Moments For You

The natural spiritual desire of every born-again heart, thankfully rejoicing in the Lord His Saviour, is to be used to win others to the Lord. This begins with the ones closest to us. Andrew brought his own brother Simon Peter to Jesus (John 1:40-42). Let us not forget that the... Read more →

One of the earliest stories I ever heard about D. L. Moody, that great evangelist of the nineteenth century, took place when he was temporarily called away to another city and left a young English preacher named Henry Moorhouse to speak during his absence. Upon returning from his trip, he... Read more →

“They all with one consent began to make excuse” (Luke 14:18). When a man prepares a feast, men rush in; but when God prepares one they all begin to make excuses and don’t want to go. One of the excuses given in this parable was that the man invited had... Read more →

Repentance takes you from… Crucifying Christ to being baptized in His name (Acts 2:21-24,37-41). Serving idols to serving God (1 Thessalonians 1:9). Reviling Jesus to revering Him (Mark 15:32; Luke 23:39-43). Feeding swine to returning to the father (Luke 15:11-21). Seeing the light to obeying the Lord (Acts 9:1-6). Being... Read more →

“Sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away” (John 16:6,7). The greatest trial, disappointment, and sorrow to the disciples was the Lord’s departure from them. And yet it would result in their fullest and deepest blessing. Without going... Read more →

“O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is” (Psalm 63:1). When David wrote this Psalm he was in the wilderness of Judah, which he calls, “a dry... Read more →

“I laid me down and slept … for the Lord sustained me” (Psalm 3:5). How emphatic and simple! Is it so with you reader? Do times of trouble find your heart so resting on God as your Father that your spirit is at rest and your sleep is sweet as... Read more →

“Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come ... Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all” (1 Timothy 4:8,15). It was not easy for Hudson Taylor, the prominent... Read more →

“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city” (Daniel 9:24). The first thing that I want you to notice is that this is a prophecy concerning something which cannot be changed. The weeks are “determined”—they are all set and fixed and planned by Almighty God. The... Read more →

“Ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven” (1 Thessalonians 1:9,10). The Christian’s hope is not an advanced subject which is only to be understood or achieved through years of experience. Rather, it is part of the... Read more →

“The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world” (1 John 4:14). It is a well-known truth that God is the Savior of His people. In the exodus from Egypt we see how God brought about “the salvation of the Lord” (Exodus 14:13). And this caring and... Read more →

“Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life” (John 10:17). It gives us true delight and joy to hear the blessed Son of God say, “Therefore doth My Father love Me.” The Son is in the deep consciousness of the love which the Father has for... Read more →

If anyone had told Peter on the day of his enthusiastic confession of his Master as “Christ, the Son of the living God” (John 6:69) that the moment would come when he would deny Him with oaths and curses, he would have never believed it. But he did deny the... Read more →

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men” (Matthew 5:13). In ancient times salt was the most important agent... Read more →

“I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after Mine own heart, which shall fulfil all My will” (Acts 13:22). In Jesus, we have no difficulty recognizing the moral excellencies that would entitle Him to be pointed out as “a man after God’s own heart.” But are we... Read more →