Firmness in TemptationAre you bold in repelling the foe as your Master was? Are you ready with the retort to every foul suggestion, “Get thee hence, Satan”?...
Holy ZealDo you know anything of this zeal, which many waters could not quench? See that, like your Lord’s, it be steady, sober, consistent, undeviating...
Learning from JesusBy contemplating Christ we learn how meekly and lowly a child of God should walk in times of worldly prosperity...
Clean FightersEvery form of sin is hostile to my strength. I cannot harbour an unclean thing and preserve my fighting forces unimpaired...
The invisible forcesIt is always our peril to think that the visible field reveals all the factors in the campaign. We are bondslaves to our sight, and we are therefore its victims ...
Our refuge in temptationForty days and forty nights enclosed with the devil in the wilderness...
The wilderness historyIt is a great thing to know where you are historically. The wilderness journey is to teach us two things...
Be patient, O sufferer!There is a limit to our affliction. God sends it and then removes it ...
Gaining Christ's smileEven to the vilest and deadliest of charges, Jesus responded with deep, unbroken silence. His silence was so profound, it caused His accusers and spectators to wonder in awe ...
Rejoicing in the watersIt is a profound statement that “through the waters,” the very place where we might have expected nothing but trembling ...