remain...

The writer of Hebrews reminds us that without faith it is impossible to please God. Whenever God reveals something, He expects us to believe Him and adjust our lives accordingly...

Don’t be anxious! Paul said there is nothing that should cause a child of God to worry. He was well aware of things that cause anxiety...

O child of suffering, be thou patient. God has not passed thee over in His providence. Sit not down in despair. Hope on, hope ever...

The Lord is always nearest when He is most needed. This may not always be realized but it is a great truth...

Many people have a view of the Christian life that is excessively idealistic. They think it should be one uninterrupted series of mountaintop experiences...