Classics

Victory

By J.N. Darby

“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. [The mortal body] is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, ‘The first man Adam was made a living soul’; the…

Set Apart for God

By Greg Burts

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; now how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor” (1 These. 4:3,4). 1. Sanctified discernment “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have…

Beyond Self Improvement

By C.A. Coates

Before God could use these [great devotional writers of the past], He had to bring them to the end of themselves. He had to teach them that self-confidence–no matter what it’s form–could only result in defeat. Many of these servants had to spend years of struggling in the “self-life” before they learned to depend on…

Let Us Run

By T Austin-Sparks

“Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:3). “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run, that ye may attain” (1 Corinthians 9:24). “Ye were running well;…

Broken Cisterns

By F.B. Meyer

“They have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water” (Jeremiah 2:13). “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink” (John 7:37). . WHAT AN infinite mistake to miss the fountain freely flowing to quench our thirst, and to hew out…

A Spiritual Secret from a Senior Citizen

By William Boardman

“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing…” Psalm 92:12,14 NKJV His Evangelistic Witness [This unnamed senior citizen] visited every family, prayed in every house, and talked personally with every man, woman and…

Saved by His Life

By Jim Cox

“For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” Romans 5:10 . “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.…

On Asking “Why”?

By Raymond Edman

[“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8,9] Life’s problems do not always have easy answers. Often there is no immediate and…

The Glory of this Mystery

By F.B. Meyer

[“I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the…

Managing Burdens

By Harold Vaughan

”Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1). “Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law…